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RECORDED WEBINAR: ACCESS Before 2028: The Two Years That Don’t Count Against Your Benchmark

September 3, 2026Garrett Schmitt

 Download Slides As CMS moves toward outcome-based payment for chronic care at national scale, the next two model years give ACOs a period to build their own outcomes and utilization data before those expenditures affect benchmark calculations.   CMS’s ACCESS Model went live in July 2026, bringing outcome-aligned payment for technology-supported chronic care into…

Saving time, improving training: The right way to use AI in primary care

September 3, 2026Garrett Schmitt

Primary care already has a pipeline problem. Medical Economics reported that the 2026 residency match offered 5,491 family medicine positions but filled 83.6% of them, leaving 899 unfilled and prompting a new review of the specialty’s growth and sustainability. Those family medicine match results should sharpen the way practices think about artificial intelligence (AI), which can help physicians recover…

Avoidable hospital transfers have a rush hour

August 31, 2026Garrett Schmitt

When I was growing up, my aunts in Montevideo had a code for emergencies: Call Yosi. My seide Simón — my grandfather — would resist seeing a doctor, resist the hospital most of all, especially when my father was traveling, and someone had to talk him into going. Even then, I understood him. Nothing about…

RECORDED WEBINAR: AI at the Point of Care: Best Practices for Evaluating and Implementing AI in Value-Based Care

August 27, 2026Garrett Schmitt

 Download Slides AI is moving into clinical workflows faster than many provider organizations can evaluate it. For leaders comparing HCC coding software, clinical AI tools, and point-of-care solutions, the challenge is determining which technology will genuinely improve documentation and gap capture without creating more work for physicians. In this session, Dr. Sunil Nihalani, practicing…

RECORDED WEBINAR: A Friday Follow Up to Avoid the Weekend Admission

August 26, 2026Garrett Schmitt

 Download Slides Join leadership from Altitude Cares for an AI clinical case review on complex-chronic transitions-of-care and the value impact of AI-native-services enabled workflow on medical group economics to serve those patients. Presenter:Dr. Brett Ives, Chief Clinical Officer, Altitude Cares

53% of US adults feel they have no say when AI is used in care

August 26, 2026Garrett Schmitt

Fifty-three percent of American adults feel as though they either have “not too much” or no control over the use of artificial intelligence in their healthcare, a new survey found. Moreover, 63% of respondents polled by the Pew Research Center report that they would like more say over whether AI is used in their care….

Before You Sign That AI Contract: 7 Questions Every Healthcare CFO Should Ask

August 25, 2026Garrett Schmitt

Here’s how finance leaders can evaluate AI investments in revenue cycle management before committing budget, and the risk exposure most vendor pitches leave out. Every healthcare CFO’s inbox now has an AI-in-RCM pitch in it. The promises are consistent: lower denial rates, faster collections, leaner overhead. What’s inconsistent is the due diligence behind the decision…

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Stars On The Docket: Medicare Advantage Quality Ratings On Trial

August 21, 2026Garrett Schmitt

Litigation should not be the strategy to achieve Star Rating reform. It is the alarm, not the repair. Over the past two years, one health plan after another has taken the federal government to court over its Medicare Advantage quality scores—and won. UnitedHealthcare, Centene, Elevance Health, Alignment Health, and our own SCAN Health Plan have…

Doctors say they feel pressured to prioritize corporate interests over patients: report

August 21, 2026Garrett Schmitt

Dive Brief: Nearly half of physicians employed by corporations feel pressured to prioritize patient volume over care quality, according to a new survey of 1,000 doctors from a physician advocacy group. Additionally, 63% of physicians say their employers have policies that make it difficult to refer patients outside their network, and 59% say they face pressure to…

I Didn’t Train to be a Coder

August 19, 2026Garrett Schmitt

In a fifteen-minute visit, there’s already a lot happening. I’m listening to the patient, reviewing their history, asking questions, examining them, and trying to figure out what’s actually going on under the surface: the difference between what they’re telling me and what’s happening. Then I have to decide what needs to happen next. That’s the…

RECORDED WEBINAR: CMS PFS RULE 2027: The Push for Accountable Care and Strategic Implications

August 19, 2026Garrett Schmitt

 Download Slides CMS has introduced a proposed Rule that provides a huge push for accountable care expansion, especially through adjustments to the ACO Program. Examine the breadth and scope of the features in this webinar presented by Roji Health Intelligence. Don’t miss the nuances of the proposed rule in simultaneously cutting off mechanisms that…

Strategic Data Infrastructure Investments Will Determine Success for CMS ACCESS Model Participants

August 18, 2026Garrett Schmitt

Managing chronic diseases remains a significant challenge in U.S. healthcare, both in terms of the total cost of care and poor patient outcomes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 90% of the nation’s $5.3 trillion annual healthcare expenditures go toward preventing, treating, and managing chronic disease (including both physical and mental health chronic…

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