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Traditional oncology case management programs have helped health plans support members through cancer, but nurse-led navigation alone cannot address the clinical decisions that most influence outcomes and costs. Cancer requires timely diagnosis, guideline-driven treatment decisions, and direct clinical intervention from…

Sep 30, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT

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Presenters:
  • Dany Matar, Chief Operating Officer, Color
  • Dr. Rebecca Miksad, Chief Medical Officer, Color
  • Dr. Glenn Hamilton, Chief Medical Officer, Evry Health
  • Christina Rassi, Chief Growth Officer, Evry Health

Roughly 70 percent of medical decisions depend on lab results but lab spending remains one of the least scrutinized lines in a health plan’s budget. That blind spot is getting more expensive. Routine testing spend is climbing faster than the…

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Risk adjustment has traditionally lived downstream of the patient visit, reconstructed after the fact through chart review, queries, and coding. This session explores what changes when documentation integrity becomes part of the clinical conversation itself, not a separate process layered…

Aug 19, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

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Presenters:
  • Eric Bricker, MD, Internal Medicine Physician and former Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Compass Professional Health Services
  • Adam Minder, MD, Chief Health Informatics Officer, Inova Health
  • Padmanabhan Premkumar, MD, System Senior Vice President and President, Hartford HealthCare Medical Group and CEO of Integrated Care Partners

Amid ongoing leadership restructuring, hospitals and health systems are adjusting C-suite roles through a mix of consolidations, expanded responsibilities and select leadership exits. Becker’s has reported on the following leadership changes — driven by shifting priorities, systemwide realignments and executive…

U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-2027 Best Hospitals Honor Roll recognizes 20 hospitals, and each relies on a supply chain leader overseeing sourcing, procurement and supply resiliency at enormous scale. U.S. News evaluated nearly 4,500 hospitals across 14 adult specialties…

At Seattle Children’s, approximately 94% of specialty referrals arrive by fax. That means staff process more than 10,000 referrals each month across 39 specialty clinics. Before a patient can be scheduled or seen, staff must review each referral, identify missing…

Aug 25, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT

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Presenters:
  • Shannon Degnan, MSN, Clinical Systems Architect, Seattle Children's
  • Grant Egerdahl, IT Applications Analyst, Lead with the Departmental Systems team, Seattle Children’s

Eli Lilly has filed six lawsuits against U.S. entities it accuses of illegally selling versions of its experimental obesity drug retatrutide. The lawsuits target compounding pharmacies, medical spas and online sellers that allegedly sold retatrutide products, according to an Aug.…

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health has restored functionality to some technology systems affected by a multiday connectivity outage and said it found no indication the disruption is tied to a cyberattack, WYFF News 4 reported Aug. 11. Staff and patients first…

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