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How Guidelight Health expanded across states without losing its level-of-care standards

Guidelight Health has taken its intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization model into multiple states, and the clinical, operational and regulatory complexity has compounded at each step. Growth in behavioral health is rarely a question of whether the demand exists. It…

Oct 14, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

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Andy Cruz, Co-Founder & CMO, Guidelight Health
Chelsea (Martel) Ladendorf, VP, Compliance & Privacy Officer, Guidelight Health

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Mass General Brigham isn't ready to let its AI agents act on their own

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has spent the past three years building out how it governs AI, and the system’s technology chief said the arrival of agentic AI — tools capable of acting rather than just generating text — is…

Physician Burnout, AI Tools and Physician Leadership with Dr. Phillip Chang

In this episode, Phillip Chang, MD, Chief Medical and Quality Officer at CommonSpirit Health, discusses physician burnout and well-being, the role of AI scribes and documentation tools, and how CommonSpirit supports both employed and independent physicians. He also shares lessons…

Physician Burnout, AI Tools and Physician Leadership with Dr. Phillip Chang

In this episode, Phillip Chang, MD, Chief Medical and Quality Officer at CommonSpirit Health, discusses physician burnout and well-being, the role of AI scribes and documentation tools, and how CommonSpirit supports both employed and independent physicians. He also shares lessons…

U of Oklahoma health campus renamed in $150M gift

The University of Oklahoma’s Oklahoma City health campus will be renamed after a $150 million gift from energy executive Harold Hamm, the largest single gift in the university’s history, according to a Sept. 22 news release shared with Becker’s. The…

Median physician productivity changes by specialty area

Adult medical specialties posted the largest increase in median work relative value unit productivity from 2025 to 2026, the second consecutive year the category has led on productivity growth, according to a survey from SullivanCotter. The Chicago-based consulting firm released…

The clinical pathology revenue your group may be leaving on the table

For any group operating under payer contracts, reimbursement now shifts with every policy change, fee schedule update and contract renewal and revenue can slip before anyone notices.One place that happens quietly is the professional component of clinical pathology. This webinar…

Oct 16, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT

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Daniel Higgins, MBA, CPB, Director Account Management, Medusind

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Vandalia Health adds 18th hospital

Vandalia Health celebrated the grand opening of Vandalia Health Mon Harrison Neighborhood Hospital in Bridgeport, W.Va., a $26 million facility expanding emergency and inpatient care in Harrison County. The two-story, roughly 38,000-square-foot hospital will begin seeing patients Sept. 29, according…

CMS cancels ACA policies for 760,000 people, freezes broker registrations

CMS said Sept. 22 that it canceled plan year 2026 ACA policies covering 760,000 people. CMS canceled 315,000 policies covering these individuals Aug. 31. According to federal rulemaking records — set to publish in the Federal Register on Sept. 23…

Guidelines are only as good as their execution in the operating room

Complex spine deformity surgery leaves little margin for ambiguity about who says what, and when. The Best Practice Guidelines for the Execution of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Spine Deformity Surgery set out what sound practice looks like. This session brings the…

Oct 28, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

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Jason B Anari, MD, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Benjamin B. Bruins, MD, Attending Physician, Division of Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Alier Franco, PhD, CNIM, Area Clinical Manager, SpecialtyCare

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