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Pharmacy procurement at scale: What’s breaking and how to fix it

Pharmacy procurement becomes increasingly difficult to manage as health systems expand. Many organizations have centralized strategies in place, yet purchasing decisions remain reactive. The result: inconsistency, missed savings and increased compliance risk across the enterprise. This session explores where traditional…

May 12, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Calvin Hunsicker, Founder and Chief Product Officer, SureCost
Chad O’Connor, VP/GM Acute, SureCost
Jessica Daley, Founder, Daley Consulting Services, LLC

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Connecticut behavioral health providers plan merger

Waterbury, Conn.-based Wellmore and Hartford, Conn.-based the Village for Families and Children plan to merge operations in the coming months. The combined organization would employ nearly 1,000 staff members and serve 30,000 families annually across 100 municipalities in the state,…

Interoperability’s next chapter: How healthcare leaders are reenvisioning connected care

Interoperability has long been healthcare’s unfinished project. Despite decades of investment, the industry still operates within fragmented data environments that struggle to keep pace with care delivered across hospitals, physician groups, labs, post-acute providers and community settings. As care delivery…

May 6, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

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Amy Roberts, Director of Health Information Systems and Information Technology, Raleigh Neurology Associates
Sam Lambson, Vice President of Product Management, Platform, athenahealth
Lauren M. Smith MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer Cook County Health
Nilesh Desai, MBA, BS, RPh, CPPS, CPEL, Chief Pharmacy Officer University of Miami Health System

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Military suicides fall in 2024, but risks persist: 4 notes

The Defense Department’s “Annual Report on Suicide in the Military” reported 471 service member suicide deaths in 2024, down from 531 in 2023. Here are four things to know:

Beyond Efficiency: How AI Is Reshaping Workforce and Care Delivery in Rural Health

Forward-thinking rural health systems are not approaching the $50B Rural Health Transformation Program as a one-time funding opportunity; they’re treating it as a catalyst to rethink how care is delivered, how clinicians work, and how long-term sustainability is achieved. Across…

May 13, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

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Meghan Sims, Director of Partner Success, Abridge
Dr. Veronica Hooper, Chief Health Officer, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
David Rich, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer WVU Medicine

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Why Magellan bets on clinical expertise, provider partnerships in autism care

As autism diagnoses climb and costs and utilization rise, many payers are tightening utilization management. Maryland Heights, Mo.-based Magellan Health’s Autism Connections — developed in 2009 amid expanding state autism coverage mandates — has taken a different route, emphasizing clinical…

Supreme Court backs challenge to Colorado conversion therapy ban

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an 8-1 decision March 31 that a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors may violate the First Amendment when applied to talk therapy, reversing a lower court decision and remanding the case. Chiles…

Virginia behavioral health hospital names president

Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health has appointed Jack Field as president of its Riverside Mental Health and Recovery Center in Hampton, Va., effective April 6. Mr. Fields succeeds Stacey Johnson, who was recently named president of Riverside Doctors’ Hospital Williamsburg…

CMS hospital harm mandates are raising the stakes for inpatient glycemic control

Hospitals are now operating in the year CMS has mandated reporting for two Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) tied to severe hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, with Medicare reimbursement implications beginning in fiscal year 2028. For CNOs, CMOs and quality leaders, that…

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From tedious to touchless: How AI takes revenue cycle automation to the next level

Trying to get paid shouldn’t cost 3–4% of your revenue. Revenue cycle teams are buried in manual entry, repetitive appeals and constant troubleshooting. Platforms may surface problems, but leave staff to fix them. In this session, you’ll learn a different…

Apr 30, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

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Doug Proctor, COO and co-founder, Candid Health
Sabrina Luce, Revenue Cycle Management Lead, Candid Health

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