Human in the Lead: Impactful and Responsible AI for Federal Health
Date: June 3, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: The Forge - 1201 New York Ave NW, Washington DC 20005
Vanguard Forum at The Forge
Where emerging tech meets federal mission
AI offers incredible potential to reshape the healthcare industry — but healthcare remains a mission defined by discernment, empathy, and accountability—qualities only a human can provide. To see this synergy in action, join Accenture Federal Services at The Forge for an exclusive event where we cut through the noise to show federal health leaders what is real, ready, and scalable.
Experience immersive, tightly curated demos of what the next era of mission delivery looks like when cloud, data, and responsible AI come together. Modernization succeeds when AI accelerates decisions, but humans stay firmly in charge.
Featured demos
Referral Lifecycle
Modernizing referred care from inception to program integrity
Fraud Waste and Abuse
AI empowering case adjudicators to better flag FWA proactively
Personal Identity Proofing
IAL and HIPAA compliant proofing of identities with minimal friction and advanced AI
Intelligent Service Center for Health
The power of agentic AI supporting beneficiaries intelligently
Cloud Smart Interoperability
Health Natural Language Processing
Agenda
Check-in, networking and welcome
Connect with other Federal Health leaders and explore demos before the program begins
Program
Health Personas: Hear from Dr. Ron Moody, Chief Medical Officer, Accenture Federal Services, and Erick Peters, Managing Director, Health, Accenture Federal Services to learn more about the five care personas
Health AI - human in the lead: A panel discussion on why getting AI 'right' in health is critical
Demo exploration
Follow your persona journey and explore the Forge
Journeys through Health
Modernizing the health journey across the entire continuum
Patient Journey
The Patient Journey demonstrates how modern identity and medical record solutions serve better patient experience. These demos coupled with an intelligent service center makes it simpler to find care, manage records, and control consent—while protecting sensitive data. Demonstrations align to federal health priorities on interoperability and privacy, using SMART on FHIR and TEFCA‑consistent patterns to enable secure exchange across systems. We keep “human in the lead” central—AI nudges navigation, surfaces benefits, and flags risks without automating determinations—governed by AFS Responsible AI standards.
Provider Journey
For clinicians, the focus is reducing burden while preserving judgment. Demos highlight ambient care, EHR optimization, and AI‑enabled imaging decision support—paired with guardrails, audibility, and human‑in‑the‑loop review. We operationalize responsible AI algorithms remain transparent, fair, and safe—augmenting clinicians rather than dictating care. Your journey connects EHR Modernization & Optimization with Intelligent Imaging & Diagnostics to practical workflows and measurable outcomes.
Payer Journey
Join a journey focused on program integrity and payment accuracy—without slowing the mission. Demonstrations feature AI‑supported claims adjudication and anomaly detection with human reviewers in the lead and transparent explainability for case teams and auditors. Interoperability patterns—FHIR APIs and semantic normalization—accelerate evidence gathering across systems while reducing manual rework. Your path shows how responsible AI cuts cycle time and leakage while strengthening trust.
Administrator Journey
Federal health leaders see how to modernize operations while meeting compliance, cyber, and budget constraints. Your journey connects Secure Health Data Ecosystem, NextGen Interoperability, and AI‑Powered FWA Detection—hardening the data estate, reducing administrative friction, and tackling fraud, waste, and abuse with rigorous human oversight. You’ll experience cloud‑enabled observability, role‑based access, and cross‑agency data sharing that respects mission boundaries. The narrative ties back to “getting AI right”—designing controls up front so transformation is durable and defensible.
Featured speakers
Ron Ash
CEO, Accenture Federal Services
Dr. Ron Moody
Chief Medical Officer, Accenture Federal Services
Erick Peters
Managing Director, Health, Accenture Federal Services
Our partners
Health and AI - The Future is Now
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Joshua Powell
Chief AI and Innovation Officer at CBP

Thomas Horan
AI/ML Portfolio Director, Defense Innovation Unit

Sahil Arora
FedStart Lead and Forward Deployed Engineer, Palantir

Rita Waite
Partner, IQT

Andrew Black
CEO, Kovr.ai

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Josh Powell
Chief AI and Innovation Officer, CBP

Thomas Horan
AI/ML Portfolio Director, Defense Innovation Unit

Rita Waite
Partner, IQT

Garrett Berntsen
Chief AI Officer, Accenture Federal Services

Sahil Arora
FedStart Lead and Forward Deployed Engineer, Palantir

Andy Black
CEO, KOVR.ai

Mandy Satterwhite
Executive Producer

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