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The $900B Black Box: Why Health Systems Need a New Solution to Manage Their Largest and Most Important Asset

With industry labor costs approaching $900 billion and many organizations losing significant nursing time to administrative work, even small inefficiencies carry major financial consequences. EMRs, HRIS platforms, ERP systems and scheduling tools each support critical functions but the data rarely…

Jun 25, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT

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Bharat Sundaram, Chief Executive Officer, Hallmark
Bonnie Jensen, Chief Nurse Executive, Bryan Health
Jacquelyn Liddell, Vice President of Talent Acquisition and Workforce Development, Mass General Brigham
Meridith OKeefe, Chief Operations Officer, Ballad Health Medical Associates

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California ASC experiences data breach

Glendora (Calif.) Surgery Center has experienced a data breach affecting patient information after an unauthorized party accessed part of its computer network between Nov. 29 and Dec. 3, 2025, according to a May 18 report published by Claim Depot. The…

From Alarm Management to Personalized Care: Turning Clinical Surveillance Data into Safer Pediatric Long-Term Care

Pediatric long-term residential care demands continuous visibility across dispersed neighborhoods, especially for children moving on and off mechanical ventilation. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center expanded ventilator beds in its home-like environment and adopted a customizable clinical surveillance platform integrating ventilator and…

Jun 25, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Yelena Yadgarova
Christopher Moore
Giridhar Poondi

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The cash-pay revolution

As reimbursement challenges and administrative burdens continue to squeeze physicians, cash-only and direct primary care models are gaining ground. The growth data backs that up: From 2018 to 2023, the number of direct primary care and concierge practice sites grew…

The inpatient vs. observation decision: Where AI can support ED disposition

Few hospital decisions carry more downstream impact than the ED disposition call: discharge, observation or inpatient admission. The wrong determination can trigger denials, audits and revenue loss long after the patient has gone home. This new white paper from a…

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Where have all the independent physicians gone?

For generations, the independent physician practice was a cornerstone of American medicine. Today, it is nearly extinct. Only 18% of physicians still practice in physician-owned settings as of January, with just 36.1% of practices remaining physician-owned — down by 48.5%…

The payer mistake draining ASC revenue

ASCs are adding service lines, expanding into higher-acuity procedures and taking on cases that once belonged to hospital outpatient departments, but many are still getting paid like it’s five years ago. The culprit, according to ASC leaders, is a passive…

Pharmaceutical company to pay $13.7M to settle allegations of improper physician payments

Takeda Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay nearly $13.7 million to resolve allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to healthcare providers to induce prescriptions of its antidepressant Trintellix, the Justice Department said in a May 14 news release. The government alleged…

From crisis response to care orchestration: The future of behavioral health care delivery

A patient in crisis arrives at the ED, is stabilized, discharged with a referral — and never connects with follow-up care. Weeks later, they return. The cycle repeats. For many health systems, this is still the default model. It doesn’t…

Jun 24, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Laura Bauer
Carolyn Mcekron-Bragg
Jennifer Cullen, MSW
Jason Betts, DNP, RN, CEN, NEA-BC
LalithKumar Solai, MD

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Surgical tech pay by state, adjusted for cost of living | 2026

Massachusetts has the highest hourly mean wage for surgical technologists in the U.S., and Minnesota has the highest hourly mean wage for surgical techs after adjusting for cost of living, according to data published May 2026 by the Bureau of…