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Health system pharmacy leaders invest heavily in training their teams. What that investment rarely reveals is whether those teams are ready to perform when a situation demands more than process knowledge.  Traditional models were built to move people through a…

Aug 10, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
Presenters:
  • Michael Alexander, Co-Founder, Audirie
  • Dr. Tina Moan, PharmD, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Colibri Healthcare

Most practice leaders believe denials are under control. New data tells a different story. In a survey of 360 independent practices, only 1 in 4 could pinpoint where revenue was leaking, and denials were climbing for nearly half. The reason…

Aug 13, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT

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  • Ian Maurer, VP, Veradigm

Picture the payer workflows that consume the most time: prior authorization, coverage determination, payer-to-payer exchange, denial appeals. Long-running, multi-party, regulated. Now picture autonomous agents handling that work, reliably and under full audit, across payer and provider systems. Almost no one…

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Healthcare and life sciences organizations are moving quickly to develop AI applications for diagnostics, genomics and digital health. But many teams face practical challenges as projects scale, including limited access to compute resources, cloud latency and data privacy requirements that…

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Nursing shortages, bedside turnover and rising labor costs are forcing health systems to do more with less. Labor now accounts for nearly 60 percent of the average hospital’s expenses and replacing a staff nurse costs roughly $60,000. Every hour clinicians…

Aug 7, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
Presenters:
  • Kassaundra McKnight-Young, CNIO Healthcare Industry Principal, Zebra Technologies
  • Gregory Carras, Regional Product Manager, Data Capture Solutions, Zebra Technologies
  • Jennifer Gene, VP, Healthcare and Public Sector Sales, Levata

Peter Derman, MD, did not leave Texas Back Institute because he wanted distance from the institution. He is clear about that. After nearly eight years at the Plano-based spine group, where he served as a partner and executive committee member,…

Every spine surgeon eventually encounters an adverse event that stays with them long after the patient has left the hospital, and the profession is beginning to reckon with the psychological toll those moments take, according to an article written by…

Large language models are drawing rapid interest in spine surgery, but their value currently lies in supporting physicians rather than replacing their judgment, according to an article written by Aimen Khan, Maximillian Lee, Noah Pogonitz, Daniel Park, MD, and Kern…

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