Why “Nothing” Keeps Winning: Moving Healthcare AI from Pilot to System-Wide Impact
Sponsored by:Stellarus
*HLTH 2026 - TICKET REQUIRED | Applications approved by the Sponsor
About this Meeting
Format: Invite-only executive roundtable Date: Tuesday, November 17 Time: 2:00–3:30 PM Location: HLTH USA
This invite-only roundtable will bring together senior health-plan executives, healthcare innovators and infrastructure leaders for a candid peer exchange on what it takes to move AI from promising pilot to sustainable, system-wide impact.
Rather than focusing on AI’s theoretical potential, the discussion will examine the practical barriers to enterprise adoption and the capabilities, partnerships and governance models required to overcome them. Participants will share lessons from real-world implementations and explore how health plans can build an infrastructure that supports immediate priorities while making future innovation faster and less disruptive.
This roundtable is hosted by HLTH in partnership with Stellarus, a sister company of Blue Shield of California, that is building the infrastructure for a modern healthcare system.
The Discussion Will Explore
Why pilots stall: The organizational, technical and commercial factors preventing promising AI initiatives from progressing to enterprise deployment.
How fragmented data, legacy systems, workflow disruption and implementation risk can outweigh the perceived value of innovation.
Governance that enables progress: How to establish appropriate human oversight, accountability and risk management without creating unnecessary barriers to implementation.
What health plans need from technology partners: The capabilities, evidence and implementation support required to evaluate and deploy solutions with greater confidence and speed.
Partnerships that deliver: What successful collaboration between payers, innovators and infrastructure providers looks like in practice and how responsibilities should be shared.
Infrastructure for continuous innovation: How health plans can avoid vendor lock-in, improve interoperability and create a flexible foundation for adopting future technologies.
How do you measure the success/ROI of the AI system?