John Inadomi, MD, was inducted into the Association of American Physicians during its annual scientific meeting in Chicago. Established in 1885, the AAP is an elected society recognizing physician-scientists for contributions to research and patient care, according to a May…
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A La Habra, Calif.-based mobile PET scan provider has agreed to pay more than $8.3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of paying illegal kickbacks to referring cardiologists, the Justice Department said in a May 1 news release. Between…
Every missed or under-documented diagnosis — malnutrition, pressure injuries, respiratory failure — costs hospitals an average of $10,000 in reimbursement per patient, while quietly inflating length of stay and readmission rates. Across a health system, these gaps compound into a…
May 28, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Jason Cohen, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Inpatient Qventus
- Katie Saindon, Senior Director of Product Management Qventus
Hospitals spent $43 billion in 2025 chasing payments insurers already owed them. Payer tactics have grown more sophisticated, more automated and harder to detect — and many of the most financially damaging losses, including DRG downgrades, never trigger a formal…
Jun 2, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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Presenters:
- Tami Knobbe, EVP, CorroHealth
- Anne Robertucci, MS, RHIA, Vice President, Clinical Revenue Cycle Prisma Health
- Rebekah May, MBA, MSN, RN, CDI Director, Clinical Revenue Cycle The University of Kansas Health System
- Penny Jefferson, Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity Services University of California Davis Medical Center
- Richard Nagengast, Vice President, PB Revenue Cycle Mount Sinai Health System
Many hospitals still rely on generic clinical risk scores to flag high-risk patients. The challenge: those scores aren’t built to map to how CMS Star Ratings, HRRP, VBP and Leapfrog measure performance — which means quality improvement effort can be…
Jun 1, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Nik Rao, CEO, Dexur
Most physicians spend about one-third of their working hours in the EHR and on administrative tasks — time that comes directly out of patient interaction, judgment work and recovery between cases. AI is starting to shift that calculus, but for…
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Benjamin Stein, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and co-founder and chairman of Bethesda, Md.-based Capital Surgical Solutions, told Becker’s that technology can move the needle at ASCs, but cautioned that much of what’s being marketed to ASCs today doesn’t clear that…
VisionMed has appointed Tony Burns as strategic advisor for ambulatory and office-based surgery. According to a May 1 news release, Mr. Burns brings more than three decades of experience in ambulatory surgery centers and office-based procedural environments. He is the…
From six-figure mortgages to medical school loans they’re still paying off years into their careers, physicians carry a surprisingly heavy financial load, even as most say they feel confident in how they’re managing it, according to Medscape’s 2026 “Physician Wealth…
The work relative value unit model was designed to standardize how physician labor gets measured and paid. Decades later, the data suggests it has struggled to keep pace with the realities of modern practice. Here are six stats that capture…