NEXUS 2026, AMERICAN TELEMEDICINE ASSOCIATION’S 30TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, TO FOCUS ON SCALING DIGITAL CARE

WASHINGTON, DC, AND ORLANDO, FL, MARCH 27, 2026 – The American Telemedicine Association (ATA), the premier organization dedicated to advancing telehealth and virtual care, will hold its 30^th Annual Conference – NEXUS 2026 – May 12-14 in Orlando, FL. This year’s conference will bring together digital health leaders for three full days of focused, hands-on sessions, emphasizing practical strategies and collaborative problem-solving to address the operational, clinical, and strategic hurdles of expanding digital care.

Designed for innovators and decision-makers, NEXUS 2026 provides the space to learn, share, and develop actionable approaches that advance digital health from concept to sustainable impact. The program prioritizes candid, implementation-focused learning. Health systems and digital care leaders share practical lessons from building, scaling, and adapting programs—providing realistic insights and frameworks from across the field.

WHAT: NEXUS 2026 Annual Conference
DATE: May 12-14, 2026
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel, Orlando, FL

Virtual care has moved beyond experimentation. Technology, teams, and evidence now demonstrate that virtual care delivers real results. The next challenge is scaling these solutions effectively amid reimbursement uncertainties, economic pressures, and evolving policy landscapes. The NEXUS 2026 program focuses on outcomes, building the tools, strategies, and next steps needed to implement immediately.

“Virtual care doesn’t move forward in isolation, it moves forward when the right people are tackling the hardest problems side by side, and that’s precisely what NEXUS 2026 is built for,” said Kyle Zebley, CEO of the ATA. “Celebrating our 30th annual conference, we’ve designed a three-day experience where 200+ expert speakers and the field’s most engaged practitioners converge around AI, remote monitoring, telehealth policy, direct-to-consumer innovation, and beyond — not to observe progress, but to drive it.”

GENERAL REGISTRATION:
Visit NEXUS 2026 for more information and easy online registration.

MEDIA REGISTRATION:
For complimentary Press Credentials, please contact Gina Cella at gcella@americantelemed.org or visit NEXUS 2026 and use code ATA26PRMEDIA to register online

Sessions and learning formats featuring practical lessons and proven models presented by leading clinicians and ATA Center of Digital Excellence (ATA CODE) health system executives include:

• Three-hour Deep Dives
  • Activating AI Responsibly: Governance, Validation, and Deployment Strategies
  • Closing the Distance: Digital Health Strategies for Rural Access
  • Legal & Regulatory Framework for Digital Health: Compliance, Policy, & Risk Management

• Main Stage Presentations
  • The Bets That Made Digital Health Permanent – Will Kimbrough, MD, Amazon Health; Sarah Pletcher, MD, Houston Methodist; Jon Thiboutot, CVS Health
  • Beyond the Screen: When Consumer Technology Becomes Clinical Care – Charlotte Yeh, MD, Yeh Innovations; Joe Kvedar, MD, Harvard Medical School; Jessica DaMassa, WTF Health
  • Washington, Business, and the Future of Virtual Care – Lexi Branson, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Nate Lacktman, Foley & Lardner
  • Follow the Money: Digital Health Investment Priorities & What They Signal – Rachel Feinman, Tampa General Hospital Ventures; Samir Batra, HIP
  • Flipping the Switch on Federal Policy: How the Administration Is Advancing Digital Health – Kenneth Callahan and Tom Keane, MD, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS); Sarah-Lloyd Stevenson, Amazon

• Telehealth Innovators Challenge – live pitch competition featuring finalists presenting their game-changing digital solutions that will transform the future of healthcare.
• System Spotlights
  • Clinical Command Centers: Operations Models That Work – Allyson Gordon, PA, MedStar Health; Paul Moots, MD, OSF OnCall; Lisbeth Votruba MSN, RN, AvaSure
  • Seeing Further: How Bascom Palmer Is Using Extended Reality and Telehealth to Reimagine Specialist Access – Giselle Ricur, MD
  • MaineHealth: Program Evaluation Driving Virtual Nursing Impact – Merydeth Charlton RN, MSN
  • Advocate Health: Enhancing Nurse Wellbeing: Scalable Virtual Solutions for Reducing Bedside Burden – Laura Rashleger DNP, RN; Russell Tremblay MSN, NEA-BC; Jessica Yates DNP, RN

• Peer Exchange Roundtables
  • Financial Models for Virtual Care Scale: Building Your Business Case – Ethan Booker, MD, MedStar; Rachelle Longo, Ochsner Health
  • Patient-Centered Virtual Care Design: What Patients Actually Want – Emily Warr, MSN, RN, MUSC; David Fairchild, MD, CVS Health; Charlotte Yeh, MD, Yeh Innovations
• Concurrent Sessions – best practices in virtual care delivery, DTC strategies, policy updates, and more.
• Express Theater Talks – practical takeaways on the latest in virtual care and digital innovation.
• Research Oral and Poster Presentations – latest data driving value and impact of virtual care.

About the ATA

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) is the catalyst for advancing innovation and the transformation of healthcare through virtual care, digital health, hybrid delivery, and AI-enabled care models. Representing the most diverse ecosystem in healthcare – including leading health systems, academic medical centers, payers, technology innovators, life sciences companies, and clinician leaders – the ATA advances clinical standards, policy leadership, education, and evidence frameworks that accelerate high-quality, technology-enabled care. Through its policy and legislative advocacy arm, ATA Action, the organization drives federal and state policy change to support sustainable, modernized, digitally enabled healthcare for all.