Dental organizations are piloting AI across ambient documentation, diagnostic imaging, treatment planning and revenue cycle management. Many tools perform well in demonstrations, but translating that promise into enterprise-wide impact remains difficult. During a featured session sponsored by Dandy at Becker’s…
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Some of the costliest patients in your hospital are the ones who are ready to leave but impossible to place. Legal, transportation and logistical barriers can keep a single case open for days or weeks, tying up beds while consuming…
Sep 3, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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- Craig Poliner, Founder & CEO, MedEscort International
- Mark Weller, Lawyer, Polsinelli
The largest DSOs are largely owned by various private equity firms that have helped fuel the companies’ technology investments and network expansions. Here is the ownership structure for the 10 largest DSOs in the U.S., according to the most recent…
Generative and agentic AI are reshaping revenue cycle work faster than most teams can vet. The harder question isn’t whether to adopt, it’s where to invest and how to scale without breaking day-to-day operations. In this discussion, revenue cycle and…
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- Noel Juaire, VP, Patient Financial Services, Stanford Health Care
- Keith Cromwell, Sr. Director, Ambulatory Applications and Epic Connect, Penn Medicine
Recoupments are one of the least-visible threats to an ASCs margin. They surface as offsets and provider-level balance adjustments months, sometimes years, after the money was already counted as collected. For surgery centers running lean billing teams, that timing is…
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DSOs and dental groups are becoming more selective in the practices they choose to partner with, according to a report from healthcare M&A advisory firm TUSK Practice Sales. The company’s “Dental M&A Market Report” for the third quarter of 2026…
Aspen Dental, Heartland Dental and Imagen Dental Partners are among a handful of DSOs that added the most practices during the third quarter. Becker’s recently compiled a list of more than 70 DSO affiliations, openings and acquisitions during the third…
Value-based care promised better outcomes at lower cost. Years of effort and millions in infrastructure later, payer leaders are asking a blunt question: is it delivering? On Oct. 21, join us for a candid discussion built for payer leaders that…
Oct 21, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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- Tim Smith, ASA, MAAA, MS, Chief Actuary, Arbital Health
- Niall Brennan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Horizon BCBS
- Ali Khan, MD, MPP, FACP, Advisor, Andreessen Horowitz, Former CMO of Medicare, Aetna
DSOs and dental organizations have been active in broadening their networks by making moves into new states. Here are four groups who have added practices in new states, as reported by Becker’s since Sept. 15: Note: This list is not…
Patient access is often the first place health systems apply artificial intelligence. Scheduling, confirmations, cancellations and reschedules are high-volume, rules-heavy and chronically understaffed which is why voice agents and other automation tend to land here first. But the gap between…
Nov 12, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
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- Caleb Wright, Enterprise Deployment, ElevenLabs
- Peter Saul, Healthcare GTM Director, ElevenLabs
- Robin L. Lang, DNP, MBA, CHCIO, CDH-E, Vice President and CIO, CaroMont Health
- Sunil Dadlani, Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer, Atlantic Health
- Deb Muro, Chief Information Officer, El Camino Health