We’re spending billions trying to reduce length of stay. So why isn’t it improving? A small fraction of patients—just 2% of admissions—account for 15% of prolonged hospital days, costing more than $2 billion annually, or $2,093 per excess day, according to the Vizient Clinical Data Base. At the same time, hospital occupancy is projected to exceed the 85%…
Download Slides AI and digital health tools are rapidly expanding across healthcare, but many organizations still struggle to use them in a way that improves care without losing the human connection. Leaders from Qubika, an AI and data infrastructure firm specializing in healthcare, and Avery Telehealth, a leading population health digital platform, will focus…
V28 is no longer a transition issue. It is the live operating environment for Medicare Advantage risk adjustment in 2026. CMS completed the three-year phase-in of the 2024 CMS-HCC model for CY 2026, meaning plans and providers are now operating under the full model rather than a blended version. That makes mid-year the right moment…
Download Slides The Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model is the CMS Innovation Center’s newest Accountable Care Organization (ACO) focused model, set to launch following the conclusion of ACO REACH at the end of 2026. LEAD builds upon the CMS Innovation Center’s earlier accountable care work and utilizes improved benchmarking to appeal to a…
Download Slides The CMS GUIDE Model is bringing unprecedented visibility to the costs and unmet needs of persons living with dementia — and for ACOs, it’s revealing both a significant spend exposure and a significant strategic opportunity. The organizations moving fastest are recognizing what traditional care management models have overlooked: dementia is the one…
Download Slides This webinar is for ACO and other healthcare leaders who have a growing concern that unscrupulous actors may be taking advantage of them and their patients. You will learn how HarmonyCares and their partner, HDAI, were able to identify and address serious issues in woundcare claims submitted by a small group of…
Download Slides Reducing hospital readmissions remains a central goal of value‑based care, yet many effective solutions are difficult to scale due to cost or operational burden. ilumed and Connective Health have pioneered a different approach that reduced hospital readmissions in Q4 2025 from 16% to 11% (27.5% reduction). By rethinking post‑discharge workflows, this program…
Download Slides Surgical care is one of the most significant drivers of cost, outcomes, and financial performance in value-based healthcare. Yet many surgical complications, readmissions, and same-day cancellations are not random—they are predictable and preventable. In this webinar, we’ll explore how predictive-prevention platforms are transforming perioperative care by enabling hospitals to identify high-risk patients…
Download Slides In this webinar, we discuss real examples of AI agents working across EHRs offloading routine admin work like risk adjustment and quality while surfacing only what clinicians need to see. Discover how leading groups are building AI-native operations that scale without added staffing or burnout. Speakers: Mark Pothen – CEO & Co-Founder of…
Download Slides ACOs are only recently beginning to aggregate their patient data. Required to adopt data aggregation by new APP Reporting requirements, many now understand some of the difficulty with multiple EHRs. ACOs are now all too aware of the lack of practice staff capable of queuing up data or resolving data issues, and…