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Healthcare is in the midst of a site-of-care pivot. With shrinking reimbursement, rising capital constraints and structural changes in how CMS pays for inpatient services, health system and group practice leaders are rethinking strategy and betting on ambulatory care. As…

Jul 29, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT

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Joe Ganley

Jeffrey Flynn, CASC

Bryan Tsao

Jason Zepeda

Greg DeConciliis, PA-C, CASC

Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, impacted health plans must exchange prior authorization data through standardized application programming interfaces (APIs). The mandate reaches Medicare Advantage organizations, state Medicaid and CHIP fee-for-service programs, managed care plans and Qualified Health Plan issuers on the…

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When clinicians don’t trust clinical decision-support tools, they don’t just ignore them. They spend extra time verifying and correcting AI-generated recommendations undermining productivity and compromising the very quality-of-care gains these tools are meant to deliver. At Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting,…

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Elevation Spine’s Saber-C Anterior Cervical Fusion System has surpassed 5,000 implants.  The system supports both spike and screw fixation options and offers seven total points of fixation, according to a June 25 news release from Elevation Spine.  Saber-C is a…

UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic in Dublin, Ireland, performed the first procedure using Stryker’s Mako Shoulder robot in Europe, according to a June 26 report from MassDevice. The robotic-assisted platform is used for reverse shoulder replacement procedures, utilizing 3D planning software,…

DISC Surgery Center has added 17 physician partners to its recently opened ASC in West Palm Beach, Fla. The physicians specialize in spine surgery, orthopedic surgery, total joint replacement and vascular surgery, according to a June 29 news release. The…

Gregory Zipfel, MD, head of the Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery at WashU Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected president of the Society of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Zipfel began his one-year term May 17 He has led the department…

Fort Pierce, Fla.-based Nova Ortho and Spine added Southeastern Surgery Center in Tallahassee, Fla. to its network of surgical facilities, bringing its total to 12 locations. Cardiff Lexington, a healthcare holdings company, announced the addition in a June 29 news…

Real-time medication price transparency is no longer a someday ambition. As of 2025, 75 percent of hospitals had integrated real-time prescription benefit information for at least some payers, according to federal and CMS has required Medicare Part D plans to…

Jun 16-Jul 16, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT

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Christie Callahan

Lauren Hackenberg

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