Anesthesiology may be one of the most essential but least understood specialties in healthcare. As financial pressures mount and workforce challenges persist, leaders say outdated assumptions about anesthesia’s role are shaping decisions that could impact operating room efficiency, patient safety…
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Robert Tassin, MD, a physician in Slidell, La., was sentenced April 9 to probation for a scheme to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary tests. From February to September 2019, Dr. Tassin worked with telemedicine companies, signing orders for cancer genetics…
A podiatrist and sales representative were each sentenced to 63 months in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to an April 13 news release from the Justice Department. Felipe Ruiz, DPM, was the sole owner of a multilocation…
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International’s strategy over the past decade is a deliberate transformation with Tenet selling off its hospital portfolio and reinvesting the proceeds into USPI as its core growth engine. Here’s a breakdown of USPI’s last 10 years:…
ASCs have spent decades perfecting high-volume, low-acuity procedures. But as reimbursement models shift, technology advances and patients increasingly prefer outpatient settings, industry leaders say ASCs are failing to capitalize on a significant and growing opportunity in higher-acuity care. ASCs that…
Anesthesia coverage has become one of the most pressing operational challenges facing ASCs today. But according to one expert, most centers are solving for the wrong thing. Jeff Tieder, MSN, CRNA, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Tennessee…
Healthcare organizations are moving fast on AI — but many are hitting a more fundamental obstacle: their data is not ready to support it. Fragmented records, interoperability gaps and unreliable pipelines mean AI results can be inconsistent, hard to trust…
Jun 30, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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Presenters:
- Julie Smith, MSHI, NI-BC, CEN Head of Global Healthcare Market Strategy, InterSystems
- Romil Chadha, Chief Medical Information Officer, UK HealthCare
- Emily Webber, Chief Medical Information Officer, Indiana University Health and Riley Children's Health
- Conrad Gleber, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center
- Albert Villarin MD MBA FACEP, VP, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Northwell Health
Musculoskeletal care is facing a growing paradox: as demand rises and more procedures move into outpatient settings, it’s becoming harder, not easier, to get patients treated. A new wave of payer policies, from algorithm-driven prior authorization to reimbursement cuts and…
Marysville, Ohio-based Memorial Health has opened a $27.5 million outpatient medical center in Plain City, Ohio, with services beginning April 15. The 40,000-square-foot Jerome Medical Center includes primary and specialty care, urgent care, imaging, laboratory and rehabilitation services under one…
For a growing share of members, the care journey now begins not with a nurse line or portal, but with AI. Conversational tools are stepping in before a clinician is involved, guiding symptom interpretation and next-step decisions. While this shift…
May 21, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Rachel French, Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, MD Live by Evernorth