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Cybersecurity: Safeguarding employees in the age of scams

Are you worried about being a victim of cyber crime? What about your employees and vulnerable elderly retirees? Each year millions of Americans are targets of financial fraud schemes that use email, text, social media, telephone calls and other means…

Jun 25, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM America/Chicago

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Presenters

Kara Speciale

Sr Director, Chief Information Security Officer, Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Ryan Allen

Chief Information Security Officer, UAB Health System

Colin Pierce

Senior Managing Director, Healthcare National Practice Leader, TIAA

Ron Barthel

Senior Director, Cybersecurity Awareness, TIAA

Brendan Purcell

Managing Director, Enterprise Fraud Operations Leader, TIAA

Oncology Virtual Forum

Jul 15, 2025 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM America/Chicago

Missouri system to renovate old grocery store into $20M behavioral health center

Lee’s Summit, Mo.-based ReDiscover is planning a $20 million renovation to turn a former grocery store in Kansas City, Mo., into a behavioral health campus, NBC affiliate KSHB reported June 16. The system will convert the 50,000-square-foot site into a…

How Medicaid cuts could affect mental healthcare, state-by-state

The share of Medicaid beneficiaries with a mental illness or substance use disorder and the number of people receiving treatment varies by state, according to a report from mental health advocacy group Inseparable. The report, published in June, details the…

The State of Patient Access 2025: Improved access but a rocky patient financial experience

The 2025 State of Patient Access Report reveals a sharp rise in financial friction: more than 1 in 3 patients now regularly struggle to pay for care, and more than 40% say they’d delay treatment without an accurate cost estimate.…

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Where 988 is used most, least: 5 things to know

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline was contacted most frequently in Alaska and Vermont, and least frequently in Delaware and Alabama, according to a study published JAMA Network Open June 9. The 988 lifeline was launched in 2022. The line…

MUSC expands brain stimulation treatment to rural areas

The Medical University of South Carolina launched a mobile van to provide transcranial magnetic stimulation to patients in rural communities, The Post and Courier reported June 16. TMS can be an effective treatment for patients with drug-resistant depression, MUSC physicians…

Florida behavioral health provider closes location

Fort Myers, Fla.-based SalusCare is searching for a new site for its Cape Coral, Fla., location, the Naples Daily News reported June 13. The site, which provided behavioral health services, sustained significant damage during Hurricane Ian in 2022. The site…

Lawmakers reintroduce mental telehealth access bill: 5 things to know

Federal lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to permanently remove requirements for Medicare beneficiaries receiving mental healthcare to visit their provider in-person every six months. Reps. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, and Sens. Tina Smith, D.-Minn., and Bill Cassidy, MD,…

Addiction treatment provider to pay FTC $1.9M over ad practices

Evoke Wellness, a Miramar, Fla.-based substance use disorder clinic, will pay $1.9 million to settle allegations it used misleading advertising to bring in patients, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC alleged Evoke ran deceptive Google search ads impersonating…