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How Sarasota Memorial is creating discharge capacity with AI

As patient volumes surged, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System faced growing pressure to maintain throughput and discharge efficiency — without added resources. In this on-demand webinar, leaders from the top-ranked system share how they used AI-enabled automation to predict discharge…

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Susan Grimwood, DNP, APRN

Executive Director, Logistics, Capacity and Patient Throughput, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

Kathy LeFrancois, RN, BSN

Director, Patient Flow and Nursing Resources, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System - Venice Campus

FamilyWell Health raises $8M to expand women’s mental health

Boston-based FamilyWell Health closed an $8 million Series A round to expand its integrated women’s mental health care model. Funding will support national expansion, AI development, training programs and new services for perimenopause and menopause care, according to a Nov.…

What behavioral health leaders are seeing on the ground — and what gaps need to be filled

Behavioral health leaders often talk about building a continuum of care, but what that looks like on the ground may vary. At Becker’s Behavioral Health Summit in November, leaders from across the industry gathered to discuss how systems are working…

Oklahoma fined $928K over mental health treatment delays

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health was fined $928,400 for failing to comply with court-mandated deadlines to provide timely mental health treatment to defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial, according to a Nov. 18 report from The Frontier. The fines,…

How Mercy Health boosted point-of-service collections by 35%

Patients today expect upfront clarity on cost and when they don’t get it, they delay or avoid care. That makes accurate estimates more than a finance issue; it’s a trust issue. Join leaders from Mercy Health to hear how they…

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Staci Fletcher, CHAM

Director of Patient Access, Mercy Health

Ben Koppenheffer

Senior Director – Client Success, Waystar

Innovating for inclusion: How health systems are rethinking language access

Health systems are under renewed pressure to embed equity across the patient journey. For non-English-speaking populations, language access is a critical piece but often underfunded, disconnected and reactive. At Intermountain Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network and LCMC Health, that’s changing.…

Dec 10, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM America/Chicago

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Dr. Toni Flowers

Corporate Chief Opportunity and Social Responsibility Officer LCMC Health

Joumana De Santiago

Director, Interpreter Services and Language Access Center Lehigh Valley Health Network

Carlos E. Martinez-Morales, BS, CMI, CHI, UT-CMLI-Spanish

Director, Language Services & Cultural Competence Intermountain Healthcare

Corey Bolt

Strategic Business Development Executive, Language Services AMN Healthcare

Discovery Behavioral Health taps CEO

Irvine, Calif.-based Discovery Behavioral Health has appointed Thomas Britton, PhD, as chief executive officer, effective Nov. 17. Dr. Britton succeeded John Peloquin, PhD, and will lead the organization as it expands the measurement-based care model, according to a Nov. 17…

DC dials back plan to staff every school with mental health provider

Washington, D.C.’s behavioral health agency is changing course on a 2018 commitment to place a full-time licensed mental health clinician in every public and charter school, citing staffing shortages and underperformance by contracted community providers. The revised approach began this…

NYC Health + Hospitals to take over city’s co-response program in 2026

New York City’s B-HEARD program — an initiative that sends health professionals, instead of police officers, to respond to 911 calls for nonviolent mental health emergencies — will transition to full operation by NYC Health + Hospitals in the spring…

Cleveland Clinic bridges physical, mental health for epilepsy patients

A patient with lifelong epilepsy visits their physician. After trying multiple medications, the symptoms persist. The patient weighs the risks and benefits of epilepsy surgery for the possibility of a seizure-free life. Although the physical symptoms may subside, there is…