When: February 23-25, 2026
Where: San Antonio, TX
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The Health Care Administrators Association is the nation’s most prominent nonprofit membership trade association supporting the education, networking, resource and advocacy needs of benefit administrators (TPAs), stop loss insurance carriers, managing general underwriters, audit firms, medical managers, technology organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, brokers/agents, human resource managers, plan sponsors and health care consultants. For over 40 years, HCAA has taken a leadership role in transforming the self-funding industry, and increasing the importance of self-funding as an important alternative in the health care delivery systems of our country.
HCAA holds two conferences each year to gather the membership, whether in-person, virtually or both, to talk about strategic and timely issues affecting them. Each conference is designed to both educate and to bring members together to network and to share ideas that will move both their companies, and the industry, forward.
This year’s theme: Bold Enough to Lead. Brave Enough to Change. The general session topics and speakers of the conference include:
- It’s Your Ship – Achieving Breakthrough Performance – Presented by: Mike Abrashoff, Former Commander, USS Benfold and Author, It’s Your Ship
- How to Actually Use AI: A Hands-On Mini-Hackathon for Self-Insured Leaders – Presented by: Hermine Tranie, Co-founder & CEO and Alex Andrei, Co-Founder & CTO of ClarityCare AI
- Facing the Future: Surging Costs and Regulatory Shifts that Demand Bold Leadership – Presented by: Adam V. Russo, Esq., Chief Executive Officer, The Phia Group, LLC
- Who Really Wins? Transforming the TPA Playbook for IDR – Presented by: Mike Strong, Director, Policy & Operations Strategy, Health Plan Cost Containment, Reliant Health Partners, LLC
- Bold Without the Noise: Strategic Choices for the TPA C-Suite – Presented by: Todd Archer, President, Concierge Third Partner, Administrator; Kasha Ozog, Chief Executive Officer, Coastal, Administrative Services; and George Stiles, President & COO, Planned, Administrators, Inc.; moderated by Dr. Madeline Smith, Founder/COO, MADDRS, LLC.
- Small Group Self-Funding: The Bold Move to Expand Access – Presented by: Jonathan Socko, President, East Coast Underwriters; Speaker TBD moderated by Dallas Scrip, President & CEO, Marpai.