Month: October 2025

Webinar: From Data to Decisions: How AI Command Centers Enable Safer, Smarter Health Systems, November 12

October 31, 2025

Webinar: From Data to Decisions: How AI Command Centers Enable Safer, Smarter Health Systems, November 12

Health system leaders face a familiar bind: patient acuity risk is rising; CMS penalties are looming, and budgets are tight – but the data to manage it all lives in silos.

This webinar explores a practical answer: AI-powered command centers that unify real-time data into a single source of truth. Leaders get an executive-ready view of clinical risk, performance and ROI, enabling faster decisions, targeted resource deployment and measurable improvement across facilities and service lines.

Key Learnings Include:

  • How to optimize an executive-ready command center to monitor risk and performance across units in real time,
  • How to direct resources to the highest-impact areas to reduce adverse events and protect CMS scores, and
  • How to sustain improvement with clear governance, front-line workflows and systemwide accountability.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, November 12, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Whitepaper: Redesigning RCM Support: A Step-by-Step Framework for Relieving Burnout and Boosting Yield

October 31, 2025

Whitepaper: Redesigning RCM Support: A Step-by-Step Framework for Relieving Burnout and Boosting Yield

Hospitals aren’t just healthcare providers – they’re among the largest employers in their communities. But as workforce demands grow and burnout intensifies, health systems must rethink how to support finance and RCM teams while staying financially agile.

This whitepaper outlines how end-to-end RCM partnerships can strengthen internal teams, not replace them. By consolidating workflows, filling resource gaps and reducing tech overload, health systems can drive both financial performance and workforce satisfaction.

You’ll get step-by-step guidance to vet, implement and evaluate an RCM partner, as well as strategies to include your staff’s valuable input throughout the process.

Insights Include:

  • Consolidating workflows under one accountable partner,
  • Filling resource and skill gaps without increasing burnout,
  • Turning tech overload into streamlined support,
  • Refocusing internal teams on high-impact work, and
  • Onboarding external support with transparency and staff input.

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Webinar: Getting Outreach Right in Care Management: Lessons from UMass Memorial Health, November 6

October 31, 2025

Webinar: Getting Outreach Right in Care Management: Lessons from UMass Memorial Health, November 6

Building an effective care management program starts with targeting the right people. Too often, outreach is broad, generic and resource-intensive – leading to minimal engagement.

In this webinar, UMass Memorial Health’s Chief Medical Officer of population health will explore proven approaches to identify and engage individuals who can benefit most from care management.

Attendees will also hear a side-by-side comparison of outreach strategies for ACO members versus health system employees – with practical lessons to strengthen program design and outcomes.

You’ll Learn How to:

  • Use physician engagement and risk stratification to surface the right patients for outreach,
  • Differentiate outreach strategies for ACOs and employee populations, as well as where they overlap, and
  • Apply practical approaches to boost engagement and achieve measurable impact.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, November 6, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Article: The Latest on Bloomberg’s 10 Healthcare High Schools

October 29, 2025

   

Article: The Latest on Bloomberg’s 10 Healthcare High Schools

All 10 of Bloomberg Philanthropies-sponsored healthcare high schools are now under construction or have welcomed their first cohorts of students.

The first-of-its-kind initiative was announced by Bloomberg in January 2024. The philanthropy distributed $250 million across 10 health systems and school partnerships operating in 10 rural and urban communities.

The schools offer a specialized healthcare curriculum that allows students to earn industry-valued credentials and certifications alongside their high school diplomas. Upon graduation, students can continue their education or directly enter the workforce. Collectively, these partnerships planned to serve nearly 6,000 students.

Nearly two years later, all but one school has welcomed its inaugural class.

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Webinar: From Defense to Offense: Strengthen Your Denials Management Strategy, December 3

October 29, 2025

Webinar: From Defense to Offense: Strengthen Your Denials Management Strategy, December 3

Denials are on the rise, but not all denials are created equal. With mounting payer obstacles, regulatory complexity and staffing constraints, hospitals need smarter strategies to combat payer denials.

In this session, Dr. Jerilyn Morrissey and Annabelle Seippel share how top-performing organizations are aligning documentation practices, regulatory leverage, and data insights to protect revenue without adding administrative burden.

The webinar will explore how to apply CMS 4201 and 4208 regulatory guidance to appeal strategies identify high-risk documentation gaps (like in sepsis cases), and tailor denial management approaches by payer and denial type.

Attendees will leave with real-world examples of how hospitals are rethinking denial workflows-prioritizing impact, minimizing rework, and improving outcomes through smarter clinical and operational alignment.

Key Takeaways

  • Understand how CMS 4201 and 4208 offer a strategic approach to denials management,
  • Identify clinical documentation gaps that lead to common denials – especially for high-risk DRGs like sepsis,
  • Learn how hospitals are segmenting denials to prioritize effort and improve revenue integrity,
  • Explore how teams are using targeted workflows – not more staff – to reduce appeals and increase yield, and
  • Take home tactics that balance compliance, clinical accuracy, and revenue strategy.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, December 3, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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RHIhub This Week

October 29, 2025

RHIhub This Week

RHIhub This Week keeps you informed of the latest rural news, funding opportunities, publications and events.

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Article: The Quality Department Alone Can’t Drive Safety or Strategic Improvement: The Critical Role of Operations, Informatics & Analytics in Continual System Re-Design

October 29, 2025

Article: The Quality Department Alone Can’t Drive Safety or Strategic Improvement: The Critical Role of Operations, Informatics & Analytics in Continual System Re-Design

We all know clinicians see safety and quality as part of their professional duty. They carry the responsibility to deliver the best care possible, to avoid harm, and to give their patients the best possible experience. Yet in practice, clinicians wrestle daily with systems not optimized for safe, efficient work.

Between clunky interfaces, misaligned incentives, workflow bottlenecks, and communication gaps, suboptimized systems are a major contribution to both clinician emotional fatigue, poor organizational performance and increasing risks to quality and safety. So, the real question becomes: who helps ensure the system is designed so that clinicians can do their best work, and patients can have the best results?

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Whitepaper: Redesigning RCM Support: A Step-by-Step Framework for Relieving Burnout and Boosting Yield

October 29, 2025

Whitepaper: Redesigning RCM Support: A Step-by-Step Framework for Relieving Burnout and Boosting Yield

Hospitals aren’t just healthcare providers – they’re among the largest employers in their communities. But as workforce demands grow and burnout intensifies, health systems must rethink how to support finance and RCM teams while staying financially agile.

This whitepaper outlines how end-to-end RCM partnerships can strengthen internal teams, not replace them. By consolidating workflows, filling resource gaps and reducing tech overload, health systems can drive both financial performance and workforce satisfaction.

You’ll get step-by-step guidance to vet, implement and evaluate an RCM partner, as well as strategies to include your staff’s valuable input throughout the process.

Insights include:

  • Consolidating workflows under one accountable partner,
  • Filling resource and skill gaps without increasing burnout,
  • Turning tech overload into streamlined support,
  • Refocusing internal teams on high-impact work, and
  • Onboarding external support with transparency and staff input

Click Here to Download Whitepaper

DHSS Webinar: Tobacco Prevention to Promote Health Equity, November 4

October 29, 2025

DHSS Webinar: Tobacco Prevention to Promote Health Equity, November 4

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, is partnering with the Bureau of Community Health and Wellness/Tobacco Prevention and Control Program and the American Lung Association to offer this free webinar.

You are invited to join this webinar to learn more about tobacco and lung cancer disparities and resources to promote prevention efforts to improve health equity.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, November 4, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Whitepaper: Still Solving Clinical Gaps One Tool at a Time? There’s a Better Approach

October 29, 2025

Whitepaper: Still Solving Clinical Gaps One Tool at a Time? There’s a Better Approach

Digital fragmentation is stalling care coordination. Clinicians toggle between systems. Pharmacists use different drug references than physicians. Patients receive inconsistent information. And IT leaders are left stitching solutions together with limited success.

A systemic approach to integrating clinical information across teams can help improve care delivery, team collaboration, and patient outcomes. This whitepaper introduces a systems-thinking framework to unify care delivery around trusted, evidence-based information. Backed by examples from Allina Health, St. Luke’s University Health Network, and more, it shows how integrated guidance at the point of care can reduce errors, align teams, and support patients throughout their health journeys.

For CIOs, CMIOs, and digital transformation leaders, this is more than a fix – it’s a blueprint for sustainable, team-based care.

You’ll Learn:

  • 5 strategies to build out evidence-based, interconnected teams,
  • How health systems are scaling digital tools without overloading staff, and
  • Measurable results – including fewer errors, improved clinician engagement, and increased patient trust.

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