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.
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.
Health System Forum Members
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.
Industry Forum Members
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.
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
