American College of Cardiology Past President Robert Frye, MD, has died at age 94 after a career spanning more than 70 years in medicine, the ACC announced Aug. 7. Dr. Frye served as ACC president from 1991 to 1992 and…
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Sep 22, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Dr. Bobby Green, Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer and President, Thyme Care
- Dr. Brian Dorsey, SVP, Clinical Innovation and Delivery Design, Thyme Care
- Michael Markowicz, Chief Legal Officer, Thyme Care
- Jessa Kelley, Chief of Staff, Thyme Care
From explosive quarterly profit to a new AI-powered care platform, CVS Health has spent the past several months reshaping how it makes money and how regulators, competitors and patients see it. Profit triples CVS Health’s second-quarter earnings offered the clearest…
AI moved into the healthcare contact center fast, and the results have been uneven. Some organizations report real gains in efficiency, staff capacity and patient experience. Others never made it past the pilot or applied AI to problems it was…
Sep 23, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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Presenters:
- Tara Aldridge, Director of Enablement, Vonage
- Aamer Ahmed, MBA, VP & Chief Experience Officer, Tampa General Hospital
- Philip Quick, Chief System Access Operations Officer, UChicago Medicine
- Jesse Dodd, Director of Patient Access, University of Texas Medical Branch
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Hospital job cuts are becoming less frequent in 2026 as health systems trim payrolls more selectively this year. However, despite an overall decrease in layoffs, hospitals are shutting down entire service lines, particularly in rural markets. For physicians weighing where…
Surgery Partners’ net loss attributable to the company jumped to $15 million in the second quarter, a 500% increase from a $2.5 million loss in the same period last year, even as revenue grew 2.7% to $848.9 million, the Brentwood,…
ASC leaders are facing constant pressure to protect margins as labor, supply and operating costs climb. But focusing too narrowly on expense reduction can miss the bigger financial picture. Two ASC executives recently joined Becker’s to share the most common…
Medtech company Johnson & Johnson and ACCESS, a physician-led management services organization, have signed a multiyear preferred portfolio agreement to expand adoption of advanced cardiac electrophysiology technologies in ASCs. Through the agreement, ACCESS-affiliated ASCs will be able to use a…