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Suicide became the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2024, up from No. 11 in 2023, according to final mortality data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Suicide deaths fell 1% over the same period, from…

CMS estimates that 77% of fiscal year 2025 Medicaid improper payments resulted from insufficient documentation rather than fraud or abuse, according to an Oct. 7 report from the Congressional Research Service. The report outlines how federal and state agencies oversee…

Monday morning is when the cost of inconsistent patient access surfaces — unmet demand, backed-up calls, stretched staff and provider capacity that patients cannot reach. For specialty practices, access is no longer just an operational headache; it’s a growth lever.…

Oct 15, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

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Presenters:
  • Marie D’Aiuto, VP of Patient Access Innovation, Assort Health
  • Michael T. Rohmiller, M.D., Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Strategic Advisor, Assort Health

Between 2010 and 2025, U.S. hospitals shut down at comparable rates whether they were in urban or rural areas, according to a research letter published Oct. 8 in JAMA Network. Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health…

Meadowbrook, Pa.-based Redeemer Health has defaulted on a required bond payment, according to an Oct. 8 notice posted through the Electronic Municipal Market Access system.  The bonds are publicly traded, tax-exempt municipal bonds for which the system is obligated. The…

Inpatient CDI has traditionally depended on disruptive retrospective queries, fragmented workflows, and clinicians revisiting the record days or weeks after discharge. What changes when context and documentation guidance arrive during the encounter, while the clinical context is still fresh? Health…

Oct 15, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

Presented by:

Presented by
Presenters:
  • Carlos Armando Aguilar, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, The Christ Hospital Health
  • Samuel Y Ash, MD, Chief Information Officer, South Shore Health
  • Jason Jobes, Senior Vice President of Solutions, Norwood

Lewiston, Maine-based Central Maine Healthcare, which Prime Healthcare Foundation acquired in February, issued a termination notice to the physician group that staffs emergency departments at its three hospitals. BlueWater Emergency Partners, based in Brunswick, Maine, will stop providing emergency medicine…

As health systems push deeper into the ambulatory setting, many are assembling medical groups at a scale and speed that tempts leaders to run everything from headquarters.  Sean Tedjarati, MD, sees it differently. As executive vice president, chief physician ambulatory…

Hospitals and health systems have named dozens of nurses as CEO or president between January and early October, according to Becker’s reporting. The appointments include critical access hospitals, rehabilitation and behavioral health facilities, academic medical centers and multi-hospital systems. Several…

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