Chief Physician Executive (CPE) Forum (Chief Medical Officer Forum): 2026 THMA Healthcare Conference
May 13-15, 2026
Las Colinas, TX
Engage Directly with Health System Leaders
The Health Management Academy’s Chief Physician Executive Forum is your chance to connect with health system Chief Physician Executives and Chief Medical Officers who play a pivotal role in health system decision-making across finance, strategy, operations, & system-wide growth.
THMA’s CPE Forum gathers twice each year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall, for an immersive, retreat-style event. The CPE Forum is opening space for additional industry members in 2025. We are seeking a limited number of industry members who can bring important thought leadership and ideas to drive health forward as members attending this exclusive event.
Upcoming CPE Forum Event Dates and Locations
The CPE Forum is hosted twice a year in thoughtfully selected locations across the country. Each event is timed to align with evolving industry priorities and provides a fresh opportunity to reconnect with peers, gain new insights, and advance your healthcare financial strategy.
Health System Forum Members
The THMA Difference Lies in Access, Intentional Design, and a Strict Focus on Community
The CPE 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 Medical Officers, Chief Physician Executives, and select industry innovators, most commonly CEOs, Chief Growth Officers, and strategic product leaders.
Industry Forum Members
Upcoming topics include:
Automating the Physician Lifecycle: Physician executives explored how AI and automation are improving efficiency across the clinician journey—from education and onboarding to practice management and retirement transitions. Sessions highlighted data-driven strategies that reduce friction, enhance engagement, and optimize workforce deployment across the physician enterprise.
Building Agile Partnerships in the AI Era: Members examined how health systems and technology innovators are creating flexible, high-impact partnerships that extend beyond contracts. The discussion centered on aligning incentives, maintaining transparency, and co-developing scalable AI solutions that accelerate clinical transformation.
Redesigning Care Delivery Models: Clinical transformation leaders shared real-world strategies for shifting care delivery from infrastructure-centric to patient-first models. Through scenario-based exploration, participants identified practical steps for modernizing workflows, improving outcomes, and fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
Driving Equity and Community Impact: Physician executives and health equity leaders discussed how to operationalize equity as both a clinical and strategic priority. The session emphasized actionable frameworks for advancing access, addressing disparities, and balancing mission-driven care with financial sustainability.
The Chief Physician Executive Forum Experience
The CPE Forum is a trusted, member-led community for physician executives shaping clinical and organizational performance across Leading Health Systems. Each 2.5-day convening explores the CPE’s evolving role as a system integrator, population health strategist, and transformation catalyst. While the Fall 2025 agenda is still in development, early session planning reflects the most urgent conversations happening across our member organizations.
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
