From ASC acquisitions to new care delivery tools, here are six updates from Optum, the parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, that Becker’s has reported on since the start of 2026:
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AI is advancing rapidly across healthcare, but scale without trust can weaken clinical judgment rather than strengthen it. Health systems are being flooded with AI tools promising efficiency, margin improvement and relief from clinician burnout. Early adopters are already reporting…
May 13, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Presenters
Romil Chadha, MD, MBA, MPH, SFHM, FACP, CMIO
UK Healthcare; Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Kentucky
Lisa Stephenson, MSN, RN, NI-BC
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Rick Newell, MD
Chief Transformation Officer, Vituity
Justin Mardjuki,
CEO, Sayvant
David Vawdrey
Chief Data & Informatics Officer, Geisinger
If you are not actively auditing your anesthesia revenue cycle, you may be missing revenue risks and opportunities. This webinar will help leaders understand what a comprehensive anesthesia revenue cycle management audit can reveal before those issues turn into larger…
Apr 23, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Jody Casey
Chief Growth Officer NAPA
Lynn Van Houten
SVP, Revenue Cycle Management, NAPA
Angela Conlon
Senior Director, Revenue Integrity & Optimization, NAPA
Clavio Ascari - Jason Grady Clavio Ascari, MD
Chief Clinical Officer, NAPA
Christina Midcap
VP, Managed Care Contracting, NAPA
San Francisco-based Oath Surgical is taking on the fragmented healthcare system with a vertically integrated approach to outpatient surgery. Launched in 2024, Oath operates three ASCs in Portland, Ore., and partners with more than 175 surgeons and 20 affiliated ASCs…
Across health systems, revenue can be lost at multiple points in the medication journey, from prescriptions that are abandoned to therapies that never begin to claims that end in write-offs. Those losses are often addressed separately. Pharmacy leaders focus on…
Apr 21, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health plans to build a new outpatient clinic in Washington City, Utah. According to a March 20 news release the facility will offer services including primary care, an InstaCare urgent care clinic and occupational health through…
Specialty therapies hold enormous clinical potential, but access barriers often prevent patients from starting treatment. Over half of prescriptions for newly launched specialty medications never reach patients, and 100 million prescriptions are abandoned each year across branded therapies. At the…
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Michigan lawmakers are weighing legislation that would eliminate hospital outpatient facility fees and loosen certificate-of-need requirements for imaging services. House Bill 5770, introduced March 19, would prohibit hospital outpatient departments from collecting facility fees. The Michigan Health & Hospital Association…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists is urging CMS not to proceed with proposed policies that would end coverage of peripheral nerve blocks for chronic pain. ASA applauded 25 bipartisan members of Congress for signing a letter to CMS opposing the…
The Iowa Board of Medicine has lifted its emergency suspension of a Des Moines transplant surgeon’s license after a procedural error derailed disciplinary proceedings, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported March 12. On Jan. 6, the board suspended the license of Qasim…