Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus reported a 25% decline in clinical support calls and incidents since 2021, according to a workplace safety update published April 2. The system defines clinical support calls as requests to security for…
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At Houston-based Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD, leaders are combining multiple public and partner funding streams to build a continuum of care for high-need populations while managing operational, compliance and sustainability challenges. For decades, behavioral healthcare has faced…
Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) teams play a critical role in ensuring diagnoses are accurate, supported, and reflective of the care delivered. But as charts grow more complex and payer scrutiny of retrospective documentation review increases, changes to documentation that happen…
May 7, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM America/Chicago
Presented by:
Presenters
Dr. David Kirk, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Regard
Fran Jurcak MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O
Independent Consultant - CDI and Revenue Cycle
Nio Queiro, CEO
The Queiro Group
Dr. Carolyn Bauer
Medical Director of Clinical Documentation, Montefiore
Lebanon, Ind.-based Piece by Piece Autism will shut down by May 15 after Indiana officials said they would bar the provider from billing Medicaid, The Wall Street Journal reported April 1. The state informed the company it would be cut…
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 America/Chicago
Presented by:
Presenters
Calvin Hunsicker
Founder and Chief Product Officer, SureCost
Chad O’Connor
VP/GM Acute, SureCost
Jessica Daley
Founder, Daley Consulting Services, LLC
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 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 America/Chicago
Presenters
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
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:
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 America/Chicago
Presented by:
Presenters
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
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…