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Precision medicine as strategy: St. Luke’s enterprise approach

Health systems cannot afford fragmented specialty care or missed downstream opportunity. Three years ago, St. Luke’s University Health Network made a deliberate decision to invest in precision medicine as a core enterprise priority. Through its DNA Answers program, the health…

Mar 27, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Aldo Carmona, MD, Senior Vice President, Clinical Integration, St. Luke’s University Health Network
Cassie Hajek, MD, Medical Director, Helix Research Network
Craig Newman, Chief Transformation Officer, Helix

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Building resilient pharmacy procurement in a volatile market

Pharmacy procurement now sits at the intersection of financial performance, supply chain and regulatory accountability. As margins tighten and shortages persist, leaders can no longer rely on isolated purchasing decisions to protect their organizations. This report outlines a clearer path…

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Senate effort to extend ACA subsidies ‘effectively over’

Negotiations to extend the ACA enhanced tax credits that expired at the end of 2025 have collapsed, likely ending hopes of a revival, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 5. A bipartisan group of senators were discussing a plan to…

'The mother of all procurements': Indiana to seek bids for $68B Medicaid managed care contracts

Indiana Medicaid will seek proposals from insurers for $68 billion in contracts for Medicaid managed care services, according to a Jan. 30 presentation by the state’s Family and Social Services Administration. The state plans to issue the request for proposals…

‘Sometimes these things defy all business logic’: Inside the calculus of going out-of-network

There was a time when a hospital contract renewal was one of the more boring events in healthcare. Health systems and payers would work through rate disputes in private, and patients rarely knew the process was happening, let alone that…

CareSource names 3 market presidents

CareSource promoted Jason Bearden to regional market president and tapped David Donohue and Eric Van Allen as market presidents for Georgia and Arkansas, respectively, according to Jan. 13 news releases. Mr. Bearden previously oversaw the Georgia market but will now…

The hidden patient safety risk at discharge

Discharge is one of the most legally and clinically vulnerable moments in care — especially for multilingual patients. When instructions are unclear, inconsistently translated or poorly integrated into documentation workflows, the consequences extend beyond confusion. Health systems face increased risk…

Mar 17, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Albert Villarin, MD, MBA, FACEP, Vice President, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Nuvance-Northwell Health
Tripp Partaia, Managing Director and Industry Vice President, Oracle Cloud Engineering
Paul Brake, Ph.D,, Healthcare Industry Executive, Oracle

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The hidden workforce crisis: How housing costs are reshaping healthcare

The housing crisis is becoming a healthcare leadership issue. As housing costs rise faster than wages, many healthcare employees cannot afford to live near where they work. The result is longer commutes, higher turnover, staffing instability and escalating labor costs…

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22 groups back bill pushing 'apples-to-apples' comparison for Medicare Advantage

Twenty-two groups — most healthcare related — signed a letter advocating for a bill that aims for fairer comparison between Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service, according to a Feb. 4 news release from AHIP. Reps. Aaron Bean, R-Fl., and Kevin Hern,…

'We very much want to be in this health insurance space': What Renown sees in Kaiser Permanente partnership

With a joint venture finalized, Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health and Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente now co-own Renown’s health plan, Hometown Health. For Kaiser, it marks its entry into Nevada. For Renown, it’s an opportunity to scale up its health plan…