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Vice President of Finance (VPF) Forum: 2025 Healthcare Financial Management Conference

October 20-22, 2025

Oceanside, CA

Engage Directly with Health System Leaders

The Health Management Academy’s (THMA) Vice President of Finance Forum is your chance to connect with health system Vice Presidents of Finance who play a pivotal role in health system decision-making across finance, strategy, operations, and system-wide growth.

THMA’s Vice President of Finance Forum gathers twice each year - once in Spring and once in Fall - for an immersive, retreat-style event. The Vice President of Finance Forum is opening space for additional industry members. We are seeking industry members who can bring important thought leadership and ideas to drive health forward.

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Health System Forum Members

Providence health system logo featuring a green and blue cross-shaped emblem to the left of the name in blue text.
Northwell Health health system logo featuring a grid of multicolored triangles to the left of the words "Northwell Health" in blue text.
Ochsner Health health system logo with a blue and gold abstract emblem to the left of the name in blue text.
Intermountain Health logo with stylized red and purple symbol and navy text.
Mass General Brigham industry logo with teal icon and blue text.
Novant Health health system logo with a bold purple "N" and two vertical squares, followed by the words "Novant Health" in gray text.
UnityPoint Health logo featuring a white cross within a blue square followed by the name "UnityPoint Health" in black text.
WellSpan Health logo featuring a rising sun graphic above the word “WellSpan” in blue with “HEALTH” in bold blue text below.
Yale New Haven Health logo featuring the words “Yale New Haven Health” in a stacked format with gradient blue tones on a transparent background.
Cedars-Sinai health system logo with two interlocking red rings on the left and gray text on the right.
Cone Health health system logo with a teal abstract figure on the left, followed by the words "CONE HEALTH" and the tagline "The Network for Exceptional Care" beneath.

The THMA Difference Lies in Access, Intentional Design, and a Strict Focus on Community

The VPF 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 Vice Presidents of Finance and select industry innovators, most commonly CEOs, Chief Growth Officers, and strategic product leaders.

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Industry Forum Members

Philips logo in bold blue uppercase letters on a transparent background.
GE Healthcare logo featuring the classic GE monogram inside a circular emblem followed by the text "GE Healthcare" in blue.
Accenture logo featuring the company name in bold black font with a forward-pointing purple greater-than symbol above the "t".
Johnson & Johnson logo in classic red cursive script, representing the global healthcare and pharmaceutical company.
Qventus logo with the company name in dark gray lowercase letters and a red accent mark above the "s."
Microsoft logo featuring a four-colored square icon (red, green, blue, yellow) to the left of the word "Microsoft" in gray text.
KPMG logo with bold blue letters beneath four outlined rectangles, symbolizing the global professional services firm.

Planned topics include:

  • Strategic Planning in a Shifting Financial Environment: Members will share frameworks for long-term financial sustainability—from capital planning to service line alignment—while facing growing costs and evolving payment models.

  • Technology’s Role in Core Finance Operations: Health systems will spotlight how they're using automation, AI, and data analytics to boost team efficiency, improve forecasting accuracy, and navigate workforce constraints.

  • Today’s Cash Flow Challenges, Tomorrow’s Margin Strategy: With wage inflation and supply chain pressures persisting, sessions will surface real-world tactics finance leaders are using to stabilize operations and protect margins.

  • Growth Through Access Transformation: Finance executives will explore how to partner across clinical and operational teams to redesign patient access strategies that drive utilization and unlock new revenue streams.

  • Washington Policy Briefing: A timely update from The Academy Advisors will break down federal policy shifts and implications for reimbursement, budgeting, and capital strategy heading into 2026.

The Vice President of Finance Forum Experience

The VP of Finance Forum is a 2.5-day, collaborative experience built for senior finance executives navigating the future of health system performance. The Health Management Academy’s VPF Forum will bring together financial leaders and industry partners to explore emerging models, exchange real-world solutions, and tackle today’s most pressing fiscal challenges.

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Our Convening Experiences

Upcoming VPF 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.

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October 20-22, 2025

Oceanside, CA

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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.

2,000+

Health System Executives

600+

Health System C-Suite Members

200+

Exec Industry Members

75%

Of U.S. Physicians

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