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Guidelight Health has taken its intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization model into multiple states, and the clinical, operational and regulatory complexity has compounded at each step. Growth in behavioral health is rarely a question of whether the demand exists. It…

Oct 14, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT

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  • Andy Cruz, Co-Founder & CMO, Guidelight Health
  • Chelsea (Martel) Ladendorf, VP, Compliance & Privacy Officer, Guidelight Health

For any group operating under payer contracts, reimbursement now shifts with every policy change, fee schedule update and contract renewal and revenue can slip before anyone notices.One place that happens quietly is the professional component of clinical pathology. This webinar…

Oct 16, 2026 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT

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  • Daniel Higgins, MBA, CPB, Director Account Management, Medusind

Complex spine deformity surgery leaves little margin for ambiguity about who says what, and when. The Best Practice Guidelines for the Execution of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Spine Deformity Surgery set out what sound practice looks like. This session brings the…

Oct 28, 2026 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

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Presenters:
  • Jason B Anari, MD, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Benjamin B. Bruins, MD, Attending Physician, Division of Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Alier Franco, PhD, CNIM, Area Clinical Manager, SpecialtyCare

Every health system leader wrestling with AI keeps landing on the same question: where does capability end and authority begin? This session unpacks how agentic AI moves from answering questions to taking action, and why healthcare data raises the stakes…

Oct 30, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

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  • Vignesh Subramanian, SVP Product Management, Infor
  • Amanda Merritt, VP, Service Industries Product & Innovation, Infor

Every health system, from a 15-location clinic group to a national system with tens of billions in revenue, shares the same overlooked front door: the phone. Yet, almost none of them treat it as a revenue channel. Abandoned calls, long…

Oct 29, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

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Presenters:
  • Malik Bahar, AVP Digital & Customer Loyalty, Virtua Health
  • Valerie Daugherty, Director of Patient Access, Collaborative Health Partners
  • Jennifer Preciado, Performance Manager, Keck Medicine of USC
  • Scott D'Entremont, CEO, Parlance

From the moment a 911 call is placed to the moment help arrives, every second and every detail matters. In a health system, that call might originate in a patient-care area, an emergency department, a medical office building, a parking…

Oct 22, 2026 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT

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  • TBD, TBD

At Inova Health System’s adult infusion center, patient hours had climbed significantly. Then severe understaffing hit — and leaders faced a hard question: could they hold that volume with fewer nurses at the bedside? The proposed fix, a new nurse-pull…

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Presenters:
  • Monica Cfarku, MSN, RN, TCTCN, CCM, NE-BC, Senior Director of Oncology Nursing Services, Inova
  • Tricila Ronquillo, BSN, RN, Nurse Manager, Inova

Of the 956 health plans rated by the NCQA in 2026, 15 received a rating of 2 stars or lower. The ratings, published Sept. 15, evaluate plans on clinical quality, patient experience and health plan accreditation status. A total of…


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