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Healthcare organizations are under intensifying pressure to control operational costs without compromising patient experience or clinical outcomes. Language services sit directly inside that tension — often treated as a back-office expense, yet tied to patient access, throughput and care quality.…

Jun 23, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM America/Chicago

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Neil Wallis

COO, MetroWest Medical Center

Emmanuel Chepkwony

Director of Language Services, Advocate Health

Corey Bolt

Strategic Business Development Executive, AMN Healthcare

Hospitals are facing the same equation from every direction: expenses are rising faster than reimbursement, patient demand keeps climbing and the workforce to meet it is shrinking. The traditional response — add beds, hire more staff, build new towers —…

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Discover how healthcare organizations are transforming utilization management (UM) with the MCG Indicia suite, which combines evidence-based guidelines with advanced artificial intelligence (AI).  In this session, MCG will demonstrate how MCG Indicia, Indicia Focus, and Indicia Synapse work together within and…

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Stacy Jiles, RN, CCM

Sales Solution Architect, MCG Health

Personal Care Services attendants account for roughly three times more fraud convictions than any other provider category — and most home health organizations don’t realize how exposed they are. The reason is structural. State exclusions take an average of 420…

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Seventeen Democratic senators are proposing to add home care coverage to Medicare for the first time, along with an expansion of Medicaid home- and community-based services. The proposed framework, published May 20, centers on creating a Medicare “home care guarantee,”…

Payments from the $2.67 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust settlement began rolling out May 11, more than a decade after the original lawsuit was filed.  Six things to know: 1. The lawsuits alleged BCBS plans conspired to divide up…

Staffing challenges in healthcare are not evenly distributed, and the systems that recognize that are gaining ground. In many organizations, a small number of units, departments or facilities drive a disproportionate share of vacancies, turnover and premium labor spend. Systemwide…

Jun 18, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM America/Chicago

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