Program Highlights

CapEx Spend Reduction Through Digital Transformation
NEXUS 2025 offers insights into reducing capital expenditures by transforming care delivery models:

Strategies to reduce reliance on brick-and-mortar facilities through virtual care solutions, freeing up resources to invest in innovation

Real-world examples of opening capacity in clinics, EDs, and inpatient units by improving throughput, optimizing workflows, and implementing digital care solutions.

Optimizing Operations and Enhancing Patient Access
Discover practical approaches to address bottlenecks and enhance operational efficiency:

Reducing left without being seen (LWBS) rates in emergency departments.

Improving discharge times, reducing readmissions, and ensuring timely transitions of care to improve patient outcomes.

Scaling higher complexity care in clinics and expanding access to enhance lifetime patient value.

Workforce Innovation and Staff Retention
Explore solutions to address workforce challenges and ensure staff satisfaction:

Implementing remote work options to improve work-life balance, reducing burnout, and offering flexibility to retain top talent.

Balancing leave and optimizing workflows to maintain efficiency while addressing employee needs.

From Silos to Systems: Centralizing Digital Care Leadership for Scalable Innovation
Gain high-level insights from leaders at OSF HealthCare, WVU Children’s, and Sanford Health on creating centralized digital care teams to drive organizational transformation:

Learn how these organizations shifted from fragmented, hospital-centric initiatives to integrated, system-wide digital health strategies.

Understand how embedding digitally-enabled care into workflows improves efficiency and scales innovation across multiple care settings.

Participate in an interactive discussion moderated by Avasure, with live audience Q&A providing real-time insights into the future of centralized digital care leadership.

Key Topics for C-Suite Leaders:

Centralized Digital Health Strategy: How to break down silos and build a cohesive digital care framework for system-wide scalability.

Operational Efficiency: Tools and strategies to optimize panel sizing, streamline discharge processes, and reduce ED utilization.

Enhanced Access Models: Leveraging digital-first care to expand patient access and improve lifetime patient value. Workforce Solutions: Innovating with hybrid work models and flexible scheduling to support retention and satisfaction.

Key Takeaways for Healthcare Executives:

Develop centralized digital care leadership to enhance scalability and efficiency.

Transform operations to reduce costs, optimize patient flow, and increase access to care.

Build a resilient, future-focused workforce model that aligns with your organization’s goals and values.

NEXUS 2025 is the place to connect with visionary leaders and gain actionable insights to position your organization for long-term success.

Innovative Care Delivery Models
Organizations like Mayo Clinic and Intermountain Health are at the forefront of implementing innovative care delivery models tailored to underserved populations.

OSF HealthCare demonstrates how telehealth can transform care delivery in rural areas.

MedStar Health showcases advancements in remote patient monitoring, with measurable improvements in HEDIS measures, including blood pressure, blood sugar, and heart rate, leveraging patient self-reporting and digital tools.

Hospital at Home (HAH):

Growth and Challenges

The CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) model offers significant potential for improving access and outcomes.

Current Status:

Adopted by 373 hospitals across 139 health systems in 39 states.

Enabled by a Medicare reimbursement waiver enacted in 2020, extended to March 31, 2025.

Challenges:

Predominantly adopted by large, urban, not-for-profit, and academic hospitals.

Resource limitations and implementation complexity hinder small and rural hospitals from adopting this model.

Advocacy:

While HAH programs promise savings, resource optimization, and improved clinical outcomes, they face criticism regarding caregiver burdens, equitable access, and lack of comprehensive performance data.

Sanford Health’s Rural Innovation

Leadership in Rural Care:

Sanford Health’s CMS-approved AHCAH program, launched in November 2024, focuses on rural patients near Fargo, North Dakota.

Goals and Achievements:

Aiming to increase its annual daily census from 5 to 12 patients, Sanford Health exemplifies how smaller systems can innovate within the HAH framework despite challenges.

Future of HAH Programs

Policy Uncertainty:

CMS may not extend the HAH waiver further, raising concerns about the program’s sustainability.

Advocacy for Permanency:

Supporters are urging Congress to make the waiver permanent or extend it further to collect critical data proving the program’s value.

Key Takeaways

Explore scalable strategies for implementing care models like HAH.

Learn from the experiences of health systems such as Sanford Health, Maine Health, and Ochsner Health in overcoming rural healthcare barriers.

Discover how digital tools and policy advocacy can close gaps in care for underserved populations, ensuring equitable and sustainable healthcare delivery.

Attending NEXUS 2025 will provide actionable insights to address resource limitations, improve clinical outcomes, and adapt innovative programs for smaller and rural health systems.

Dive Deep into Complex Legislation and Reimbursement Policies
Healthcare regulations are rapidly evolving, and staying ahead requires an in-depth understanding of legislative and policy shifts.

NEXUS 2025 provides:

Comprehensive updates on the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDT) Bill, Medicaid reimbursement, and CPT coding.

Insights into the interplay of reimbursement models, supply codes, and coding challenges to expand telehealth and digital health programs effectively.

Explore Revenue Cycle Management and Telehealth Flexibilities

With telehealth adoption expanding, understanding the financial and operational intricacies of revenue cycle management (RCM) is essential. Sessions will explore:

Best practices for aligning telehealth workflows with financial sustainability.

Strategies for navigating payer policies, reducing revenue leakage, and achieving compliance with evolving reimbursement frameworks.

Address the Complexities of AI in Digital Health:

Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare, but its adoption brings ethical, regulatory, and operational challenges. NEXUS 2025 offers:

Discussions on AI integration in clinical workflows and diagnostic support.

Exploration of governance frameworks, compliance with privacy laws, and addressing bias in AI models.

Virtual Foodcare: Integrating Nutrition, Food as Medicine, and Telehealth:

Nutrition plays a pivotal role in health outcomes, and “Virtual Foodcare” initiatives are gaining traction. This session will explore:

The intersection of nutrition, technology, and chronic disease management, highlighting the role of virtual platforms in delivering food-as-medicine interventions.

Policy challenges and opportunities in scaling virtual foodcare solutions, with insights from ATA Action on creating consumer-centric, scalable models.

Shaping Policy for Digital Therapeutics:

Dive into the latest initiatives influencing the policy landscape for digital therapeutics:

Explore updates on coding, coverage, and reimbursement for digital therapeutics.

Gain insights into legislative priorities and the future trajectory of digital health policy, ensuring your organization remains ahead in this transformative space.

Key Takeaways for Policymakers and Legal Teams:

Understand the legislative and reimbursement complexities shaping digital health and telehealth flexibilities.

Learn how to address barriers in AI, virtual foodcare, and digital therapeutics.

Equip yourself with the knowledge to advocate for scalable, sustainable healthcare solutions at the intersection of policy, innovation, and technology.

Attending NEXUS 2025 ensures you are positioned to lead in the evolving landscape of healthcare legislation and innovation.

Empowering Clinical Leaders with Operational and Strategic Expertise
NEXUS 2025 equips clinical leaders with the tools and knowledge to excel as both clinical experts and operational leaders. By fostering dyad partnerships, clinical leaders can bridge the gap between clinical priorities and operational rigor, ensuring alignment across organizational goals.

MUSC: Discover how clinician-administrator dyad models drive collaboration and innovation.

Johns Hopkins: Learn how clinical expertise integrated with operational workflows enhances efficiency.

UPMC: Explore telehealth-based chronic care management to achieve better outcomes.

WVU Medicine Children’s: Gain insights into advancing pediatric digital health to improve access and quality.

OSF HealthCare: Understand scalable workforce models that reduce burnout while maintaining operational excellence.

MedStar Health and Maine Health: Optimize workflows to improve both clinical outcomes and staff satisfaction.

Session Highlights at NEXUS 2025

Words Matter: Beyond Telehealth – Integrating Digital Care into Everyday Healthcare

Position digitally-enabled care as a natural extension of routine care, ensuring it aligns with both clinical and operational priorities.

Insights from Mayo Clinic, Intermountain Health, and MedStar Health on embedding digital care into existing workflows.

Driving the Next Era of Healthcare Quality Through Digital-First Innovation

Learn from UPMC, Ochsner Health, and Stanford Health Care about integrating AI, predictive analytics, and patient-reported outcomes into care delivery.

Address equity barriers, scale quality frameworks, and align clinical excellence with operational efficiency.

Scaling eConsults to Deliver High-Value Care

Discover strategies from Johns Hopkins Medicine, Stanford Health Care, and MedStar Health for implementing eConsults effectively.

Explore the role of AI in scaling eConsults, including chart summarization and referral dispositioning.

Extending and Sustaining Neonatal Critical Care: Success of a Dedicated Full-Time TeleNeo Critical Care Program

Explore how dedicated TeleNeo Critical Care programs improve access, outcomes, and operational efficiency in neonatal critical care.

Pharmacy and Therapeutics Innovation: Transforming Patient-Centered Digital Care

Gain insights from Photon Health, HonorHealth, Eli Lilly, and Roche on integrating pharmacy and digital therapeutics into care delivery.

Learn how digital-first models enhance medication access and patient outcomes while fostering cross-industry collaboration.

Transforming Public Health Security Through Digital-First Technologies

Learn from MedStar Health, BayCare, and BARDA, moderated by Clearstep Health, on leveraging AI and innovative care models to address high-risk diseases and public health emergencies.

Hub-and-Spoke Models for Oncology, Pediatric, and Emergency Care

Insights from Corewell, WVU Medicine Children’s, Sanford Health, and Intermountain Healthcare on how the Hub-and-Spoke model improves patient access, reduces burdens, and enhances care quality.

Key Themes for Clinical Operators and Leaders

The Power of Dyad Partnerships:

Dyad partnerships empower CMOs, CNOs, and clinicians to work in tandem with administrative leaders, ensuring clinical and operational alignment to drive system-wide success.

Clinician as Leader and Operator:

CMOs, CNOs, and clinicians are more than medical experts—they are also operational leaders responsible for executing strategies with precision and rigor.

Leverage operational frameworks to streamline processes, optimize resources, and scale innovative care models.

Key Takeaways for Clinical Leaders:

Learn to integrate digital tools into clinical and operational workflows to improve patient outcomes.

Lead with operational rigor, balancing clinical expertise with strategic oversight.

Drive collaboration through dyad partnerships to align leadership goals and operational priorities.

Scale transformative digital-first solutions, including telehealth, eConsults, and Hub-and-Spoke models, to enhance care delivery and staff retention.

NEXUS 2025 is the premier platform for clinical leaders to explore how to lead with purpose, operational excellence, and innovation in an evolving healthcare landscape.

NEXUS 2025 offers associations, legal firms, and solution partners an unparalleled opportunity to align with healthcare organizations, navigate regulatory complexities, foster collaborations, and showcase innovations that transform healthcare delivery.

Session Highlights

Aligning Technology Roadmaps with Healthcare Priorities: Reducing Procurement Friction and Maximizing ROI

Gain insights from Mass General, Stanford Health Care, Intermountain Health, Providence, Corewell, Ochsner Health, and Mayo Clinic on:

Roadmap Alignment:

How to synchronize product development timelines with healthcare organizations’ strategic goals.

Case studies on aligning technology solutions with deployment strategies for measurable impact.

Procurement Friction:

Address extended sales cycles, budget constraints, and regulatory hurdles.

Streamline procurement processes to reduce barriers to adoption.

Economic Realities and ROI:

Learn how healthcare organizations and solution providers can calculate and demonstrate ROI to ensure mutual success.

Collaboration Opportunities:

Explore ways to foster partnerships to reduce development costs, improve deployment efficiency, and drive better patient outcomes.

National Telehealth Licensure: Possible, Probable, or Problematic?

Dive into the complexities of telehealth licensure portability with insights from HRSA’s Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, Association of Social Work Boards, and Johns Hopkins Medicine

Understand federal investments like the Licensure Portability Grant Program and how they enable cross-state telehealth services.

Explore the role of licensure compacts in addressing multi-state regulatory challenges.

Gain strategies to navigate compliance and operational hurdles while shaping policy for the future of telehealth.

Knockout Strategies for Scaling eConsults in Healthcare

Learn from Johns Hopkins Medicine, Stanford Health Care, and MedStar Health about effectively scaling eConsults:

Metrics and comparative insights on implementation success.

Innovations like AI-driven chart summarization and reverse eConsults for high-value care delivery.

Opportunities to Expand Your Impact at NEXUS 2025

Sponsor Sessions: Increase visibility by sponsoring key sessions aligned with your expertise, ensuring your brand is front and center in conversations about the next era of healthcare.

Speak on Panels: Showcase your thought leadership by joining panels alongside industry leaders to discuss innovations and strategies shaping healthcare.

Showcase Solutions on the Show Floor: Demonstrate your solutions to attendees on the exhibit floor, connecting directly with decision-makers and potential collaborators.

Networking Events: Engage with healthcare leaders, policymakers, and vendors during exclusive networking opportunities, building relationships that drive long-term success.

Key Takeaways for Associations, Legal Firms, and Solution Partners

Influence Policy and Compliance:

Stay ahead of regulatory changes, including telehealth licensure portability, and gain insights to help shape policies.

Foster Long-Term Partnerships:

Align your solutions with healthcare organizations’ needs to streamline technology adoption and ensure measurable ROI.

Scale Digital Health Innovations:

Discover strategies for expanding eConsults, telehealth, and other digital care solutions while addressing economic and operational realities.

Enhance Visibility and Impact:

Participate as a sponsor, speaker, or exhibitor to position your organization as a leader in healthcare transformation.

NEXUS 2025 is the ultimate platform for connecting, collaborating, and innovating with key stakeholders in the healthcare industry. Don’t miss your chance to lead the conversation and shape the future of healthcare.

NEXUS will serve as the central hub for highlighting innovative digital health solutions from leading health systems behind the ATA’s Center of Digital Excellence.

Showcasing CODE Health Systems

Each participating health system will have its own booth, spotlighting their cutting-edge digital transformation projects and success stories. Within the pavilion will be a seating and meeting area for networking and collaboration.

CODE System Spotlights
Focused presentations highlighting individual health systems’ achievements in:

Scaling digital care delivery systems and programs.

Implementing digital-first care models.

Advancing health equity with technology.

Addressing workforce challenges through digital solutions (e.g., virtual nursing, telehospitalist, inbox management, etc. ).

Main Stage Panels
Panels featuring thought leaders and innovators from CODE member systems on topics like:

Building, scaling, and operationalizing the digital hospital.

The long-term benefit of digital care teams and delivery models and impact on staff and patient retention.

Evolution-focused solutions like wearables and digital therapeutics to expand bedside and clinical care.

CODE Innovation Wall: A digital display showcasing real-time metrics and accomplishments of CODE members.

Future of Digital Excellence: Rotating spotlight on emerging trends and benchmarks.

Closed-door Focus Groups and Workshops with our CODE members and other leading Level 4 and 5 ATA Members and our Clinician, Policy, and Leadership Councils.

Virtual Care and Telemedicine: Enhancements to workflow and access via virtual exams, AI-driven symptom checkers, and video consultations.

Virtual Nursing and Hospitalists: Addressing workforce shortages with remote monitoring and triage solutions.

Based on ATA’s wildly popular Insights Summit event, this workshop covers but is not limited to:

Comprehensive Integration: Move beyond quick fixes and learn how to seamlessly integrate virtual nursing into your practice.

Change Management: Master the strategies to drive effective change across your organization.

Key Performance Measures: Identify the most critical metrics to ensure your program’s success.

Digital therapeutics: health software intended to treat or alleviate a disease, disorder, condition, or injury. The software delivers a medical intervention that has a positive therapeutic impact on a patient’s health. These evidence-based tools address conditions including mental health disorders, type 1 and 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and musculoskeletal pain.

AI for Workflow Automation: Automating patient triage, scheduling, and documentation to reduce clinician burden.

Clinical Decision Support (CDSS): Real-time insights for improved diagnosis and treatment.

Staff Retention: Tools to monitor burnout and improve satisfaction.

Workforce Optimization: Platforms for efficient staffing and scheduling.

HEDIS and Quality Metrics: Tools to improve preventive screenings, chronic care outcomes, and star ratings.

Reimbursement Models: Supporting value-based care and bundled payments.

Policy Compliance: Adherence to HIPAA, HRRP, and other regulatory requirements.

Health Analytics: Aggregating data across RPM devices, wearables, and social determinants to stratify risks and guide interventions.

Interoperability: Ensuring seamless data flow across systems for care coordination.

Predictive Analytics: AI models predicting patient deterioration, readmissions, and operational needs.

Nutrition and Activity Tracking: Apps for meal planning, fitness, and behavior nudges like medication reminders.

Wearables and Rings: Tracking sleep, heart rate variability, and activity to promote proactive health management.

AI Diagnostics: Enhancing imaging, pathology, and lab data analysis.

Genomic Integration: Using genetic data for personalized treatment plans.

Virtual Reality (VR): Applications in rehab, pain management, and mental health.

HAI Prevention: Predictive analytics for infection reduction in hospitals.

Pandemic Preparedness: Tools for infection tracking, vaccine distribution, and triage.

Solutions tailored to the unique challenges of rural, community, and correctional health systems. Sessions will focus on driving population health improvements, enhancing HEDIS metrics, and expanding access to care through scalable digital solutions. Explore strategies to optimize capacity and throughput while addressing barriers to equitable care delivery. Join thought leaders and innovators in redefining how healthcare reaches underserved populations, ensuring measurable outcomes and meaningful transformation.

Transform oncology care with innovative strategies to improve access, streamline visit complexity, and optimize clinic capacity while reducing capital expenditure. Explore solutions to address prescribing and medication administration challenges, ensuring seamless and effective care delivery. Sessions will highlight approaches to deliver an empathetic patient experience, prioritizing compassion and precision in every step of the oncology journey. Join leaders in advancing oncology care through impactful solutions that balance clinical excellence with operational efficiency.