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President Donald Trump proposed that federal healthcare funds bypass insurers and be directed straight to individuals in a Nov. 8 post on Truth Social. “I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent…
Health plans are under growing pressure to improve accuracy, accelerate recoveries and reduce waste. AI is helping meet that challenge — not by replacing workflows, but by making them more intelligent and responsive. By analyzing structured and unstructured data, from…
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Arun Rangamani
Senior Vice President, Payment Services, AI and Analytics Solutions and Services, EXL
William O’Neill
Vice President, Healthcare Solutions, EXL
Many health systems are moving fast on AI, but scattered pilots and disconnected tools rarely scale or solve the day-to-day frictions clinicians and staff face. This session explores a pragmatic path forward: embedding AI agents into ERP systems to coordinate…
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Dr. Jim Whitfill
Chief Transformation Officer HonorHealth
Thom Bales
Principal, Health Services Advisory Leader PwC US
John Kravitz
VP, Global Head of Healthcare, Industries Workday Inc.