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Every missed malnutrition diagnosis costs your hospital ~$10,000 in reimbursement — and puts patients at risk. Missing or under-documenting complex conditions like malnutrition, pressure injuries, acute kidney injury (AKI), delirium, etc. cause a system to treat a complex patient as “low-risk.”…

May 28, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM America/Chicago

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Jason Cohen, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Inpatient Qventus

Katie Saindon

Senior Director of Product Management Qventus

Hospitals spent $43 billion in 2025 chasing payments insurers already owed them. Payer tactics have grown more sophisticated, more automated and harder to detect — and many of the most financially damaging losses, including DRG downgrades, never trigger a formal…

Jun 2, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM America/Chicago

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Tami Knobbe

EVP, CorroHealth

Anne Robertucci, MS, RHIA

Vice President, Clinical Revenue Cycle Prisma Health

Rebekah May, MBA, MSN, RN

CDI Director, Clinical Revenue Cycle The University of Kansas Health System

Penny Jefferson

Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity Services University of California Davis Medical Center

Many hospitals still rely on generic clinical risk scores to flag high-risk patients. The challenge: those scores aren’t built to map to how CMS Star Ratings, HRRP, VBP and Leapfrog measure performance — which means quality improvement effort can be…

Jun 1, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM America/Chicago

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Nik Rao

CEO, Dexur

Several DSOs expanded their networks in various states, while another landed a large investment from an existing lender. Eight DSOs that made headlines this week: 1. Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental partnered with Prime Dentistry in Coconut Creek, Fla. It also…

Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental has added a Florida practice to its network. The DSO partnered with Prime Dentistry in Coconut Creek, Fla., according to an April 30 LinkedIn post. The practice offers a variety of services, including cosmetic dentistry, implants…

Phoenix-based SALT Dental Partners recently opened a de novo practice in Washington, D.C. Smile Horizon Orthodontics serves patients of all ages, and is led by Maria Jividen, DDS. SALT Dental Partners supports more than 200 locations in 20 states.

DSOs and dental groups picked up their activity in April, with a number of states seeing numerous moves. Four states saw at least two DSO moves in April, as reported by Becker’s, including practice openings, acquisitions and affiliations. Note: This…

Health systems are facing a convergence of rising outpatient demand and tightening margins, forcing real estate decisions into the strategic spotlight. At the same time, limited construction and 92.7 percent occupancy rates are tightening supply. Delayed decisions can result in…

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Provider data errors contribute to billions in annual denied-claim waste. Physicians and staff spend up to 13 hours per week navigating prior authorizations and denials, with a meaningful share tied to data errors. And 90% of patients say accurate provider…

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