About 25% of dentists have dropped out of insurance networks so far this year, according to the American Dental Association’s “Economic Outlook and Emerging Issues in Dentistry” report for the third quarter of 2025. The ADA’s Health Policy Institute surveyed…
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The American Dental Association has asked U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to clarify recent policy changes that could affect the dental education workforce. The new policies include restrictions for the entry of certain nonimmigrant workers and a new $100,000 fee…
Care delays often hide in plain sight — idle rooms waiting on environmental services, ORs starting late despite staffed teams, discharges backing up at 3 p.m. In this live discussion, healthcare leaders will map where bottlenecks form and how to…
Nov 18, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
Presented by:
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Vikas Ghayal
President, Artisight
Kevin B. Mahoney
Chief Executive Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Jill Evans, MSN, RN, NI-BC
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer and Executive Director Virtual Care Enterprise, The MetroHealth System
Julie Swann MBA, MHA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
VP Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer Inpatient Virtual Nursing EHC Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital
Dr. Sunny Bhatia
President and Chief Medical Officer, Prime Healthcare
Service lines are central to hospital strategy but too often, decisions about them rely more on gut instinct than evidence. The result? Fragmented strategies, siloed operations and inconsistent performance. Join healthcare leaders to explore how to reframe service lines as…
Nov 14, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Michelle Kannapel
System Vice President, Strategy & Growth, Norton Healthcare
Rebecca Limestall
Principal, Intelligence, Sg2
Janelle Kwan
Associate Principal, Intelligence, Sg2
Payers face growing pressure to modernize utilization management. Between rising provider abrasion, evolving expectations from AHIP and CMS, and intensifying market competition, traditional UM strategies no longer cut it. In this on-demand session, you’ll learn what the AHIP-CMS pledge signals…
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Gus Weber
Chief Technology Officer, Cohere Health
Ashok Subramanian
Chief Executive Officer, Centivo
Geoff Swanson
Chief Medical Officer, Select Health
Pooja Ika
President & CEO, Eternal Health
Ty Wang
Co-Founder & CEO, Angle Health
An Iowa dentist who was accused of professional incompetence for the third time has agreed to surrender his license, The Gazette reported Oct. 6. Masih Safabakhsh, DDS, relinquished his dental license as part of a settlement agreement with the Iowa…
The American Dental Association is advocating for CMS to support strategies aimed at expanding the oral healthcare workforce. In response to new guidance for the agency’s Rural Health Transformation Program, the ADA highlighted the accessibility issues faced in rural areas…
Jeanne Sinkford, DDS, PhD, the first female dean of a U.S. dental school, died recently at the age of 92. Dr. Sinkford earned her dental degree from the Howard University College of Dentistry in 1958. She later served as dean…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 386 into law, which requires dental plans to provide dentists with clear and easy ways for dentists to opt in and out of virtual credit card payments, according to an Oct. 3 news release…
Nearly 66% of dentists have increased their fees this year, according to the American Dental Association’s “Economic Outlook and Emerging Issues in Dentistry” report for the third quarter of 2025. The ADA received 691 responses from dentists on whether they…