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Webinar: From Shortages to Strength: How 4 Health Systems are Modernizing Procurement, October 27

October 20, 2025

Webinar: From Shortages to Strength: How 4 Health Systems are Modernizing Procurement, October 27

Supply chain breakdowns are resulting in canceled surgeries across the nation. Product shortages are not just a logistics problem – they’re a care delivery problem.

Join supply chain executives from Tampa General Hospital, cone Health and Wellstart Health System as they share how procurement modernization is helping them stabilize operations, manage budget pressures and strengthen workforce support heading into 2026.

This session will spotlight lessons learned from real-world transformations and provide practical guidance on what to prioritize next.

Key Takeaways:

  • Strategies to reduce procurement friction while addressing staffing trade-offs,
  • How technology partnerships are enabling resiliency and stable pricing, and
  • Procurement metrics that connect supply chain performance to front-line care.

Cost: Free

When: Monday, October 27, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Interoperability at Scale: What Health Systems Need from AI and Informatics, October 29

October 17, 2025

Webinar: Interoperability at Scale: What Health Systems Need from AI and Informatics, October 29

Every new AI capability promises value, but without interoperability, insights stall at the edge – in imaging, in care management, in notes. CIOs and informatics leaders need a blueprint to move the right information to the right system at the right time.

This discussion brings together AI and informatics experts for an examination of how clinical AI and informatics can work together to strengthen enterprise system investments. Presenters will cover architecture, workflow and governance and share case examples from health systems pursuing measurable operational and clinical gains.

Key Takeaways

  • Practical patterns for routing AI-derived findings into the HER and care coordination tools,
  • Data standards, APIs and governance practices that reduce latency and duplication across platforms, and
  • Case examples highlighting cross-system visibility, faster escalations and fewer missed handoffs.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, October 29, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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CMS Releases Updated Medicare Telehealth Guidance

October 17, 2025

CMS Releases Updated Medicare Telehealth Guidance

On October 1, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance regarding Medicare telehealth claims during the government shutdown via a special edition of the Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Newsletter. In the update, CMS stated that when legislative payment provisions are scheduled to expire, CMS directs Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to implement a temporary claims hold, typically of up to 10 business days. The hold is meant to prevent a large reprocessing of claims if Congress acts after the statutory expiration date, which was September 30, 2025.

As the 10-day hold period had expired on October 14, CMS has now issued an additional claims hold update on October 15, 2025, stating that in anticipation of possible Congressional action, CMS has instructed all MACs to continue to temporarily hold claims with dates of service of October 1, 2025 and later for services impacted by the expired Medicare legislative waivers. This includes all claims paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, ground ambulance transport claims, and all Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) claims. While providers may continue to submit these claims, CMS states that payment will not be released until the claims hold is lifted.

Also noted in the update, CMS again suggests that without further Congressional action, providers that continue to deliver telehealth services that are now not eligible for Medicare payment as of October 1, 2025, may want to provide patients with an Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage.

Meanwhile, stakeholders including the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) are advocating that Congress include a retroactive statement in any future funding fix, to help reassure providers that reimbursement of telehealth services delivered during the waiver gap period will eventually be provided.

Register Now: MHA’s 103rd Annual Convention, November 5 – 7

October 17, 2025

Register Now: MHA’s 103rd Annual Convention, November 5 – 7

For hospitals, people are always at the center. From the patients and communities’ hospitals serve, to the staff that make care possible, the mission is always people focused.

MHA’s 2025 Annual Convention will emphasize how priorities and performance are linked to the organizations’ passion and purpose, and how through these values they deliver on their service-oriented missions.

This year’s convention will feature a lineup of general and breakout session speakers who will help us understand where innovation is occurring. They will:

  • Help us tool our organizations to build a stronger and more resilient workforce,
  • Address the challenges of behavioral health,
  • improve care delivery, and
  • harness technologies that advance hospitals’ people focused missions.

In addition, there will be opportunities for new ideas and inspiration, and time to network and discuss today’s biggest issues.

When: Wednesday, November 5 – 7, 2025

Where: St. Charles Convention Center

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Webinar: Balancing Vision and Value: An Intentional Approach to AI Innovation, November 17

October 17, 2025

Webinar: Balancing Vision and Value: An Intentional Approach to AI Innovation, November 17

To improve system availability and improve quality of care, many healthcare organizations are exploring AI as a potential solution. As those same systems race to adopt transformative AI, the challenge lies in balancing vision with measurable value and near-term results.

The healthcare industry has a unique opportunity to set the standard for responsible AI adoption. In this webinar, we will explore how AI can be coupled with healthcare technology management (HTM) to play an essential role in shaping this future.

Join TRIMEDX to examine practical use cases for AI in medical device management, and discover how these innovations can enhance patient care, support providers, and strengthen the healthcare ecosystem.

Learning Points:

  • Explore how I can help address BMET shortages by streamlining workflows and creating opportunities for more meaningful, higher-value work,
  • Understand how AI-enabled insights can improve efficiency and prevent unexpected downtime,
  • Learn how AI can proactively identify cyber risks and strengthen safety protocols across the hospital environment, and
  • Discover strategies for using AI to guide smarter investments and long-term capital planning for medical equipment.

Cost: Free

When: Monday, November 17, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Webinar: State Loan Repayment Program (HRSA-26-015) Technical Assistance, October 22

October 17, 2025

Webinar: State Loan Repayment Program (HRSA-26-015) Technical Assistance, October 22

Learn more about the eligibility requirements, application process, and ask questions during this live informational session.

Note: You must register to attend on Microsoft Teams. Register with the email address where you would like to receive the webinar link.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, October 22, 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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Webinar: What’s in the Box?! Decreasing Medication Errors in the Last Mile, October 23

October 17, 2025

Webinar: What’s in the Box?! Decreasing Medication Errors in the Last Mile, October 23

Logistics are typically placed into a separate category from the upstream clinical workflow in the pharmacy. However, there are impactful solutions – both old and new that are quickly becoming the standard of practice as the stakes are raised unanimously across this industry. This presentation will be a hybrid retro and prospective in medication safety principles after the point of final verification.

Learning Points

  • Define the types of errors that occur in the last mile and their root causes,
  • Recall medication safety principles and technologies that can be applied to reduce last-mile errors, and
  • Name cultural and strategic approaches to error prevention, including just culture and data-driven continuous improvement.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, October 23, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Webinar: A Hospital Playbook for Uninsured Care Amid Policy Shifts, October 21

October 17, 2025

Webinar: A Hospital Playbook for Uninsured Care Amid Policy Shifts, October 21

Hospitals are seeing more patients lose coverage during Medicaid redeterminations. This results in rising uncompensated care, ED bottlenecks and uneven patient financial experiences.

Join this one-hour session to hear concrete steps hospitals can take to stabilize revenue and protect access while supporting patients through coverage transitions.

Key Learnings:

  • Discover where uninsured volume is most likely to surface across service lines,
  • Learn fast-track approaches to eligibility screening and presumptive enrollment,
  • How to structure partnerships with Medicaid MCOs, FQHCs and CBOs for warm handoffs, and
  • Aligning revenue cycle and patient access integration to prevent avoidable write-offs.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, October 21, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Getting ROI From AI Starts with Getting Past Resistance, October 22

October 16, 2025

Webinar: Getting ROI From AI Starts with Getting Past Resistance, October 22

Hospitals are investing heavily in digital tools, but many still fail to realize meaningful ROI. Why? Because technology is rarely the limiting factor – the real challenges are resistance, complexity and misaligned workflows.

In this virtual learning session, learn how hospital leaders are winning quick ROI by embedding AI into existing workflows – without adding burden to staff.

Speakers will offer real-world advice on what works – and what doesn’t – when embedding AI, automation and operational improvements into daily workflows.

Register to Learn:

  • How focused, high-ROI changes outperform broad “transformation” efforts,
  • Why resistance to automation often stems from workflow misalignment, and
  • What successful leaders do to rive adoption, performance and measurable value.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, October 22, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Pre-Recorded Webinar: ICD-11 is Coming: Why Hospitals Can’t Afford to be Unprepared

October 16, 2025

Pre-Recorded Webinar: ICD-11 is Coming: Why Hospitals Can’t Afford to be Unprepared

ICD-11 is more than a coding update – it’s a fundamental shift that will affect documentation, audits, DRGs and compliance workflows. For hospitals and health systems, the risks of delayed preparation are real:

  • Revenue disruption,
  • Denied claims, and
  • Regulatory scrutiny.

Join a revenue cycle expert for this recorded session breaking down how ICD-11 differs from ICD-10, what leaders must know now and how to build a proactive strategy that protects revenue and operational continuity.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The most impactful documentation and structural changes in ICD-11,
  • Readiness strategies for coding, CDI and compliance leaders, and
  • How technology can ease the transition and where human oversight remains critical.

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