Session Details
Date & Time
Monday, April 19, 2027, 11:35 AM - 12:15 PM
Name
10. Top Strategies for Specialty Care Access under Pressure
Session Type
Panel
Speakers
- Brian Daly, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Community Healthlink, UMass Memorial Health Care; Vice Chair, Public Sector Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School Department of Psychiatry
- Harpreet Pall, MD, MBA, CPE, Chief Medical Officer, Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center and K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital; Professor,Pediatrics,, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
- Kimberly S. Gecsi, MD, Chief Medical Officer Specialty Practice, Associate Dean Clinical Affairs and Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Thedacare Health
- Matthew Harinstein, MD, MBA, Vice President and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Northwell
Description
Wait times for specialty appointments continue to grow even as demand for services rises across nearly every market. Panelists share proven strategies for expanding capacity, optimizing scheduling and deploying advanced practice providers so health systems can close access gaps, retain patients and compete effectively for specialty care volume under real pressure.