Becker’s Behavioral Health

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.…

Rural health systems are under pressure to improve outcomes, expand access, and control costs while facing persistent workforce shortages. But what if transformation didn’t require adding more staff using AI? Join Microsoft, Andor Health, and Ballad Health to learn how…

The gap between revenue cycle and supply chain is thinning ASC margins ASC profitability isn’t only a revenue cycle problem or only a supply chain problem — it’s what happens between them.  At a roundtable convened at Becker’s 23rd Annual…