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Pharmacy procurement at scale: What’s breaking and how to fix it

Pharmacy procurement becomes increasingly difficult to manage as health systems expand. Many organizations have centralized strategies in place, yet purchasing decisions remain reactive. The result: inconsistency, missed savings and increased compliance risk across the enterprise. This session explores where traditional…

May 12, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago

Presented by:

Presenters

Calvin Hunsicker

Founder and Chief Product Officer, SureCost

Chad O’Connor

VP/GM Acute, SureCost

Jessica Daley

Founder, Daley Consulting Services, LLC

Zimmer Biomet’s 5 highest-paid executives in 2025

Zimmer Biomet’s CEO, Ivan Tornos, earned $16.1 million in total compensation in 2025, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission proxy filing. The devicemaker’s April 1 filing revealed the compensation packages for five executives from 2022 to 2024. Compensation packages include…

Dr. Thomas Lee named SynerFuse VP of strategy

Neurosurgeon Thomas Lee, MD, was named vice president of strategy at SynerFuse. Dr. Lee is a neurosurgeon and assistant professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, according to an April 2 news release shared with…

Dr. David Hay operates on Anaheim Ducks player

Jansen Harkins, a forward on the National Hockey League’s Anaheim (Calif.) Ducks, underwent hand surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a March 31 team news release. The procedure was performed by David Hay, MD, an orthopedic…

13 spine, orthopedic facility closures in the last 3 years

In recent years multiple spine and orthopedic practices have closed facilities or shuttered entirely. Here are 13 moves to know: 1. Tri-County Orthopedics closed its Denville, N.J., office in May. 2. The BoulderCentre (Colo.) for Orthopedics & Spine closed a facility in Lafayette, Colo.,…

UCSF Health names spine surgery chief

The University of California, San Francisco Health’s department of orthopedic surgery has appointed Rajiv Sethi, MD, PhD, as chief of orthopedic spine surgery, co-director of the UCSF Spine Center and UCSF system medical director of value-based musculoskeletal initiatives, effective April…

Orthopedics dominates single-specialty leases since 2022: CBRE

The number of single-specialty leases signed has grown 55% since 2022, and orthopedics is driving the trend, according to a report from real estate company CBRE. Three things to know: 1. Of all single-specialty leases signed between 2022 and 2025,…

Interoperability’s next chapter: How healthcare leaders are reenvisioning connected care

Interoperability has long been healthcare’s unfinished project. Despite decades of investment, the industry still operates within fragmented data environments that struggle to keep pace with care delivered across hospitals, physician groups, labs, post-acute providers and community settings. As care delivery…

May 6, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago

Presenters

Amy Roberts

Director of Health Information Systems and Information Technology, Raleigh Neurology Associates

Sam Lambson

Vice President of Product Management, Platform, athenahealth

Lauren M. Smith MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer Cook County Health

Nilesh Desai, MBA, BS, RPh, CPPS, CPEL

Chief Pharmacy Officer University of Miami Health System

Beyond Efficiency: How AI Is Reshaping Workforce and Care Delivery in Rural Health

Forward-thinking rural health systems are not approaching the $50B Rural Health Transformation Program as a one-time funding opportunity; they’re treating it as a catalyst to rethink how care is delivered, how clinicians work, and how long-term sustainability is achieved. Across…

May 13, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago

Presented by:

Presenters

Meghan Sims

Director of Partner Success, Abridge

Dr. Veronica Hooper

Chief Health Officer, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic

David Rich, MD

Chief Medical Information Officer WVU Medicine

Mount Sinai study finds 'molecular brake' limiting spine, nerve repair

New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers have identified a “molecular switch” that may be capable of helping improve recovery after peripheral nerve or spinal cord injuries. During the study, published in Nature, researchers found that…