The 2025 Axxess Growth, Innovation and Leadership Experience (AGILE) attracted nearly 600 industry professionals, including C-suite executives, clinical leaders, operational and financial managers, industry investors and strategic advisors who explored the latest trends, exchanged ideas and drove innovation throughout the three-day event.
“AGILE is a natural progression in our desire to work with the entire industry to find the best solutions to ensure the future of healthcare is in the home,” said John Olajide, founder and CEO of Axxess. “We believe there is strength in our community coming together with representatives across the entire care at home continuum to drive growth for the industry and improvements in patient care.”
The conference featured a keynote address from two-time New York Times bestselling author and internationally renowned healthcare and biotech innovation expert Josh Linkner, who introduced a new model where human creativity and AI fuse together to win during relentless waves of disruption and change.
“It’s so important that we recognize that we can’t simply rely on models of the past,” said Linkner. “We’re going to have to show up differently. We’re going to have to lead and win differently.”
Axxess Vice President of Solution Delivery Shradha Aiyer unveiled Axxess intelligence™, marking a significant step forward in healthcare technology.
“We are thrilled to unveil Axxess intelligence – our most powerful innovation yet,” said Aiyer. “Whether you’re running day-to-day operations or delivering care at the bedside, Axxess intelligence keeps you ahead, compliant and connected. This is the future of care at home.”
She added, “We’re especially excited to unveil something new: Ask Axxess. Our smart assistant puts real-time operational and clinical insights right at your fingertips. Want to know which teams are over capacity? Which patients need urgent attention? Just ask.”
Other Axxess intelligence-powered innovations mentioned were the new Care Predictor, now available in Axxess BI, and Axxess Central, which features smart scheduling and centralized referral management.
Attendees were invited to stop by the Innovation Showcase to see these technologies in action.
Industry veterans led panel discussions and education sessions throughout the event, covering artificial intelligence, workplace safety, revenue diversification, and more. A session on workforce amplification explored innovative strategies and practical solutions to support and enhance the well-being and effectiveness of care at home providers.
“In healthcare, every one of our employees could leave us today and have another job by the end of the day,” said Tarrah Lowry, chief operating officer at Empath Health. “We all know that. So we really need to be having conversations and investing in them and fixing the things that they’re bringing to us.”
Another panel explored strategies to engage Congress, federal regulators and managed care plans in advocating for updated reimbursement models and reduced regulations.
“Care at home can change the trajectory of our country – the costs and quality issues, the issues that families are facing,” said Dr. Steve Landers, CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home. “And the thing that we have to do in a collaborative way more than anything else is tell the story. We have to make sure that our policymakers understand and have data and also have stories and examples in their home communities about how care at home changes people’s lives, supports families, gives them what they need and at the same time creates value and saves the system money.”
More than 60 organizations sponsored the AGILE conference and the AGILE Leadership Forum.
Eight high-performing organizations were recognized at the AGILE Distinction Awards ceremony for their commitment to quality, compliance, growth and innovation.
Marcylle Combs, president and owner of MAC Legacy, received the David Merk Enduring Legacy Award, a recognition that honors individuals who have shown a lifelong commitment to bringing the future of healthcare into the home and working with the Axxess ecosystem to affect change at scale.
Join us next year for AGILE 2026, May 4-6 in Dallas. Click here to register.
