As dental organizations navigate growing complexity — from AI adoption to workforce pressures to multispecialty integration — the clinical leaders steering patient care strategy have become critical members of the team. Here are five chief dental officers and chief clinical…
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Chicago-based Aspen Dental has continued its 2026 growth by opening a new location in Merced, Calif. The practice is led by Avni Sharma, DDS, managing clinical director, and provides services including emergency dentistry, dentures, implants, crowns, bridges, oral surgery and…
Health systems deliver complex care every day. Far less of it reaches the final bill intact. Between the bedside and the claim sits a patchwork of quality teams, coders, retrospective reviews and post-discharge vendors, all working to reconstruct decisions already…
Nov 12, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
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- Dr. Yair Saperstein, CEO, Co-Founder, Hospitalist
- Matt Hoffman, Chief Commercial Officer, Avo
- Michelle Wieczorek, SVP Clinical Sales Enablement, Avo
From the openings of new de novo locations to partnerships with existing partnerships, the DSO industry continued to make moves in September. These six states saw at least two DSO moves in September, as reported by Becker’s, including practice openings,…
AI has moved from possibility to pressure. The question is no longer whether it matters, but which problems it should solve and how to scale without creating new clinical, financial or data risk. To understand how leading organizations are navigating…
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Healthcare has historically lagged industries such as financial services in digitalization and AI adoption. That is changing fast, as patients expect faster, more convenient, always-on access and providers face an administrative burden that headcount alone cannot solve. The question is…
Oct 27, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Tyler Howard, Director, Custom Applications, RSM
- Martin Kraft, GM MSP Business Unit, Druid AI
- Irina Dochitu, VP of Global Partners and Alliances, Druid AI
Invisalign manufacturer Align Technology was recently listed as one of the best employers in the world by Forbes. Forbes “World’s Best Employers” 2026 list was created in partnership with Statista using surveys of more than 300,000 employees in more than…
Musculoskeletal (MSK) spending keeps climbing faster than expected. Prior authorization (PA) does what it’s built to do: screen claims and stop the wrong care from being delivered at the point of service. But by the time a member is in…
Dec 8, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
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- Traci Granston, MD, VP Clinical Innovation & Trend, Quality & Cost Strategy (QCS), Humana
- Nick Kings, VP & GM, Specialty Risk Solutions, Carelon
- Rachel Winokur, CEO & Founder, TailorCare
Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health opened 10 new de novo dental practices in September across seven states. The integrated healthcare organization supports more than 1,100 locations in 24 states, according to information shared with Becker’s. Here are PDS Health’s additions in…
Orlando, Fla.-based Operation Dental recently acquired two Florida dental practices. The two practices, whose names were not revealed in the news release, are located in the Florida panhandle region. Operation Dental supports 26 practices and 43 dentists in Florida.