Securing the Future: Unlocking Capacity to Protect Access and Margins Amid Policy Shocks

Hospitals today face a perfect storm: shrinking reimbursements, rising demand, and mounting workforce pressures. Policy shifts and federal funding cuts will amplify these pressures — threatening margins, straining staff, and jeopardizing patient access. Traditional levers like adding more staff or expanding physical capacity only accelerate costs without fixing the root problem.

In this keynote, Mohan Giridharadas, Founder and CEO of LeanTaaS, reveals why sophisticated math and AI have become board-level imperatives for operational and financial survival. With proven results from 200+ health systems, he will demonstrate how predictive analytics and optimization algorithms unlock hidden capacity, prevent costly gridlock, and deliver measurable ROI across perioperative services, infusion centers, and inpatient units. By aligning staff, space, and equipment with demand in real time, AI not only safeguards access and staff well-being but also generates the margin protection leaders need to navigate today’s financial headwinds.

This is more than efficiency — it’s a blueprint for C-suite leaders to transform hospital operations into a resilient, sustainable, and ROI-driven enterprise.

Learning objectives:

• Explore strategies to align staff, space, and equipment dynamically with demand to reduce waste, avoid burnout, and improve patient throughput.
• Discover the sophisticated mathematical models and algorithms that enable healthcare organizations to precisely match supply and demand, improving capacity utilization, reducing patient wait times, and optimizing operational efficiency.
• Learn why the hub-and-spoke approach, perfected by airlines and logistics companies, is a blueprint for healthcare operations
• Understand the ROI for AI and why it’s the only scalable way to unlock hidden capacity and protect margins.