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Risk adjustment enters the clinical conversation: Insights from Inova + Hartford HealthCare

Risk adjustment has traditionally lived downstream of the patient visit, reconstructed after the fact through chart review, queries and coding. This session explores what changes when documentation integrity becomes part of the clinical conversation itself, not a separate process layered…

Aug 19, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Eric Bricker, MD, Internal Medicine Physician and former Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Compass Professional Health Services
Andrew Miner, MD, Chief Health Informatics Officer, Inova Health
Padmanabhan Premkumar, MD, System Senior Vice President and President, Hartford HealthCare Medical Group and CEO of Integrated Care Partners

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North Carolina woman accused of unlicensed dentistry faces additional charge

A North Carolina woman accused of practicing unlicensed orthodontics is now facing an additional charge, WRAL reported Aug. 12. Ebony McBean of Garner, N.C., was originally charged in February with three felony counts of obtaining property by false pretense and…

Meet the CEOs of the fastest-growing DSOs

Several DSOs were featured on the Inc. 5000 2026 list of the fastest-growing private companies. The rankings are based on a company’s revenue growth over a three-year period. Here are the leaders of five DSOs with the largest revenue growth…

The reasons behind 5 dental practice closures in 3 months

A number of dental practices have closed in the past few months, with some shutting down due to financial troubles and officials stepping in to close practices in other instances. Here are five recent dental practice closures, as reported by…

Culture and people, not AI, are how DSOs build a competitive edge

What separates the dental groups pulling ahead from the ones falling behind isn’t which one has the best AI tool, according to dental leaders. DSOs are racing to adopt the newest AI, automation and 3D printing technology. But the leaders…

Five Point Dental Specialists exec steps down

Leslie Soto has stepped down from her role as vice president of operations at Fort Worth, Texas-based Five Point Dental Specialists. Ms. Soto first joined the company as the director of support operations in November 2021. She served as the…

Specialized Dental Partners adds North Carolina practice

Franklin, Tenn.-based Specialized Dental Partners recently added a North Carolina endodontic practice to its network. The DSO partnered with KOS Endodontics in Hickory, N.C., led by Alexander Kutuza, DMD, according to the company’s LinkedIn page. Specialized Dental Partners supports more…

Case Western Reserve University gets $2.9M grant to create chairside oral cancer test

A research team led by Case Western Reserve University’s School of Dental Medicine has received a five-year, $2.93 million grant to develop a noninvasive chairside test that could help clinicians determine whether an oral lesion needs a biopsy. The test,…

Why diagnostics are becoming healthcare’s next cost challenge

Roughly 70 percent of medical decisions depend on lab results but lab spending remains one of the least scrutinized lines in a health plan’s budget. That blind spot is getting more expensive. Routine testing spend is climbing faster than the…

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Academy of General Dentistry pushes back on Delta Dental, Aetna payment policies: 6 notes

The Academy of General Dentistry is opposing two new insurer policies and has asked regulatory bodies to prohibit restrictive payment rules. Six notes: