RECORDED WEBINAR: Connecting the Dots: AI-Native Primary Care: Tactics to Thrive in Value-Based Care

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 Download Slides Primary care teams face heavy admin loads—pre-auths, referrals, quality gaps, risk capture, inbox volume—with staffing and margin pressure. This webinar shows how primary care practices, IPAs, and ACOs use AI to offload routine work, surface only exceptions to clinicians, and win in value-based contracts – improving outcomes and financial performance without adding…

How Hospitals Are Keeping Up with the Rapid Rise of AI

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Healthcare’s relationships with AI and digital transformation are a mix of excitement and uncertainty. Even as hospitals begin to see returns on their technology deployments, leaders acknowledge that they’re still experimenting and learning in real time. Two health system executives discussed the rapidly developing state of digital healthcare tools last week at MedCity News’ Tête-à-tête Health…

Health systems say AI is helping with care management, documentation burden

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Executives from some of the nation’s top health systems took to the stage at HLTH 2025 this week to share how their newly minted technology investments are improving operations ranging from capacity management to virtual specialty care. It’s a change from last year’s HLTH conference, when many major health systems’ more ambitious AI pilots and strategies…

The metrics redefining care access

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Across hospitals and health systems, COOs remain focused on improving patient access. As many organizations face growing demand and a need for additional capacity, they are implementing various strategies, including expanding their ambulatory networks and launching telehealth programs. How have their efforts to track access — such as new dashboards and top operational key performance indicators— evolved in 2025?…

Seeing momentum for value-based care | HLTH 2025

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Las Vegas – After years of hype and hope for value-based care, Dr. Chris DeRienzo sees growing momentum. The chief physician executive of the American Hospital Association, DeRiezno says that he’s optimistic about the prospects of value-based care. Health systems are going to have to find ways to keep people healthier, and ensure hospitals have the…

Why It’s Time for In-Home Care to Catch Up to the Value-Based Care Movement

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From primary care to hospital systems, many sectors have embraced the transition to value-based care (VBC), showing improvements in health care costs, patient satisfaction and outcomes. Yet one critical segment has been slower to adapt: in-home care. Despite playing an increasingly central role in care delivery – particularly for aging populations and individuals managing chronic…

CMS walks back Medicare payment pause

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CMS has clarified that only select Medicare claims will be held amid the ongoing federal government shutdown, walking back an earlier notice that suggested a broader payment pause. “In light of the continuing government shutdown, CMS will continue to process and pay held claims in a timely manner with the exception of select claims for…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Connecting the Dots: VBC, Revenue Integrity, and FWA in an Integrated Compliance Model

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 Download Slides This engaging session we will discuss known areas of error, fraud, waste, and abuse in value-based care. Recent regulatory scrutiny Bad practices that lead to overpayment Examples in data mining, chart review, and leading queries SPEAKERS: – Amanda Brown – VP of Revenue Integrity– Colleen Gianatasio – VP of Compliance  – Ray Evans…

Healthcare AI investment focused on profit margins, ROI: report

Garrett Schmitt

Dive Insight: Healthcare organizations are looking at AI tools that could boost profit margins as providers and payers navigate an increasingly challenging financial landscape, according to the Klas and Bain report, which surveyed nearly 230 industry executives. Many providers still face workforce challenges that worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, while bracing for a heightened number of uninsured patients due to Medicaid…