Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health nearly doubled the share of discharged patients leaving with prescriptions in hand. Then it made enrollment automatic. The system flipped its Meds to Beds program from opt-in to opt-out in Epic this year after pushing capture…
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Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into UnitedHealth Group. An Oct. 5 news release said the investigation resulted from allegations of “deceptive and unlawful practices” that could have denied Texans medically necessary care.…
Automating routine tasks is only part of AI’s value for healthcare finance. The bigger opportunity is helping teams spot emerging trends, understand performance drivers and forecast results earlier, giving leaders more time to act. But readiness remains a challenge. In…
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Presenters:
- Frank Stevens, Chief Product Officer, Strata
- Josh Wiggins, Vice President of Product Management, Strata
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has closed its sale of 31 home health and hospice agencies across eight states to Cincinnati-based Deaconess Associations, according to an Oct. 1 Deaconess news release shared with Becker’s. With the deal complete, the agencies and…
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System has successfully launched Epic across its entire organization, completing a roughly $160 million EHR transition. Sarasota Memorial said in an Oct. 4 Facebook post that the systemwide launch included First Physicians Group offices, outpatient…
By 2027, more than 70% of recently implemented enterprise resource planning initiatives will fail to fully meet their original business goals, according to Gartner. The technology itself is rarely the only obstacle. This session tackles the practical questions that can…
Oct 27, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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Presenters:
- Harun Rashid, Chief Digital Information Officer, Akron Children's
- Brian Evans, Vice President, Impact Advisors
- Siddharth Shetty, Sr. Value Manager, Workday
Montage Health and Southwest General began with modest patient access workflows: scheduling, registration and appointment reminders. As the results accumulated, the challenge shifted from demonstrating whether automation worked to deciding what to build next and how to scale without creating…
The Federal Trade Commission has warned 24 of the nation’s largest health systems that incomplete, inaccurate or untimely price disclosures could violate federal consumer protection law, even if the organizations comply with CMS’ hospital price transparency requirements. FTC Chair Andrew…
Facilities masked and isolated patient actors simulating avian flu in 60% of unannounced drills, according to a CDC study published Oct. 1. The study, which appeared in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, analyzed 73 drills of a simulated…
A public-facing WordPress environment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center was taken offline after cyberattackers exploited a vulnerability and gained access to a web server. UNMC’s Brand Wise site, which houses the Omaha, Neb.-based academic medical center’s branding resources,…