Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare doubled down on outpatient growth in 2025 with the addition of about 100 facilities to its outpatient lines, CEO Sam Hazen said in a Jan. 27 earnings call transcribed by Seeking Alpha. The 190-hospital system has…
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Primary care is entering a pivotal moment of evolution. Persistent workforce shortages, rising costs, and uneven access, felt most acutely in rural and underserved communities continue to be significant challenges driving the need to make a change. According to the…
Mar 3, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago
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David Carmouche, MD
Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Transformation Officer - Lumeris
Anagha Vyas
Vice President of Artificial Intelligence - Lumeris
The paperwork burden of prior authorization keeps climbing, and for some ASCs, the only way through is to treat it like a daily fight. Elisa Auguste, administrator at East Setauket, N.Y.-based Precision Care Surgery Center and vice president of the…
Coding accuracy sits at the center of both financial performance and clinical efficiency but staffing and resources are not keeping pace for many ASC and orthopedic practices. As pressures increase, practices are turning to AI-powered support to keep pace and…
Mar 4, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM America/Chicago
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Mark Herzog
Principal Solutions Specialist, Veradigm
Kyle Swarts
President, aiHealth
Manual staffing processes and limited visibility into staff experience are quietly draining perioperative capacity across health systems. Oregon Health & Science University faced these same challenges across 53 operating rooms. Leaders struggled with reactive staffing decisions, time-intensive coordination and inconsistent…
Mar 18, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago
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Dio Sumagaysay, RN, MS
Vice President, Perioperative & Multi-specialty Procedural Services, OHSU
Kristen Lund, RN
Director of OR/MSPU Scheduling & Pre-Operative Medicine Clinic, OHSU
Rayna Tuski
Director of Adult Perioperative Services, OHSU
Shane Stubbs
Senior Manager, Client Success, LeanTaaS
Anesthesia providers play a unique role in healthcare delivery, as their practice intersects with other specialties across the care spectrum, from high pressure operations to more routine surgical procedures. Their positionality and leadership in the operating room can provide them…
The Joint Commission has teamed up with the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons to develop new cardiac certification programs, according to a Jan. 29 news release from The Joint Commission. Here are four things to…
Rheumatologist Steven Mendelsohn, MD, agreed to pay $549,554 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act, according to a Jan. 28 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. What happened?
Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Ky., is now offering truFreeze, a cryotherapy spray, for esophageal cancer. William Evans III, MD, a gastroenterologist with Norton Gastroenterology Consultants of Louisville, is the only physician in Louisville performing the procedure. The minimally invasive…
Why is the right MSK care still so hard to find? Despite the $661B annual spend on MSK care[1], most of the 40% of adults who experience MSK pain [2] still don’t know how to find relief. The 2026 State…
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