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The HFMA / NEHIA Joint: 2026 Compliance & Internal Audit Conference takes place December 2-4, 2026, at the Mystic Marriott in Groton, Connecticut. It brings together healthcare compliance, internal audit, privacy, finance, revenue cycle and operational leaders for expert-led sessions and peer exchange. The published agenda addresses regulatory developments, artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, privacy, revenue integrity, governance, enforcement trends and emerging risks. For finance and revenue cycle leaders, those issues converge around a practical concern: whether controls protect earned revenue without adding avoidable work, delay or cost.
Matthew Curry, CRCR (Strategic Client Growth Director) will attend the HFMA / NEHIA conference. Connect with him to explore how the event’s conversations about revenue integrity, governance and emerging risk translate into practical revenue cycle decisions, particularly where stronger controls can protect earned revenue without creating more work.
Revenue integrity controls create more value when they prevent defects before billing rather than only detect them later. Compare how organizations connect coding, documentation, charge capture and payer requirements, then trace exceptions to their source. Stronger revenue integrity should reduce rework while making financial exposure visible earlier.
AI oversight cannot stop at policy approval. Leaders need evidence that models, automations and users operate within defined controls, escalation paths and audit trails. Examine whether technology removes work or creates another queue, and whether revenue cycle technology makes performance, exceptions and ownership easier to inspect.
Cybersecurity and privacy failures can interrupt access, billing and collections even when core revenue cycle indicators appear stable. Financial preparedness should connect business continuity, third-party risk and recovery priorities to cash-critical workflows. Clarify which processes must resume first and how scalable technology supports controlled recovery without sacrificing oversight.
Regulatory and enforcement changes expose weak ownership quickly. Effective governance links each control to a responsible leader, a visible measure and a defined response when performance slips. Open Accountability and First-Pass Performance help distinguish durable prevention from repeated correction after the financial impact has occurred.
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Explore Points Of ViewThe conference is scheduled for December 2-4, 2026, at the Mystic Marriott in Groton, Connecticut. Event organizers describe it as a three-day compliance and internal audit conference. The location is commonly marketed as Mystic, Connecticut.
The event is intended for healthcare compliance, internal audit, privacy, finance, revenue cycle and operational leaders. Its cross-functional audience is useful for organizations where financial performance depends on shared governance and control ownership. Attendees can compare how peers address risks that cross departmental boundaries.
Published priorities include regulatory developments, AI, cybersecurity, privacy, revenue integrity, governance, enforcement trends and emerging risks. These are event-stated themes, not Vee Healthtek additions. The agenda is designed around expert-led education, practical insight and peer networking.
Bring one control or workflow where compliance risk, rework and financial performance intersect. Document the upstream cause, downstream impact, current owner and evidence used to monitor it. That preparation makes it easier to compare governance and operating approaches with peers.
Compliance, privacy, cybersecurity and revenue integrity decisions can affect billing continuity, reimbursement, labor requirements and cash timing. Finance leaders benefit from understanding whether controls prevent defects or merely identify them later. The conference provides a setting to connect risk oversight with operational and financial consequences.
Matthew Curry, CRCR, Strategic Client Growth Director, will attend. Use the form on this page to identify the revenue cycle or governance issue you want to examine. The conversation can then focus on the operating controls, technology and accountability needed to improve the result.