In the Round 2026
Every voice,
in full measure
Optura’s In the Round 2026 brought together the people who define AI’s value in healthcare, from every seat, to share experiences and perspectives that improve care and the ecosystem around it. On a farm outside Nashville, the event blended music, nature and industry under one theme, Full Measure, named for the shared count in music that lets everyone play together.
Speakers from health plans, health systems, technology and policy
Organizations in the room, from health plans and health systems to model builders and investors
Panels, each from a different seat sharing perspective and ideas
Nights under the tent with Dierks Bentley and Little Big Town
Harmonizing talent, mission and innovation
Five conversations, each from a different seat
How boards get up to speed, where trust breaks down, who owns the results, and what leadership looks like when nobody has the answer.
The board is the first room every AI decision has to pass through. What gets asked in that room, and what earns its confidence, aren’t necessarily the same thing. The gap between them is where most of today’s harder questions start.
- Christina FarrCEO, Second Opinion MediaModerator
- Seema VermaExecutive Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Health & Life SciencesPanelist
- Justin PittPresident & Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, Community Health SystemsPanelist
- Mona Siddiqui, MDSenior Vice President, Home and Community Services, Highmark HealthPanelist
A first AI win rarely looks as hard from the outside as it actually was. The first return earns you a seat. The second return is what keeps it.
- Marty BonickFormer President & CEO, Ardent HealthModerator
- Tanvi PatelVP & General Manager, Amazon PharmacyPanelist
- Julia GleasonChief Product Officer, Digital Transformation & Innovation, HCA HealthcarePanelist
- Jake BiscoglioPresident, Commercial Markets and Specialty Business, Point32HealthPanelist
Does every organization need a chief AI officer? Nobody has a chief electricity officer. Why ownership works best in pairs.
- Jeremy Friese, MD, MBAFounder, Chairman and CEO, Humata HealthModerator
- Sumit RanaFormer President, Epic SystemsPanelist
- George Van AntwerpSVP, Product Innovation & Strategic Planning, Prime TherapeuticsPanelist
- Steve YurjevichCEO, Payer Market, Optum InsightPanelist
Trust in what the data says, trust between the people asking and the ones deciding, and trust in the money behind the next move. Each one gets built by using it, not by waiting for it to arrive complete.
- Sue SchickCEO, TurningPoint Healthcare SolutionsModerator
- Mangesh PatilChief AI Officer, HCA HealthcarePanelist
- Daniela KuczInvestor, JSL Health CapitalPanelist
- Tom CowheyEVP & Chief Financial Officer, athenahealthPanelist
- Amy GleasonDeputy Administrator & Chief Product Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPanelist
What it takes to lead through something that keeps changing shape underneath you. The leaders who win this aren’t the ones who found the answer. They’re the ones who kept adjusting faster than the question could.
- Karen LynchFormer President & CEO, CVS HealthModerator
- Sanjay Shetty, MDPresident, CenterWell (Humana)Panelist
- Kelly BlissPresident, US Group Health, Teladoc HealthPanelist
- Ken BurdickFormer CEO, WellCare Health PlansPanelist
Take the conversation back to your organization
Where healthcare leaders are seeing real value from AI, where it’s stalling, and the decisions that separate the two. Bring it to your next leadership or board conversation.
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Scenes from In the Round
The Roundtables
The Panels
The Entertainment
The case for a shared measure
Recap · 8 min read
Full Measure: What It Takes to Agree on AI’s Value
A measure means two things: how you prove something worked, and the shared count a band plays to. Healthcare AI is short on both.
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The In the Round insights report
Insights from across the event, distilled into something you can bring to the next board conversation.
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In the Round: AI’s Full Measure From Every Seat
The question behind the event, and why it takes every seat to answer it.
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In the Round brings together healthcare and technology leaders to work through the questions no one organization can answer alone.
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