Across five health systems, behavioral health leaders are seeing a fundamental shift in how integration is financed: moving from siloed service lines and short-term funding toward enterprisewide cost strategies. Rather than treating behavioral health as a standalone service, leaders said…
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Texas will invest $5 million in grants for the state’s Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program to expand mental healthcare access statewide. The funding will support nine Texas medical training centers developing, expanding or administering accredited one-year forensic psychiatry fellow programs for…
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Food insecurity is increasingly recognized as a clinical risk factor that drives utilization, destabilizes patient outcomes, and contributes to variation in performance across populations. As value-based care strategies mature, leading organizations are moving beyond ad hoc food assistance toward structured,…
Apr 29, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM America/Chicago
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Heather Seid, DCN, RDN, CDN
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Marlena Balcerak, MS, RDN, LDN
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Anne Leach, MS, RDN, LD
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Federal Medicaid cuts could deepen financial strain on hospital-based psychiatric services nationwide, many of which already operate at a loss and face closures, Stateline reported March 23. Data from the American Hospital Association show 126 U.S. hospitals eliminated inpatient psychiatric…
Revenue cycle is often managed as a series of discrete functions, but for clinicians and frontline teams its fragmentation creates daily friction that directly impacts patient care. From prior authorization delays that postpone treatments and procedures to downstream coding and…
May 7, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Jason McNeil
CFO, Singing River Health
Sarah McGoldrick
Executive Director Finance, Singing River Health
John Smith
SVP Customer Partner, R1
Jennifer Weinberg
MD , VP Operations Physician Advisory, R1 RCM
As capital projects move from strategy to reality, delays, unclear costs and compliance complexity can slow progress and strain already limited resources. In this session, we’ll discuss managing growing capital demands with tighter budgets and oversight requirements. It offers a…
May 5, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM America/Chicago
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Mark Kenneday
Director of Market Strategy and Development – Healthcare Gordian