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The VBC Reckoning: A Payer's Honest Look at Wins, Failures, and What Comes Next

Value-based care promised better outcomes at lower cost. Years of effort and millions in infrastructure later, payer leaders are asking a blunt question: is it delivering? On Oct. 21, join us for a candid discussion built for payer leaders that…

Oct 21, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Tim Smith, ASA, MAAA, MS, Chief Actuary, Arbital Health
Niall Brennan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Horizon BCBS

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Alleged ShinyHunters leader arrested; group targeted healthcare

Dutch authorities have arrested an alleged leader of ShinyHunters, a cybercriminal group that has targeted healthcare organizations and their third-party vendors, the FBI said. The Dutch National Police’s High Tech Crime Unit arrested the suspect under Dutch law with the…

Labor Department presses Rochester Regional on visa-sponsored residents

Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health is responding to scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Labor’s inspector general over its hiring of foreign-trained resident physicians. In a Sept. 27 post on X, Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito asked the system how many residency…

Preparing Healthcare Infrastructure for AI and Rising Power Demand

In this episode, Greg Castle, U.S. Power & Grid Commercial Leader, Schneider Electric, and James Vun Cannon, Healthcare Segment Manager for Strategic Accounts and U.S. Digital Power, Schneider Electric, discuss rising power demand from AI, grid constraints and why health…

HealthPartners, Essentia CEOs tout 'complementary strengths' in pursuing 22-hospital combination

Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners and Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health announced Sept. 29 that their boards approved an agreement to combine, forming a nonprofit system with 22 hospitals, more than 135 clinics, 6,000 clinicians and 45,000 colleagues. The combined organization will be…

Ascension taps MedStar exec as VP of patient safety

Kate Kellogg, MD, is joining St. Louis-based Ascension as vice president of patient safety after serving Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health for nearly 13 years. Dr. Kellogg announced the news in a Sept. 29 LinkedIn post. After completing her emergency medicine…

HCA Florida hospital taps HR exec

James Perez has been appointed vice president of human resources at HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, effective Sept. 28. Mr. Perez joins HCA Florida Memorial Hospital from HCA Florida Putnam Hospital in Palatka, where he served as vice president…

Luminis Health restores MyChart after cyber incident

Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health has restored its MyChart patient portal as it recovers from a cybersecurity incident, the health system said in a Sept. 29 update. Patients can again use MyChart, which had been down since Sept. 1, to schedule…

4 top PBMs now control 75% of market: 6 notes

A September 2026 American Medical Association Policy Research Perspective analyzed Decision Resources Group data on PBM and insurer market shares from 2022 to 2024. Together, the four largest PBMs controlled 75% of the national market, up from 70% in 2022.…

U of Kansas Health System to take full ownership of hospital from Ardent

Kansas City, Kan.-based The University of Kansas Health System has signed a definitive agreement to acquire full ownership of St. Francis Campus and its affiliated care sites in Topeka from Brentwood, Tenn.-based Ardent Health. Four things to know: 1. The…