The Robert Cizik Eye Clinic, part of UTHealth Houston, has received Joint Commission accreditation for its office-based surgery program. The accreditation allows the practice to perform ophthalmology surgeries in the clinic as opposed to an ASC or hospital. Performing procedures…
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The American Heart Association said it will develop an educational initiative for clinicians treating midlife women, supported by a $1 million philanthropic gift from Jennifer Ashton, MD, and Tom Werner. The program aims to equip cardiologists and OB-GYNs with evidence-based…
Hybrid nursing programs are gaining momentum, but securing alignment across nursing, finance and operations remains a persistent challenge. In this webinar, senior healthcare leaders discuss how to build durable business cases for virtual nursing programs and secure buy-in from executive…
Mar 23, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
Presented by:
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Wendy Deibert, RN
AVP Virtual Care & Workforce Transformation Baptist Health System KY & IN
Marcia Murphy, MSN, RN
Chief Nursing Officer Vitalchat
Alan Pitt, MD
Chief Strategy Officer Vitalchat
With nearly 2,000 ASCs under a partnership by a national operator, up from about 1,300 centers in 2011, the consolidation of ASCs has taken on a new path over the past decade and a half. According to VMG Health’s 2025…
Much of the GI community has anchored its view of AI to adenoma detection rates, but Neil Parikh, MD, a gastroenterologist with Farmington-based Connecticut GI, says the bigger disruption will come from predictive analytics and chronic disease management. “We’re really…
Leadership shifts across cardiology are shaping strategy at health systems, academic centers and national societies. These recent appointments signal who will be influencing clinical innovation, workforce priorities and policy conversations in 2026. Here are 15 cardiology leadership appointments to know,…
Physician consolidation has defined much of the past two decades in healthcare. Independent practices have folded into hospital systems, private equity firms have accelerated acquisitions and employment has replaced ownership for a growing share of physicians. In 2024, 42.2% of…
A new approach is convincing some of healthcare’s most cautious CFOs to rethink AI. With dashboards, BI platforms and automation tools not delivering the needed impact, finance leaders are now reassessing what AI-native architecture can realistically deliver. In this webinar,…
Mar 23, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
Presented by:
Presenters
John Orsini
EVP & CFO, Northwestern Medicine
John Everett
CFO, Wray Hospital & Clinic
Jack O'Hara
Founder & CEO, Translucent AI
A federal appeals court has handed a win to Cigna, affirming the dismissal of a class action lawsuit that alleged the insurer’s exclusion of weight loss drug coverage amounted to disability discrimination against members with obesity. The U.S. Court of…
CMS’ 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule moves Medicare further toward site-neutral payment, as part of an effort to narrow long-standing payment gaps between hospital outpatient departments and ASCs. According to a Health Affairs analysis, the payment rule not…