For years, ASC leaders have argued that complex procedures can be performed safely and more cheaply outside the hospital. CMS is now acting on that argument. The agency began a three-year phaseout of Medicare’s inpatient-only list in 2026, removing 285…
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Physicians largely still hold their patients’ confidence in the exam room. About 87% rate patient trust in their clinical judgment as high, according to Medscape’s 2026 Patient Relationships Index. But more than half said rising healthcare and insurance costs are…
Former State of Franklin Healthcare Associates physician James Joslyn, MD, must repay $145,110.10 to the Johnson City, Tenn.-based group under an arbitration award, according to court documents reviewed by Becker’s. The amount is a clawback of the payout Dr. Joslyn…
Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health has broken ground on a 123,000-square-foot ambulatory care center in Sparks, Nev. The facility will have 134 exam rooms and provide outpatient services including primary care and urgent care, along with rotating specialties, according to a…
Turnover has climbed in recent years, and 44% of physicians are actively looking for a new job. Each departure can cost a health system up to nearly $1 million in recruitment, onboarding and lost productivity and revenue. Compensation is part…
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A patient’s path through a health system rarely follows the org chart. They arrive in the emergency department, move to an inpatient unit, pick up a virtual visit, see an outpatient specialist and land in a post-acute setting, and each…
Nov 18, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
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- Kelly Barton, President, MaineHealth Behavioral Health
- Theo Koury, MD, President, Vituity
- Charles Christian, Vice President, Technology and Chief Technology Officer, Franciscan Health
- Mitchell Schnall, Senior Vice President, Data and Technology Solutions, Penn Medicine
- Rachel Feinman, Vice President, Innovation, Tampa General Hospital and Managing Director, Tampa General Hospital Ventures
Many AI projects in hospitals never make it past proof of concept. The technology performs in a demo and then stalls before it reaches a care team. Success depends on more than the model’s sophistication. It rests on the foundation…
Nov 17, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
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- Adam Alkhato, Senior Director, Biomedical Engineering & Life Science Technology, Stanford Health Care Stanford Medicine
- Bobby Greer, Technical Director, SickKids AI Service, The Hospital for Sick Children
- Matt Davis, West Zone Sales Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring Philips
Your revenue cycle team and your accounting team look at the same payments every day — and often reach two different answers. One reconciles against claims and remittances. The other reconciles against the general ledger and the bank. Both are…
Nov 9, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
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- Marlys Green, Director, Treasury Controller, PDS Health
- Thomas Smith, Director, RCM Automation & Analytics, PDS Health
- Debbie Potts, VP, Healthcare Solutions Consultant, Fifth Third & Big Data Healthcare
William Fishkind, MD, founder of Northwest Eye Specialists, now Oracle Eye Physicians & Surgeons, died Oct. 1. Dr. Fishkind spent more than 50 years caring for patients at the Tucson, Ariz., practice, according to an Oct. 5 Arizona Jewish Post…
North Carolina’s certificate-of-need debate has reached new stakes in the last two years, with numerous legal controversies surrounding the contended policy. Jim Tebay, a retired organizational consultant who has worked as a fractional C-suite executive and turnaround advisor for healthcare…