Three years ago, St. Louis-based Ascension set out to close gaps in breast and colorectal cancer screenings, with a focus on communities facing medium-to-high social vulnerability. The effort was part of a broader strategy to use community and clinical data…
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Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System on Oct. 5 secured nearly $40 million in financing through a 2026 bond series to help it work through its financial recovery. Bondholders agreed to postpone the system’s Sept. 1 bond payment until after the…
Some HCA Healthcare nurses say Timpani, an AI-enabled scheduling tool built on Palantir software, ignores their shift preferences and leaves units short on experienced staff, Wired reported Oct. 2. Wired interviewed six nurses who work at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare,…
Many AI projects in hospitals never make it past proof of concept. The technology performs in a demo and then stalls before it reaches a care team. Success depends on more than the model’s sophistication. It rests on the foundation…
Nov 17, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
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Presenters:
- Adam Alkhato, Senior Director, Biomedical Engineering & Life Science Technology, Stanford Health Care Stanford Medicine
- Bobby Greer, Technical Director, SickKids AI Service, The Hospital for Sick Children
- Matt Davis, West Zone Sales Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring Philips
A bipartisan group of 32 House members is urging CMS to reconsider its proposed remote patient monitoring restrictions in the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The Oct. 2 letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, was led by Reps. David…
Your revenue cycle team and your accounting team look at the same payments every day — and often reach two different answers. One reconciles against claims and remittances. The other reconciles against the general ledger and the bank. Both are…
Nov 9, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
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Presenters:
- Marlys Green, Director, Treasury Controller, PDS Health
- Thomas Smith, Director, RCM Automation & Analytics, PDS Health
- Debbie Potts, VP, Healthcare Solutions Consultant, Fifth Third & Big Data Healthcare
Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health ended negotiations with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia on 2027 contract extensions for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and ACA exchange plans. An Oct. 5 update on Sentara’s website said the health system set an…
The Federal Trade Commission warned 24 health systems Oct. 5 that incomplete or misleading price disclosures could violate federal consumer protection law, even if they meet CMS price transparency rules. The FTC said omitting physician or facility fees could mislead…
Hospitals are the leading source of medical debt in the U.S., with more than half of adults with medical debt owing money for hospital services, according to an Oct. 6 Urban Institute report funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.…
Revenue cycle leaders are balancing two urgent priorities: keeping today’s operation running while building the model for the future. The decisions they make now about ownership, workflows and workforce skills will determine whether AI fundamentally reshapes the revenue cycle or…