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Disconnected analytics are holding back payer MLR performance

Rising costs, specialty drug pressure and Medicare Advantage headwinds are making sustained medical loss ratio performance harder to achieve. At many health plans, risk, quality, network and value-based initiatives are still managed through disconnected analytics tools or spreadsheets. This fragmentation…

Apr 7, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Trenor Williams, MD, CEO and Co-Founder, Socially Determined
Justin Neece, Chief Growth Officer, MedeAnalytics
Soyal Momin, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Major Health Plan

Tampa General hospital 2nd in the world to get women’s surgery designation

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is the second hospital in the world to receive designation as a Center of Excellence in Women’s Integrated Surgical Health by Surgical Review Corp. The accreditation involves a comprehensive, data-driven evaluation that measures a hospital and…

Inside Stanford Health Care's plan to protect cancer research, clinical trials

As senior vice president of cancer care, Timothy Seay-Morrison, EdD, leads strategy and operations for one of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care’s largest service lines. Part of Stanford (Calif.) Medicine, Stanford Health Care is a nonprofit academic medical system…

Arizona eyes bill to cut radiation exposure for cardiologists

Arizona lawmakers are considering three bills that would require hospitals to provide additional protections against long-term radiation exposure risk for clinicians, AZMirror reported March 12. The legislation comes in reaction to increased cancer rates among cardiovascular interventionalists. Studies show these…

'Striking' geographic disparities in breast cancer diagnoses: 5 study notes

Geographic and racial disparities in late-stage breast cancer diagnoses persist among rural patients, a population already at elevated risk for advanced disease, according to a study published March 11 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Researchers at…

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center names program director

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Louisiana State University, both based in Baton Rouge, have appointed Kenneth Matthews, PhD, as director of the Dr. Charles M. Smith Medical and Health Physics Program. Dr. Matthews previously served as interim program director…

Bridging oral and heart health: What dental leaders need to know

Oral inflammation may play a role in cardiovascular outcomes — yet medical and dental care often operate in silos. In this on-demand webinar, dental and clinical leaders from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Texas Children’s, Asian Health Services and Scenic Bluffs Community…

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Andrew H. Tran, MD, MPH, MS, FAHA, FAAP, Director of Preventive Cardiology, Assistant Professor Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Justin Zachariah, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC, FAAP, Associate Professor in Pediatrics (Cardiology), Baylor College of Medicine Director of Research, Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital Heart Center Inaugural Faculty Co-Chair of Research Operations, Texas Children's Research Institute
Huong Le, DDS, MA, Chief Dental Officer Asian Health Services
Mychi Nguyen, MD, Chief Medical Officer Asian Health Services
Heather Pintz, MBA, Dental Operations Director Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers
Penny Funk, RN, MSN, Clinical Director Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers

Dana-Farber boosts operating margin to 8.4% in Q1

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute recorded an operating income of $91.5 million (8.4% operating margin) in the first quarter of 2026, up from $69.1 million (7% margin) during the same period last year, according to its March 11 financial report. Dana-Farber…

Mass General Brigham receives $50M for cancer research

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has received $50 million from anonymous donors to fuel cancer research efforts. The donors said the gift was made “with deep gratitude for the compassionate and expert care provided by staff across Mass General Brigham,”…

AI inside the clinical conversation: What 3 health systems are watching now

Ambient AI is helping clinicians spend less time documenting care. But documentation automation is only the starting point. Healthcare leaders are now asking a bigger question: How can AI support clinical decision-making in real time without interrupting the patient interaction?…

Apr 8, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Matt Troup PA-C, Clinical Strategy Principal, Abridge
Jonathan H. Pelletier, MD, MS, Director of Clinical Informatics, Akron Children's
Naira D Hashmi MD, Regional Medical Director, Duly Health and Care
Andres Makarem, MD, Associate Director, Clinical Informatics Hartford HealthCare