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Stronger Together: How OhioHealth and Medical Mutual Foster Payer-Provider Trust

Health systems face rising complexity: labor shortages, prior auth challenges and disjointed tech are dragging down care and draining resources. Payers, meanwhile, are under pressure to improve outcomes while controlling spend. This session brings both sides to the table —…

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Joseph Keckan, Vice President, Medical Mutal
Girish Dighe, System Vice President Revenue Cycle, OhioHealth
Krisi Hutson, Senior Director Solutions, Availity

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4 cardiology lawsuits in 2025

Here are four lawsuit involving cardiologists or cardiology practices since Jan. 1, 2025, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Norman Wang, MD, a cardiologist, lost a lawsuit he filed against the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, three physicians and a physicians’ group.…

10 notes for cardiologists on the spending package's impact

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 4 by President Donald Trump, has a number of notable provisions that affect cardiovascular physicians, including student loan and Medicaid changes. Here are 10 ways that the bill impacts the cardiovascular field,…

West Virginia physician pleads guilty to federal drug crime

Sanjay Mehta, DO, a physician of Shady Spring, W.Va., pleaded guilty to three counts of aiding and abetting obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Dr. Mehta worked at HOPE Clinics in West Virginia from November 2012 through May 2015. Dr.…

The paradox of Stark law in the age of physician consolidation

Many physician leaders are struggling with the paradox of insurance companies and private equity firms acquiring physician practices, while physicians themselves are barred by Stark law from owning or referring to healthcare entities in which they have a financial interest.…

$25 million physician-owned hospital set to open in Texas

The TXM Manor Emergency Room, a physician-owned hospital and outpatient facility in Texas, is scheduled to open in July 2026. According to a July 10 news release shared with Becker’s, the project is being led by Harbir Singh, MD, who…

From chaos to cohesion: Tackling OR variation to improve safety and reduce burnout

ORs and endoscopy suites face growing demands. Not only have surgical volumes rebounded, health systems are expanding — leaving clinicians rotating between multiple locations with different tools, protocols and expectations. This environment increases risk, burnout and delays. In this panel…

Aug 20, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

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Wes Scruggs, Vice President, Corporate Accounts, Ambu
Carrie Maloney Robertshaw, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, Chief Operating Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Vallejo Medical Center
Donna Berizzi, DNP, RN, OCN, NEA-BC, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Cancer Service Line, Johns Hopkins Medicine – Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Josephine Class, VP of Surgical Services, Nuvance Health
Katrina Wojciechowski, MS, PA, VP, Associate Chief Operating Officer, Rochester General Hospital

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Inside the state seeing rapid ASC growth

North Carolina has seen some of the ASC activity so far in 2025, with more than eight new centers opened or announced. Fueling this boom is a major reform to the state’s certificate-of-need laws, set to take effect by the…

A blueprint for sustainable ASC ownership

As younger physicians weigh the burdens of ownership against the safety of employment, ASCs face a growing challenge: how to sustain physician engagement while maintaining financial stability. Shobhit Minhas, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Fox Valley Orthopedics in Geneva, Ill.,…

The payer issues pressing anesthesiologists

Anesthesia providers face a number of insurance-related challenges from both CMS and commercial payers. Reimbursement declines from both CMS and private payers remain a pressing issue for anesthesia providers as they manage high demand for their services amid an ongoing…