Mental health providers and advocacy organizations are warning steep cuts to Medicaid will harm access to behavioral health services. On July 4, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law. The sprawling spending package will cut…
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As margins tighten and transformation accelerates, organizations must strategically identify and develop leaders who will shape the future. This discussion breaks down how forward-looking health systems are reassessing leadership gaps, strengthening succession pipelines and determining when to promote from within…
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Laura Cianflone
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Catholic Health
Mick Ruel
Principal, Leadership Solutions, AMN Healthcare
Richard Metheny
President, The Aware Leader
Michelle Hood
Former President of Northern Light, Partnership with B.E. Smith. Current VP for AHA
This whitepaper highlights the critical importance of using sterile solutions to ensure patient safety, emphasizing that antiseptics are not inherently sterile and can contain harmful microbes during or after manufacturing. The paper urges healthcare professionals to verify sterility labeling and…
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The Trump administration’s approach to substance use disorder treatment so far has focused primarily on law enforcement actions to stop the supply of illegal drugs. The administration has proposed sweeping cuts to federal substance use and mental health programs, a…
Optimizing physician time and aligning with patient demand helps your practice run smoothly and can even positively impact patients’ access to care. By modernizing provider schedule management, you can achieve greater administrative efficiency with fewer errors as well as gain…
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Dr. Pat Hunt
Chief Medical Officer, Prisma Health and QGenda
Dr. Stefanie Gefroh
President, West Market, Essentia Health
James Sims
Division Chief, Primary Care, PeaceHealth Medical Group
Dr. Wayne Batchelor
President, Medicine Service Line, Inova Health System
Darin Rogers
VP and Chief Ambulatory Operations Officer, West Virginia University Healthcare
Perimeter Behavioral Hospital of Arlington (Texas) will receive a $30 million grant to provide competency restoration services, Fort Worth Report reported July 2. Incarcerated individuals in need of mental healthcare face long waitlists in Texas, according to My Health My…
Several behavioral health providers have named new CEOs, chief medical officers and more in 2025. Here are 18 moves to know:
Despite recent Senate passage of the Big Beautiful Bill Act, which, among other things, seeks to reduce behavioral healthcare spending, state lawmakers are expanding access to mental healthcare and investing in behavioral health workforces. Here are six state mental health…
The future is live: How trailblazing health systems are revolutionizing primary care with agentic AI
“Don’t worry about what AI will do to clinicians – focus on what it can do for us. We won’t be replaced. We become superheroes with AI’s help.” AI agents validated with clinical rigor and embedded in the EHR aren’t hypothetical…
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Darren Shafer, D.O.
President, Presbyterian Medical Group
Keith Fisher, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, Adventist Healthcare, Fort Washington Medical Center
Deepthi Bathina
Founder & CEO, RhythmX AI | Former CPO of Humana, and former COO of Wolters Kluwer - Health UpToDate and Nuance Healthcare
The Eugene-based University of Oregon will use an $11 million federal grant to establish a national center for children’s mental health. The National Institute of Mental Health will fund the center for five years, according to a July 2 news…
