Rural Spotlight

March 27, 2026

Rural Health Lecture Series: Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative: Maternal-Infant Health Trends and State Actions, April 7

The topic for this lecture is Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaboration: Maternal-Infant Health Trends and State Actions.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, April 7, 6:00 p.m.

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March 26, 2026

Webinar: Why Inpatient Coding Quality is Now a Governance Issue, March 31

Ninety-five percent. Ninety-seven percent. Ninety-eight percent. Accuracy rates look strong on paper. But are they enough?

In today’s environment, payers are using advanced analytics to flag documentation inconsistencies at scale. Clinical validation denials are rising. Audit scrutiny is intensifying. At the same time, staffing instability is straining traditional oversight models.

Accuracy alone cannot answer the questions executives are now asking: Are we truly capturing patient acuity? Are our diagnoses clinically defensible under payer review? Are we measuring what matters – or just what is easy to measure?

In 2026, inpatient coding quality is no longer just an operational benchmark. It is a governance issue directly tied to financial transparency, compliance exposure and executive accountability.

Join this candid discussion on how hospital leaders are redefining coding oversight beyond accuracy percentages.

You’ll explore:

• Why traditional accuracy rates can mask documentation gaps,
• The difference between technically correct coding and clinically defensible coding,
• How CC and MCC capture trends influence acuity representation and reimbursement integrity, and
• Where CDI and coding alignment breaks down – and how to close the gap.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, March 31, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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March 26, 2026

Webinar: Inside the Referral Gaps Costing Health Systems Patients and Growth, March 31

Demand for specialty care is growing rapidly, while physician shortages continue to strain access. Yet many health systems still manage referrals using a first-in, first-out (FIFO) approach, placing urgent and routine patients in the same queue. When patients stall, access suffers, and revenue walks out the door.

Leaders from MUSC Physicians, Novant Health and Jefferson Health will break down how they are strengthening patient flow with intelligent triage across complex.

This session explores:

• Where breakdowns most commonly occur – and how to pinpoint them with data,
• How to standardize patient routing and triage across service lines, and
• Operational changes that increase scheduled visit conversion.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, March 31, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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March 26, 2026

Webinar: Precision Medicine as Strategy: St. Luke’s Enterprise Approach, Marcy 27

Health systems cannot afford fragmented specialty care or missed downstream opportunity.

Three years ago, St. Luke’s University Health Network made a deliberate decision to invest in precision medicine as a core enterprise priority. Through its DNA Answers program, the health system aligned clinical innovation with market strategy.

In this session, St. Luke’s leaders share how they moved from vision to execution and why timing, partnership structure and executive alignment made the difference.

Insights include:

• The business case that elevated precision medicine to a board-level priority,
• How St. Luke’s structured its partnership to move faster and avoid adoption barriers, and
• The cultural shift sparked by patient stories and executive sponsorship.

Cost: Free

When: Friday, March 27, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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March 24, 2026

Webinar: Scaling AI with Confidence: Turning Early Use Cases Into Enterprise Value, March 26

Healthcare leaders face daily tension: contact centers are overwhelmed, patient communication is fragmented, and staff workflows remain manual.

Add a crowded, fast-moving AI ecosystem, and the risk of missteps increases. Many health systems recognize AI’s promise but struggle to translate it into sustained operational and financial impact.

In this webinar, leaders from 42 North Dental and Unio Health Partners share what worked, what did not, and what they would approach differently if given a chance.

You’ll learn how organizations have:

• Identified high-impact operational use cases for early AI winds,
• Improved first-call resolution and reduced contact center strain, and
• Established a scalable roadmap to deploy AI across the enterprise.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, March 26, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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March 24, 2026

Webinar: Beyond Cost Centers: Finding Margin Opportunity Through Encounter Level Variation, March 25

Hospital margins remain under pressure, yet most organizations still rely on cost center reporting to understand profitability.

The problem is that cost centers rarely reveal where margin is truly gained or lost. Variation often occurs across providers, sites of care, and individual patient encounters – but traditional financial reporting makes it difficult to see.

In this session, we’ll discuss how external Cost & Margin benchmarks for healthcare organizations across the country connect financial, operational, and reimbursement data to reveal profitability at the encounter level.

With this level of insight, finance teams can uncover variation, identify margin opportunity, and better support strategic and operational decisions.

Insights include:

• Why cost center reporting often hides meaningful margin variation,
• How encounter-level cost and reimbursement data reveal true profitability drivers,
• Where organizations are uncovering margin opportunities across providers and sites of care, and
• How finance leaders are using these insights to support smarter operational and strategic decisions.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, March 25, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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