Physicians still get real satisfaction from the patient side of the job, but two forces are testing that bond: the growing footprint of AI in care decisions and the rising cost of getting treated at all, according to a report…
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A federal jury convicted three defendants in an $11 million Medicaid fraud and kickback scheme involving a Henrico, Va.-based mental health agency, according to a Sept. 9 Justice Department news release. Twin sisters E’mon and Armone’ Ambers, 31, and Traquan…
UnitedHealthcare recently announced it’s cutting prior authorization requirements by 30%, including for some outpatient surgeries, by the end of 2026. Four surgeons connected with Becker’s to share their reaction to the announcement and how prior authorization has shaped their practices.…
Picture the morning huddle where someone asks where a patient stands and three people check three different places to answer. One opens a spreadsheet, one checks a whiteboard and one calls the coordinator who happens to know. Nobody is wrong,…
Oct 8, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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- Mauricio Garcia Jacques, MD, MPH, Founder & CEO, Raport Health · Practicing pain & anesthesia physician · Founder, ACHE Institute of Houston, Raport Inc
CMS has cleared the federal path for cardiology’s move into ASCs, adding cardiac catheter ablation and hundreds of other cardiovascular codes to the ASC covered procedures list, starting in 2026. But whether a center can actually perform those procedures still…
Health system margins have struggled throughout 2026, and the pressure shows no sign of easing. Rising costs and demographic shifts away from traditional profit centers now collide with newer threats: OBBBA-driven coverage reductions, rising payer denials, the accelerated outpatient shift…
Oct 8, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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Presenters:
- Christopher Kerns, CEO, Union Healthcare Insight
- Eric Fontana, Chief Data Officer, Union Healthcare Insight
- Ben Gerber, Chief Strategy Officer, WVU Medicine
From new programs to enrollment expansions, hospitals and universities are racing to build a CRNA pipeline that the healthcare system increasingly depends on. 1. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare partnered to expand the school’s Doctor…
Andrew Wickline, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Genesee Orthopedics in New Hartford, N.Y., and Apex Surgical Center in Westmoreland, N.Y., is leading a national push to remove opioids from recovery after hip and knee replacements, The Rome Sentinel reported Sept.…
Two cardiologists in Wichita Falls, Texas, are closing their practices, according to a Sept. 8 report from Wichita Falls Times Record News. Shona Sudarshan, MD, and Sriram Sudarshan, MD, are retiring from practice at North Texas Cardiology Center. Their practices…
Northwestern Medicine has developed an AI tool that automatically measures colonoscopy quality by analyzing procedure footage, according to a study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology and announced in a Sept. 8 news release. The tool identifies key moments…