HLA New Jersey 2026 Annual Conference Program
May 7, 2026 | Ocean Place Resort & Spa

Excel Essentials: Mastering the Basics

Unlock the power of Microsoft Excel with this comprehensive course designed for beginners. Excel Essentials: Mastering the Basics will take you step-by-step through the essential features of Excel, empowering you to confidently create, organize, and analyze data. Whether you're looking to improve your work efficiency or gain a solid foundation for more advanced Excel techniques, this course covers it all.

Excel Mastery: Advanced Functions & Techniques

Take your Excel skills to the next level with Excel Mastery: Advanced Functions & Techniques. This course is designed for those who are already familiar with Excel basics and are ready to explore more sophisticated tools and features. You’ll dive deep into advanced functions, formulas, data analysis techniques, and automation tools to streamline your workflow and solve complex problems.

7:30am-5:00pm

Registration

Attendee Registration/Exhibit Hall Open

Exhibitor Set-Up 

Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

Opening Remarks

Opening Keynote

Payor Strategies: How VBC is Driving FFS

Learn how to leverage the principles of value-based care to negotiate payor contracts. Data access and transparency are finally starting to influence healthcare in a significant way. Sophisticated practices are learning how to control spend – from reduced hospitalizations to better site of service choices to drug and device costs. Patients are benefitting, but how are the various healthcare players being impacted, and how are they responding? This session will provide invaluable information to attendees on what cost drivers can be controlled, and the incentives that follow.

Data & Technology: How The Game Is Changing

Data is ubiquitous. AI is the most talked-about technology. But what impact are data and technology actually having on healthcare today, and where are we headed? Hear from the entrepreneurs who are leveraging data and technology to fundamentally change healthcare – from RCM to care coordination to network building.

Lunch in Exhibit Hall

NJ Healthcare Deals: Alignment Models and the Battle for Providers

Billions have been lost in “valuations.” PE firms are struggling to find the next “turn.” Meanwhile, consolidation continues. What options remain for health systems, large practices, and independent physicians, and what does the future hold for healthcare providers?

Culture - Why it Matters

Operations: Why Operations Teams (Still) Remain the Key to Success:

There is no shortage of capital in healthcare, but what many investors and consolidators have learned – often the hard way – is that good operations teams are essential to success, yet increasingly hard to find.  Learn actionable secrets to success from the best healthcare operators in the industry. 

Keynote Panel:
Perspectives from NJ Healthcare Leaders

Back by popular demand, leaders from the largest and best run practices will return to share their insights on the challenges they have overcome, and how they are preparing to face the challenges ahead.