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Patient balances continue to rise, but adding billing staff isn’t a sustainable answer for growing dental organizations. Many billing teams are stuck chasing payments manually, balancing patient communications across multiple locations, and trying to improve collections in a challenging labor…

Jul 29, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Presenters:
  • Pam Draper, Vice President, Operations, Partnerships for Dentists
  • Samantha Champagnie, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management, Imagen Dental Partners
  • Aphton McElheney, Head of Customer Success, Pearly

The FDA on June 16 approved Rextovy, a 4-milligram naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, for over-the-counter use. The decision aligns with President Donald Trump’s federally coordinated effort to address the addiction and substance use crisis across the U.S., according to a…

More than one-third of psychologists, 35%, said patients are using AI as an additional mental health professional, according to American Psychological Association’s 2026 Chatbots and Mental Health Survey. APA surveyed more than 1,200 licensed psychologists in the U.S. who are…

Forty-three U.S. universities were ranked among the top 100 in the world for psychiatry and psychology by U.S. News & World Report.   U.S. News’ “Best Global Universities” ranked 2,250 universities overall and by 51 academic subject areas. The subject rankings…

A toxicology journal has retracted a 2010 study that claimed male newborns vaccinated against hepatitis B in their first month of life had threefold greater odds of an autism diagnosis than those vaccinated later or not at all. In a May 21…

Kratom-related exposure reports to poison-control centers increased by more than 1,200% between 2015 and 2025, according to a 2026 study published in the CDC’s “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.” The drug is derived from a tropical tree native to Southeast…

Most health systems still treat pharmacy as a line-item expense to control. Leaders at Ochsner Health, St. Luke’s Health System, MetroHealth and Yale New Haven Health System are taking a different approach—leveraging pharmacy intelligence, AI-enabled workflows and data-driven decision-making to improve medication…

Jul 15, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Presented by
Presenters:
  • Deborah Simonson, PharmD, CPEL, Chief Pharmacy Officer and Vice President, Ochsner Health
  • Joshua Weber, PharmD, MBA-HCM, CSP, BCMTMS, 340B ACE, Senior Director, Ambulatory, Retail and Specialty Pharmacy Services, St. Luke's Health System
  • Ryan Mezinger, RPh, CPEL, Senior Vice President, Chief Pharmacy Officer, MetroHealth
  • Marjorie Lazarre, PharmD, MHA, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Yale New Haven Health System

When one in six Americans over age 12 experiences substance use disorders, it’s understandable to look to GLP-1s, a medication that quells desire, as a possible treatment. That’s especially true in light of study results making headlines, the fact that there only are few…

The number of designated mental health professional shortage areas increased from 6,418 in 2024 to 6,807 as of Dec. 31, while the estimated number of practitioners needed to eliminate those shortages rose from about 6,200 to 6,800. In response to…

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