Private equity has become one of the most powerful forces shaping U.S. healthcare — fueling innovation, expanding access, and scaling new care models. At the same time, it brings scrutiny, complexity, and hard conversations around incentives, outcomes, and long-term value.

This panel explores the real-world tradeoffs of financial investment in healthcare — not to rehash the debate, but to dig into how leaders are making it work. The capital is here. The question is: How do we deploy it with integrity and impact?

Private equity is neither villain nor savior — it’s a valuable tool. And when used with intention, it can fuel the kind of transformation our system desperately needs. This conversation is about facing the hard questions head-on and finding a way forward where capital and care can coexist.

AI’s role in healthcare continues to evolve at high speed. From clinical decision support to administrative optimization, the technology is delivering real results — while also raising critical questions around safety, equity, and accountability.

This panel takes an honest look at both the upsides and tradeoffs of scaling AI across healthcare. We’ll examine how to move fast without breaking the system — and why, when deployed thoughtfully, the benefits outweigh the friction!

AI in healthcare is not without its challenges — but the upside is undeniable. HCLQ creates space for the kind of nuanced dialogue this moment requires: practical, honest, and committed to progress.

Healthcare is shaped by policy long before — and long after — the ballot is cast. While headlines focus on political drama, the real impact plays out in communities: in access to behavioral health, in how Medicaid is administered, in who can afford care, and in what innovations actually reach patients.

We’ll unpack what leaders need to know to stay aligned, compliant, and ahead of the curve.

This isn’t about partisanship. It’s about progress — and the systems we build in the spaces between election cycles.

Policy isn’t abstract — it lands in communities. It affects who gets care, how it’s paid for, and what models survive. This panel focuses on what leaders can do now to stay aligned with both systems and people.

At HCLQ, our gathering is designed to spark meaningful exchange — not just during sessions, but long after the panel discussions wrap. The conversations that begin on stage are meant to be carried forward: into the reception, into your next project, into the way you lead and build within healthcare.

This isn’t networking for networking’s sake. It’s about fostering connection around ideas that matter — and creating space to process, challenge, and apply what we’ve heard from the voices shaping the system.

We promote awareness by putting the right leaders and voices in the room — and we motivate change by making space to carry those insights forward.

Our Quorums are curated to give you time to reflect, engage, and connect — so the impact doesn’t end with applause… It continues in how we collaborate, decide, and lead after we leave.

Promote Awareness. Motivate Change.