Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health opened its first freestanding endoscopy center in Utah at Alta View Hospital in Sandy, with two additional centers planned near Riverton Hospital and Ogden-based McKay-Dee Hospital, also in Utah. The system also operates three freestanding…
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As consolidation pressures mount and insurer contracts squeeze independent practices, some physicians are finding an unlikely ally in employer-built health plans. Carl Schuessler, co-founder and managing principal of Mitigate Partners, joined Becker’s to discuss how these plans could be a…
Seventy-six percent of ASCs now use an EHR system, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s July 2025 60-Second Survey. That figure is up from 64% in 2023 and 55% in 2021, marking a 36% increase in four years. The…
The behavioral health workforce is facing an urgent challenge: a projected 100,000-worker shortfall by 2028. Recruitment alone won’t solve it—state licensing requirements and supervision gaps are creating costly delays that keep qualified clinicians out of the workforce for months or…
Oct 1, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM America/Chicago
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Rachel Ledbetter, LMFT
CEO and Co-Founder, Motivo
Dr. Carla Smith, PhD, LCSW, LMFT
Chief Clinical Officer, Motivo
Rebecca Allensworth, JD, M.Phil
Professor at Vanderbilt University Law School
1. A federal judge approved a $2.8 billion settlement resolving antitrust claims brought by healthcare providers against the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and its independent entities, ending more than a decade of litigation. The settlement was approved Aug. 19…
As ASC leaders seek to get soaring anesthesia costs under control, they are turning towards several clinical and operational shifts to get the job done. More in-depth collaboration with anesthesia providers ASC leaders have found success in building strong, collaborative…
The federal No Surprises Act has saved individual patients about $567 per year in out-of-pocket costs, according to a study published Aug. 27 by The BMJ. Researchers examined data from 17,351 privately insured adults between 2019 and 2024, comparing those…
Trauma care moves fast — but when it’s time to improve, most teams rely on flawed recollections, incomplete EHRs, and scattered notes. There’s a better way. Join trauma leaders from Orlando Health, Penn Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, and…
Oct 14, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
Presented by:
Presenters
Ryan P. Dumas, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
Tracy Zito, MD, FACS, FRCS
Trauma Medical Director, Orlando Health
Kristen Chreiman, MSN, RN, CCRN, TCRN
Trauma Program Manager, Penn Medicine
Michael A. Vella, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Trauma Medical Director, University of Rochester Medical Center
The operations, staffing and finances behind anesthesia services have become one of the most challenging aspects of ASC management and growth in recent years. As a result, ASC leaders have been forced to look closely at how they organize and…
Health systems are under pressure to expand digital access, but many still rely on outdated, manual identity checks that are slow, inconsistent and prone to error. These gaps expose hospitals to HIPAA and DEA compliance risks, drive up administrative waste,…
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Josh Baker
Healthcare Identity Advisor, Vouched
Tom Donlea
VP, Business Development, Vouched