President Donald Trump said Jan. 6 that he plans to meet with 14 insurance companies “in a few days” to pressure them to lower prices for Americans. “We’re trying to solve the healthcare problem. We’re trying to get better healthcare…
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Flexible staffing can enhance agility, but without the right design, it can strain teams and budgets. In today’s healthcare environment, leaders are increasingly pairing per diem staffing with centralized float pools and technology to optimize coverage, reduce administrative burden and…
Feb 10, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Erin Shadbolt
CEO, Ascension Living
Liz Cunningham
SVP and leader of WorkWise, Workforce Solutions, AMN Healthcare
Youth mental health has been a pressing issue in recent years. With Medicaid as the country’s largest payer for mental health services, the program’s role is all the more essential. The National Academy for State Health Policy evaluated state Medicaid…
San Antonio, Texas-based Baptist Health System has filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare over alleged underpayments for emergency room services provided to patients with ACA coverage, the San Antonio Express-News reported Jan. 2. The health system’s hospitals are not in network…
A joint fund created to stabilize health insurance costs for New York City employees and retirees is insolvent and has accrued $3.1 billion in unreported liabilities, according to a Dec. 30 audit from the NYC Comptroller. The audit found that…
2025 exposed hard truths: Denials surged. Trust collapsed. And affordability became the dominant barrier to care, not just on the Exchange and among the uninsured, but across Medicare Advantage and commercial plans alike. This 2026 outlook unpacks the forces reshaping…
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Clever Care Health Plan CEO Karen Walker Johnson, BSN, thinks her company’s edge is one that bigger insurers might have trouble replicating. That edge is Clever Care’s focus on offering “culturally sensitive Medicare options,” and it is baked into the…
Academic health systems are entering a defining decade. Many are expanding rapidly through mergers, affiliations and new service lines. But with scale comes risk: fragmentation, mission drift and uneven progress on access and equity. This whitepaper features insights from 11…
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A Colorado law equalizing behavioral and physical health in insurance coverage went into effect Jan. 1, preventing carriers in the state from limiting the “medically necessary treatment” of behavioral, mental health and substance use disorders. The law was passed in…
Orthopedic and musculoskeletal (MSK) practices are entering a new era of revenue cycle pressure — one defined by coding complexity, chronic staffing shortages, and rapidly shifting payer requirements. These forces are converging to create a perfect storm: rising denial rates,…
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