American Medicine Is the Best in the World. The System Is Not | Malinka Walaliyadde, AKASA

AKASA works with health systems representing over $100 billion in outpatient revenue. Malinka Walaliyadde on the gap between the medicine and the machinery around it. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY AKASA uses AI to capture the patient story comprehensively and communicate it to payers. Malinka Walaliyadde explains what is actually broken in the financial back end of American healthcare, and what accurate documentation is worth to a single health system in dollars. KEY POINTS • Health systems representing over $100 billion in outpatient revenue • Accurate documentation returning millions to tens of millions annually per system • Processing 100% of inpatient CDI and coding, the most complex work in the stack • Why the complexity of how care gets paid for creates the gap • How much money sits unoptimised and simply wasted in the system • Parallels with operational cash flow recovered in trucking and logistics • Where generative AI fits in revenue cycle work "American medicine is the best in the world, but the American healthcare system is not." — Malinka Walaliyadde GUEST Malinka Walaliyadde, CEO & Co-Founder, AKASA Recorded at ViVE 2026 for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — HEALTHCARE AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a ninety-day plan. Your leadership team is assessed before the event, the room sees its own result live, and everyone leaves with