Talk 01
Why AI Governance Must Precede AI Deployment
The frameworks, policies, and audit trails hospitals need before the first AI tool goes live — and what happens when they don't.
Board-Certified Internist · Physician Advisor · AI Architect
"The physician building the governance layer that makes AI safe to deploy in American healthcare."
Augusta Uwah, MD, MPH, a practicing internist and hospitalist, is a physician advisor and Founder & CEO of Clinefficiency Pro — a healthcare AI governance and clinical operations company building the infrastructure layer that makes AI safe, defensible, and auditable in American healthcare.
Dr. Uwah sits at a rare intersection: she has practiced medicine at the bedside, served as a physician advisor navigating payer denials and utilization review, and built AI-powered clinical intelligence tools from the ground up. Her product suite — CLIP, CLAIR, and PAULA — spans pre-submission denial defense, clinical workflow intelligence, and AI legislative monitoring across all 50 states.
Her governance framework has been developed for academic publication, and her Ascension Health innovation experience gives her the rare credibility of having operated inside a major health system's innovation infrastructure. She speaks from evidence, not aspiration — and that distinction resonates with the executives and clinicians in her audiences.
Clinefficiency Pro is a WOSB-certified company with an active SAM.gov registration (UEI: MX6VU2A33K55). Dr. Uwah is one of a small cohort of physician founders nationally building AI governance architecture rather than simply deploying AI tools.
The frameworks, policies, and audit trails hospitals need before the first AI tool goes live — and what happens when they don't.
A physician's forensic breakdown of AI-driven denial patterns, legislative response, and what revenue cycle leaders must do now.
Why the most successful AI deployments in healthcare are led by clinicians — and the governance model that makes it work at scale.
From ambient documentation to agentic AI — what the next 24 months look like and how clinical operations leaders can stay ahead.
Agentic AI will act autonomously inside your workflows. A practical governance roadmap for defensible, auditable deployment.
How to translate state and federal AI legislation into operational workflows — before a denial, audit, or OIG inquiry forces your hand.
Board-Certified Internist · Physician Advisor · Hospitalist Background
AI Governance Architect · CLIP · CLAIR · PAULA · Ascension Innovation
HDSR Manuscript · Governance Framework · MPH — Population Health
PAULA — 50-State AI Legislative Monitor · OIG / CMS Alignment
CEO, Clinefficiency Pro · WOSB Certified · SAM.gov Registered
Utilization Review · Denial Defense · Revenue Cycle Intelligence
Conference organizers are looking for speakers who combine clinical credibility, operational reality, and forward-looking insight. Dr. Uwah delivers all three — from someone who built the tools, not just studied them.
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