CMS’ Ambulatory Specialty Model could cause thousands of Medicare beneficiaries with low back pain and heart failure to lose access to specialty care, and could leave small rural communities without specialists, according to an Oct. 27 report from the Center…
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Cancer care is heading into its most disruptive decade. Demand is rising, the oncology workforce can’t keep pace and reimbursement pressure continues to build. At the same time, the therapies reshaping the field are outrunning the systems meant to deliver…
Dec 2, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
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- Kelley D. Simpson, MBA, Healthcare Leadership — Managing Director, Leader of Oncology Services, Advisory Services, Premier Inc.
- Douglas B. Flora, MD, Executive Medical Director of Oncology Services, President-Elect, Yung Family Cancer Center at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Association of Cancer Care Centers
One health system cut its trash can liner options from 60 to 20 and saved $3 million a year. That’s a single product category. Indirect spend on office supplies, furniture and cleaning products rarely gets the scrutiny clinical spend does,…
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Health system leaders continue to ask how to expand access, control costs and strengthen the workforce. Advanced practice providers (APPs), now over 40% of the provider workforce, are a powerful answer, but only when deployed by design. Unlock the full…
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A Texas physician and a retired U.S. Postal Service employee have been charged in an alleged scheme to bill a federal workers’ compensation program about $19 million for orthopedic equipment and services that patients didn’t need or never received. A…
Medication management in the ambulatory surgery center has evolved well beyond purchasing medications and maintaining a formulary. Drug shortages, rising acquisition costs, automation, controlled substance oversight, new pharmaceutical technologies and increasingly sophisticated regulatory expectations have made pharmacy management an important operational and financial issue for ASC…
Hospital finance teams head into 2027 squeezed from both sides. Medicaid work requirements take effect in most states by Jan. 1, 2027, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts more than $900 billion in federal Medicaid spending over a…
Health systems are heading into 2027 under financial pressure from several directions at once: Medicaid cuts and changes to state-directed payments under HR 1, Medicare Advantage denials and rising wages. Spotting margin opportunities has perhaps never been easier. Between AI,…
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On Oct. 26, Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health agreed to acquire Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners through its affiliate HealthSpan Partners in a take-private deal valued at about $5.7 billion including debt. The transaction would add more than 200 ASCs, surgical…
Paramus, N.J.-based Valley Health System has named Moo Cho, MD, as medical director of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition for Valley Medical Group. In the role, Dr. Cho will provide clinical and administrative leadership for the health system’s pediatric gastroenterology,…