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The era of siloed physician staffing is ending. Yet many health systems still manage locums and permanent recruitment separately, creating higher labor costs, longer vacancy windows and fragmented visibility across service lines. Leading organizations are rethinking this approach. In this…
Apr 30, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Teague Morton, Vice President, Permanent Placement, AMN Healthcare
- Janet Pilchard, Executive Director Provider Recruitment, Wellstar Health System
- Christopher Sizemore, MBA, FACHE, FACMPE, Regional Vice President of Operations, Baptist Health System KY & IN
Jessica Lopez-Liggett was named commercial state plan president for Anthem’s Indiana business in February, coming at a time when employers nationally are contending with the highest increase in benefits costs in at least a decade. Now about a month in,…
The Association for Community Affiliated Plans, Alliance of Community Health Plans, America’s Essential Hospitals, AHIP and the Federation of American Hospitals are asking CMS to pull back on its proposal to permit non-network plans to receive qualified health plan certification,…
As of February, a share of payers and providers had not yet started working toward the application programming interface requirements established by CMS’ interoperability and prior authorization final rule, according to survey results released March 10 by the Workgroup for…
In healthcare, the employee experience does not begin and end with hourly pay. Financial stress between pay periods can distract staff, affect retention and make it harder for organizations to compete for talent. This report offers healthcare executives a closer…
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