Chief Operating Officer (COO) Forum - 2026 Healthcare Leadership Conference
May 11-13, 2026
Las Colinas, TX
Engage Directly with Health System Leaders
The Health Management Academy’s (THMA) Chief Operating Officer Forum offers Intimate programming focused on thought leadership and a curated environment for candid conversations not shared beyond the group, enabling selected industry companies and Leading Health System Chief Operating Officers to engage in mutually beneficial idea exchange and relationship-building.
THMA’s COO Forum gathers twice each year - once in Spring and once in Fall - for an immersive, retreat-style event. The COO Forum is opening space for additional industry members in 2025. We are seeking industry members who can bring important thought leadership and ideas to drive health forward.
Upcoming COO Forum Event Dates
For over 25 years, The Health Management Academy has convened health system C-suite leaders and select industry executives, curating two-way conversations, collaborative problem solving and thought leadership sharing. Join us at one of our upcoming Forums. You can explore dates, locations, and agendas below.
Health System Forum Members
The THMA Difference Lies in Access, Intentional Design, and a Strict Focus on Community
The COO 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 Chief Operating Officers and select industry innovators, most commonly CEOs, Chief Growth Officers, and strategic product leaders.
Industry Forum Members
Recent topics include:
AI in Action: Moving from Experimentation to Measurable Results: Health system COOs explored how to prioritize, govern, and scale artificial intelligence responsibly. Discussions focused on balancing innovation with operational practicality, reducing workforce burden, and achieving tangible ROI through strategic AI investments.
Cost, Quality, and Performance Transformation: A multi-year collaboration between COOs, CFOs, and Vizient leaders examined frameworks for improving cost efficiency and care quality at scale. Sessions highlighted real-world results from health systems redesigning operations to sustain margin stability while advancing patient outcomes.
Operational Agility in a Shifting Policy Landscape: Policy and regulatory experts unpacked 2025’s most consequential changes—from 340B and site-neutral payments to new federal legislation—helping executives translate complex rules into actionable strategies for their organizations.
Partnership and Workforce Innovation: Leaders shared strategies for strengthening system-wide collaboration, from ASC partnerships and physician alignment to navigating workforce disruption and co-designing pipeline programs with CHROs to meet future staffing needs.
The Chief Operating Officer Forum Experience
Each COO Forum is a 2.5-day member-led experience designed for candid conversations about the most pressing operational challenges and boldest transformation efforts in healthcare. The Health Management Academy’s 2025 COO Forum brought together operational executives and industry partners to explore the evolving landscape and surface replicable strategies that deliver results.
Our Convening Experiences
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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Health System Executives
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Health System C-Suite Members
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Exec Industry Members
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Of U.S. Physicians
