Becker’s Behavioral Health

Staffing challenges in healthcare are not evenly distributed, and the systems that recognize that are gaining ground. In many organizations, a small number of units, departments or facilities drive a disproportionate share of vacancies, turnover and premium labor spend. Systemwide…

Up to 85% of claim denials trace back to the 12 minutes a clinician spends with a patient in the exam room. Health systems have invested heavily in clearinghouses, billing systems and denial management. Yet the most critical moment in…

Every day, provider organizations lose patients they never realize they’ve missed. Patients with open referrals, overdue preventive care, unrebooked no-shows and unresolved balances often fall out of the system entirely. Staff shortages and fragmented workflows make proactive outreach difficult to…

Workplace violence prevention has moved up the agenda for nearly every hospital executive team. However, progress on de-escalation training has stalled at the pilot stage in many organizations. Inconsistent rollouts, staffing constraints and unclear program ownership keep effective training from…

Sterile processing departments and operating rooms often hit a breaking point before real change occurs. Emplify Health by Gundersen acted earlier. Leaders identified early warning signs that threatened surgical throughput and long-term expansion. Instead of turning to short-term fixes, the…

As Medicare and Medicaid oversight intensifies, health plans are navigating a more complex landscape where policy ambiguity, state variability, and heightened enforcement are exposing gaps between intent and execution. Prepay strategies are gaining momentum as they prevent avoidable spend before…

AI adoption in healthcare is accelerating, but most organizations are still working through how to embed it into real workflows and decision-making in a consistent, scalable way. This session introduces a practical framework for operationalizing AI—centered on how decision-making shifts…

State-level direction on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, H.R. 1) is no longer hypothetical. Guidance is beginning to land, and revenue cycle leaders need to translate it into operational changes well before 2027. The complications won’t be uniform.…