Spine surgery has historically operated under two sets of economics: one determined by the care delivered and another by the building in which it is delivered. For 2026, Medicare’s ASC conversion factor is $56.322, compared with $91.415 for hospital outpatient…
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A company-published meta-analysis found allogeneic umbilical cord-derived stem cell therapy was associated with lower knee osteoarthritis pain scores at 12 months than corticosteroid and hyaluronic acid injections, the current non-surgical standard. Longevity Medical Institute published the peer-reviewed review July 6…
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 Moen, 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
- Jana Fullbright, Director of Revenue Cycle, State of Franklin Healthcare
- Heather Richmond-Munyon, Vice President of Revenue Cycle, Southeast Primary Care Partners
Spine surgery is moving out of the hospital faster than any payment system was built to handle, and the ability to prove outcomes is becoming the price of admission. As of Jan. 1, spinal fusion sits inside a mandatory Medicare…
At University Health in Kansas City, Cone Health, St. Luke’s Health System and Akron Children’s Hospital, decentralized specialty pharmacy was creating the same problems: medication access was slow, care was delayed, and prescriptions and patients were leaking out of the system…
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The competitive landscape for orthopedic and spine practices is changing rapidly. As value-based care expands, AI advances and more procedures move to the outpatient setting, leaders say success will depend on far more than surgical expertise alone. Editor’s note: Responses…
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