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AI in healthcare finance: Beyond routine automation

Automating routine tasks is only part of AI’s value for healthcare finance. The bigger opportunity is helping teams spot emerging trends, understand performance drivers and forecast results earlier, giving leaders more time to act. But readiness remains a challenge. In…

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Frank Stevens, Chief Product Officer, Strata
Josh Wiggins, Vice President of Product Management, Strata

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Healthcare transformation blueprint: Getting cloud ERP funded, governed and ready

By 2027, more than 70% of recently implemented enterprise resource planning initiatives will fail to fully meet their original business goals, according to Gartner. The technology itself is rarely the only obstacle. This session tackles the practical questions that can…

Oct 27, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

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Harun Rashid, Chief Digital Information Officer, Akron Children's
Brian Evans, Vice President, Impact Advisors
Sarah Hickman Auger, Industry Director, Healthcare Marketing, Workday

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90% of GLP-1 demand never becomes therapy

Demand for glucagon-like peptide-1 therapies has never been clearer. Yet for obesity-indicated GLP-1s, 90 percent of that demand never becomes treatment. Payer rejections, cost concerns and early drop-off drown out the signal between a written prescription and a patient on…

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UnitedHealthcare sued over copay accumulator policy

UnitedHealthcare is facing a class-action lawsuit, which alleges the insurer inappropriately stopped crediting payments funded by drug manufacturer assistance toward a member’s deductible and out-of-pocket limit, according to a Sept. 30 complaint in a Connecticut federal court. The complaint, from…

CMS finalizes price transparency overhaul for payers

The Trump administration is overhauling federal price transparency rules for payers and self-insured employers, including cutting so-called “ghost rates,” expanding out-of-network price disclosures and requiring executives to vouch for the accuracy of the data. The final rule, released Oct. 5…

CMS flags payment delays, rising costs in No Surprises Act arbitration

CMS is raising concerns about growing costs and payment problems in the federal independent dispute resolution process created by the No Surprises Act and met with every certified independent dispute resolution entity Oct. 1 to talk about possible changes. CMS…

BCBS Minnesota cuts most Medicare Advantage plans following $500M loss

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is discontinuing most of its Medicare Advantage plans at the end of 2026, citing more than $500 million in Medicare losses over the past three years amid rising medical and pharmacy costs. “While…

Trump to send $90 payments to 20 million Medicare enrollees

The White House said the federal government will send more than 20 million Medicare enrollees one-time $90 payments to help with Part B premiums in early October. An Oct. 2 White House fact sheet said the payments would come from…

Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan options decline for 3rd year in a row: KFF

Medicare Advantage plan choices are shrinking modestly, with the number of MA prescription drug plan options for an average beneficiary dropping for the third year in a row, according to an Oct. 1 KFF analysis of CMS data. The average…

'This is an agent doing this': Health insurers deploy AI to make your next medical appointment

Booking an appointment with a provider often means confirming they’re in network, working through an automated phone menu and trading available times with a receptionist. But for some UnitedHealthcare and Aetna members, an AI agent is now handling that work.…