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Pharmacy procurement at scale: What’s breaking and how to fix it

Pharmacy procurement becomes increasingly difficult to manage as health systems expand. Many organizations have centralized strategies in place, yet purchasing decisions remain reactive. The result: inconsistency, missed savings and increased compliance risk across the enterprise. This session explores where traditional…

May 12, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Presented by:

Presenters:

Calvin Hunsicker, Founder and Chief Product Officer, SureCost
Chad O’Connor, VP/GM Acute, SureCost
Jessica Daley, Founder, Daley Consulting Services, LLC

ASC rents are soaring: 5 notes

ASCs are commanding the highest rent increases of any outpatient facility type, with rents climbing more than 8% even as leases surged 145% between 2022 and 2025, according to a March 26 report from real estate company CBRE. Here are…

Ascension to shutter Oklahoma clinic

An Ascension-affiliated clinic in Pawhuska, Okla. will close June 30, raising concerns about access to care in the Osage County community, KJRH reported March 31. The closure leaves Pawhuska with one remaining clinic, according to the report. The local hospital…

US Heart & Vascular, Iterative Health partner on cardiology trials

US Heart & Vascular and health technology company Iterative Health have formed a strategic partnership to expand USHV’s cardiovascular clinical trial capabilities. The agreement brings USHV’s research sites into Iterative Health’s global site network, which now spans more than 100…

UPMC opens expanded pediatric cardiology clinic

Pittsburgh-based UPMC Children’s Hospital has opened a new pediatric cardiology clinic at Children’s Pine Center in Wexford, Pa. The site consolidates services previously offered at Children’s North and integrates patients from the practice of Prapti Kanani, MD. Staff from both…

Interoperability’s next chapter: How healthcare leaders are reenvisioning connected care

Interoperability has long been healthcare’s unfinished project. Despite decades of investment, the industry still operates within fragmented data environments that struggle to keep pace with care delivered across hospitals, physician groups, labs, post-acute providers and community settings. As care delivery…

May 6, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

Presenters:

Amy Roberts, Director of Health Information Systems and Information Technology, Raleigh Neurology Associates
Sam Lambson, Vice President of Product Management, Platform, athenahealth
Lauren M. Smith MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer Cook County Health
Nilesh Desai, MBA, BS, RPh, CPPS, CPEL, Chief Pharmacy Officer University of Miami Health System

North Carolina surgeon's CON case revived by support from think tank

The John Locke Foundation, a Raleigh, N.C.-based, free-market think tank, is supporting a North Carolina ophthalmologists’ challenge to the state’s certificate-of-need laws, according to an amicus curiae brief filed April 1 in the state Supreme Court. Jay Singleton, DO, owner…

Beyond Efficiency: How AI Is Reshaping Workforce and Care Delivery in Rural Health

Forward-thinking rural health systems are not approaching the $50B Rural Health Transformation Program as a one-time funding opportunity; they’re treating it as a catalyst to rethink how care is delivered, how clinicians work, and how long-term sustainability is achieved. Across…

May 13, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

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Presenters:

Meghan Sims, Director of Partner Success, Abridge
Dr. Veronica Hooper, Chief Health Officer, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
David Rich, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer WVU Medicine

The Leapfrog Group to expand ASC reporting program

The Leapfrog Group is expanding its Ambulatory Surgery Center Public Reporting Program to include nearly 4,000 ASCs in the U.S. The expanded program will use CMS public reporting, accreditation standards and its “ASC Survey 2.0” measure and report ASC performance,…

How Surgery Partners has grown since 2022: 11 notes

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners is one of the largest players in the ASC space, with a network of more than 200 centers across 33 states. In the past few years, the company has committed significant capital to acquiring new facilities…