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(Rescheduled) AI Impact Accelerator Module 8 (In Person): Selecting and Managing Vendors for Successful AI Implementation
Event Date: 12/16/2025 - 12/17/2025
Event Overview
12/16/2025 - 12/17/2025
Irving, Texas
This meeting is limited to Health Plan Alliance members participating in the 2025 AI Accelerator and invited guests.
In this one-day, in-person forum, the AI Impact Accelerator cohort will be joined by software platform and application vendors to learn about their 24-month AI roadmaps, highlighting how AI will be integrated into their platforms to improve efficiency, service, and member experience. We will challenge these vendors to address the cohort’s highest-priority use cases — such as automated call routing, AI-assisted provider communications, and operational process optimization. Vendors will respond directly, outlining how their solutions can address these needs and where collaboration opportunities lie. Over lunch, participants will be able to meet in small groups or one on one with presenting vendors. The forum concludes with open discussions among attendees, sharing candid feedback and real-world experiences with vendor performance, startup partnerships, and AI deployment in health plan operations.
A partial list (subject to change) of participating vendors: Microsoft, Epic, Cognizant/Trizetto, Clarity Care, SiftWell, Cresta, Simplify Health Care, Itiliti Health, Alignment.AI
Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of where the market is heading, how to align vendor strategies with their priorities, and how to make smarter vendor selections based on peer insights
This meeting is limited to Health Plan Alliance members participating in the 2025 AI Impact Accelerator and invited guests. Registration to this event requires an access code from Mallory Willett (mallory.willett@healthplanalliance.org).
Agenda
12/16/2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | |
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Dinner - The Ranch |
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12/17/2025 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | |
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Networking Breakfast Please let us know of any allergies or dietary restrictions! |
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12/17/2025 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | |
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Welcome & Agenda Setting |
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12/17/2025 9:15 AM - 12:00 PM | |
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The Road Ahead: Key Vendors Share Roadmaps for the Next 24 Months Vendors will present/demo their products and discuss their direction for the coming 18 months This interactive session will feature case study presentations illustrating real-world applications and lessons learned. During the “How Would You Do It?” segment, a cohort member will outline a pilot project challenge, followed by responses from participating vendors on how they would approach the use case. Attendees are encouraged to stay through lunch, when we’ll facilitate one-on-one discussions between vendors and cohort members for deeper exploration and collaboration opportunities.
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12/17/2025 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | |
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Lunch: Vendor Roundtables Cohort members join vendors for round-robin lunch discussions. |
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12/17/2025 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | |
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How Would You Do It: Vendors Share Their Insights on Cohort Use Cases Cohort members will describe an initiative or pilot use case. Vendors will have the opportunity to talk about how their products could fulfill the requirements of the use case and how the vendor would work with the plan to develop and deploy the pilot.
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12/17/2025 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | |
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Networking Break |
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12/17/2025 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | |
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Yelp! Members Share Their Vendor Experiences
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Attendees
Below is a list of all delegates registered to date for this event

- Jeff Allyn
- ALLIANCE GUEST
- Consultant, Chief Revenue Officer at C/R Strategy Partners at Health Plan Alliance

- Samantha Ekeledo
- ALLIANCE GUEST
- Consultant/Project Manager, C/R Strategy Partners at Health Plan Alliance

- Craig Adams
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Chief Technology Officer at Network Health

- Siva Balu
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Chief Information and Digital Officer, SVP at Quartz Health Solutions

- Christopher Battin
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Manager Applications, IT at Sharp Health Plan

- Ryan Brady
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Chief Information Officer at Select Health

- William Fort
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Director of IS at Baylor Scott and White Health Plan

- Jeff Harper
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Business Intelligence Performance Analyst II at Care N' Care Insurance Company, Inc.

- Rick Heron
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Chief Experience Officer at Western Health Advantage

- Melodie Humphries
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Director, Utilization Management Operations and Analytics at Community Health Plan of Washington

- Shanthanu Keshireddy
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Data Solutions Architect at Community Health Plan of Washington

- George Kitzmiller
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- COO at CHRISTUS Health Plan

- Manish Nautiyal
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Chief Information Officer at Santa Clara Family Health Plan

- Steve Neubecker
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- VP Digital Services at Health Alliance Plan (HAP)

- Levi Njord
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Vice President at Baylor Scott and White Health Plan

- Noel Rivas
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- System Director, Information Services at CHRISTUS Health Plan

- Larry Shang
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Manager at Care N' Care Insurance Company, Inc.

- Aswani Somuri
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Director, Enterprise Data Management at Community Health Plan of Washington

- John Turner
- ALLIANCE MEMBER
- Vice President at Texas Children's Hospital, Information Services at Texas Children's Health Plan

- Allison Ashcraft
- ALLIANCE STAFF
- Operations Specialist at Health Plan Alliance

- Keri Bloomer
- ALLIANCE STAFF
- Director of Operations at Health Plan Alliance

- Jessica Boykins
- ALLIANCE STAFF
- Business Relationship Specialist at Health Plan Alliance

- Shawna Dandridge
- ALLIANCE STAFF
- Chief Program and Strategy Officer at Health Plan Alliance

- Nicole Fultz
- ALLIANCE STAFF
- Chief Membership Officer at Health Plan Alliance

- Jaime Gonzalez
- ALLIANCE STAFF
- Chief Business Development Officer at Health Plan Alliance

- Joe Lastinger
- ALLIANCE STAFF
- President at Health Plan Alliance

- Tori Shepherd
- ALLIANCE STAFF
- Program Services at Health Plan Alliance
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- Yuri Sung
- ALLIANCE STAFF
- Senior Specialist, Program & Strategy at Health Plan Alliance

- Mallory Willett
- ALLIANCE STAFF
- Senior Analyst, Business Intelligence at Health Plan Alliance

- Andreea Bodnari
- SPEAKER
- CEO at ALIGNMT AI

- Frances Cairns
- SPEAKER
- Founder, CEO at C\R Strategy Partners

- Ankur Goel
- SPEAKER
- Healthcare Technology Leader at Microsoft

- Joseph Granda
- SPEAKER
- Director of AI Integration at Cognizant

- Mark Liber
- SPEAKER
- SVP, Growth at Siftwell Analytics

- Michael Lunzer
- SPEAKER
- CEO at Itiliti Health

- Jim McDermott
- SPEAKER
- VP R&D - Health Plan Products at Epic

- Hayden Meinero
- SPEAKER
- Agentforce at Salesforce

- Sheehan Murphy
- SPEAKER
- Senior Agentforce Specialist at Salesforce

- Brendan Murphy
- SPEAKER
- Senior Manager, Facets Product at Cognizant

- Chetan Parikh
- SPEAKER
- Founder, CEO at RAAPID INC

- Chris Shipley
- SPEAKER
- Consultant, Partner at C/R Strategy Partners at Health Plan Alliance

- Trey Sutten
- SPEAKER
- CEO and Co-Founder at Siftwell Analytics

- Hermine Tranie
- SPEAKER
- Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder at ClarityCare