2026 Cardiology Conference: THMA Cardiovascular Forum
May 6-8, 2026
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Engage Directly with Health System Cardiovascular Leaders
The Health Management Academy’s Cardiovascular Forum convenes Cardiovascular System Service Line Leaders and heads of function from leading health systems nationwide. Together, they’ll address top priorities: scaling access, optimizing utilization, navigating new care models, and rethinking cardiovascular growth strategies.
For industry executives, the Forum offers rare insight into the complex challenges Cardiovascular leaders face, insights that sharpen strategic alignment and product-market fit.
Key Cardiovascular Forum Topics:
Service Line Strategy and Evolution: Explore specialty service line governance, portfolio optimization, and how organizations evaluate where to invest, expand, or partner as markets grow more complex.
Care at the Intersection of Policy, Practice, and Economics: Examine how payment models, coverage design, and utilization management intersect with pathway governance, prior authorization, and site-of-care considerations.
Solving Cardiovascular Capacity and Access Through System Optimization: Learn how leading cardiovascular programs improve performance by optimizing workflows, care models, and utilization.
Leveraging Data and Analytics for Strategic Performance and Cost Management: Explore how advanced analytics infrastructure is guiding cardiovascular decision-making around procedural variation, therapy use, resource allocation, and quality improvement.
The AI Evolution in Cardiovascular: Today and Tomorrow: Discover how AI is transitioning from experimental use into operational reality across documentation, diagnostic interpretation, patient identification, and treatment optimization.
View the 2026 AgendaThe Cardiovascular Forum Experience
Each Cardiovascular Forum is a 2.5-day immersive experience with member-led sessions focusing on real-time challenges and forward-looking strategies. The Health Management Academy’s Fall 2025 Cardiovascular Forum provides original insights and analysis of today’s challenges.
Health System Forum Members
What Sets the Cardiovascular Forum Apart
Member-Driven Content, Curated for CV System Service Line Leaders and Head of Function: All our meetings are built around the priorities that matter most to today’s healthcare CV leaders. Members shape forum content to reflect their top priorities, such as optimizing access and ambulatory strategies.
The Right People, in the Right Room: Attendees include CV System Service Line Leaders and head of function from organizations like Mayo Clinic, Yale New Haven Health, and Intermountain, alongside key industry leaders - typically CEOs, Chief Growth Officers, and product and strategy executives. All participants are hand-selected based on their ability to contribute meaningfully to the conversation.
A Forum Built for Relationships: Reception-style dinners and informal social gatherings welcome friends and family and facilitate long-term relationship building.
True Partnership: This is a peer-to-peer forum. The industry executives who attend want to listen, contribute insights, and build lasting connections with cardiovascular service line leaders facing similar challenges.
The THMA Difference Lies in Access, Intentional Design, and a Strict Focus on Community
The Cardiovascular Forum creates a purpose-built space for executive-level engagement. Every session, social setting, and touchpoint is curated to foster meaningful, candid dialogue between fellow cardiovascular service line leaders, head of function, and select industry innovators, most commonly CEOs, Chief Growth Officers, and strategic product leaders.
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Upcoming Event Dates and Locations
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About The Health Management Academy
Since 1998, The Health Management Academy has cultivated the premier membership-based community of healthcare’s most influential CXOs from top U.S. health systems, as well as decision makers from innovative industry companies.
We cultivate exceptional peer groups, providing original market insights, world-class leadership development programs, and novel member alliances to more than 2,000 health system senior executives and 200 industry organizations.
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