In this episode, LeWanza Harris, MD, MPH, MBA, MS, Chief Quality Officer at Emory Healthcare, joins the podcast to discuss addressing quality gaps and improving workflow reliability across healthcare operations. She also shares insights on leveraging Epic foundation tools and…
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Oct 15, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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A Ukrainian national who helped deploy Conti ransomware against more than 1,000 victims worldwide has been sentenced to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, formerly of Cork, Ireland, admitted to joining the…
Clinical reviewers open a utilization management or appeals case and spend most of it assembling evidence — hundreds of pages, several source systems and a fax queue that has outlasted every modernization plan built around it. The determination itself is…
Oct 13, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Mark Miller, Sr. VP of Insurance and Strategic Accounts, Naviant
- Jason Bui, Head of Healthcare, UiPath
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