Month: October 2025

Article: What AI Really Means for Clinical Documentation Integrity

October 8, 2025

Article: What AI Really Means for Clinical Documentation Integrity

Clinical documentation has long been one of the most demanding and consequential tasks in healthcare. But recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to change that reality. What once required arduous chart reviews and repeated provider follow-up is giving way to tools that capture encounters in real time, flag gaps or missed diagnoses, and strengthen coding accuracy. The impact is already clear in how organizations approach reimbursement, compliance, and the overall integrity of patient records.

Yet with every new advance come new questions.

  • Can documentation produced with AI be trusted?
  • How can hospitals safeguard patient privacy as sensitive data flows through new systems?
  • Will CDI specialists see these platforms as partners that enhance their work-or as replacements?

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Rural Health Lecture Series: Understanding and Addressing Food Insecurity, October 14

October 7, 2025

Rural Health Lecture Series: Understanding and Addressing Food Insecurity, October 14

During this series, experts speak on a variety of topics impacting rural health. Attend the first lecture in this four-part, year-long series.

Cost: There is no charge to attend this series, but registration is required.

When: Tuesday, October 14, 6:00 p.m.

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On-Demand Webinar: Driving Audit Excellence: Understanding Statistical Modeling & High-Impact Coding Solutions

October 7, 2025

On-Demand Webinar: Driving Audit Excellence: Understanding Statistical Modeling & High-Impact Coding Solutions

For compliance leaders, revenue cycle teams and legal counsel, audits are nothing new – but when the numbers don’t make sense, the stakes skyrocket. Statistically invalid findings can trigger major repayment demands, disrupt operations and damage reputations.

In this session, you’ll learn how to recognize audit risk early, safeguard coding accuracy in high-risk specialties like cardiology, and coordinate legal, compliance and coding resources for the strongest possible defense.

Insights Include:

  • Early indicators your organization may be vulnerable to adverse audit outcomes,
  • Coding safeguards to protect high-dollar, high-complexity claims, and
  • Real-world lessons from successful and unsuccessful appeal strategies.

Cost: Free

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Join This New Echo: Intensive Behavioral Treatment for Healthy Weight, October 15

October 7, 2025

Join This New Echo: Intensive Behavioral Treatment for Healthy Weight, October 15

The intensive Behavioral Treatment (IBT) for Healthy Weight ECHO will educate, empower, and support a team-based IBT to adults and children with obesity and their families.

Licensed behavioral health professionals, registered dietitians, physicians, advanced practice professionals, physician assistants, and community health workers are invited to join a multidisciplinary team of experts and specialists for virtual collaborative learning sessions every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

What does this ECHO offer:

  • Free continuing education for qualifying professionals,
  • Collaboration, support, and ongoing learning from specialists and experts across the state, and
  • NO COST to participating sites or individuals.

Next Session is October 15, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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On-Demand Webinar: AI is Entering Medical Coding – But ate the Models Accurate Enough?

October 7, 2025

On-Demand Webinar: AI is Entering Medical Coding – But ate the Models Accurate Enough?

As large language models make their way into medical coding, health systems are facing a tough reality: most models aren’t yet reliable. Coding inaccuracies, flawed HCC score capture and downstream financial risks are emerging as common concerns.

In this on-demand session, clinical informatics and AI leaders unpack what’s missing in current LLM deployments and share how integrating structured clinical terminology can dramatically improve output quality and ROI.

Whether you’re piloting LLMs or refining existing tools, this webinar offers a practical framework for building safer, more scalable solutions.

Insights Include:

  • Common LLM limitations that impact coding accuracy and financial performance,
  • How to use comprehensive clinical terminology to boost reliability, and
  • Ways to fine-tune models to support better mapping, risk adjustment and cost savings.

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

October 7, 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 our priorities and performance are linked to our organizations’ passion and purpose, and how through these values we deliver on our service-oriented missions. As we frame the challenging and evolving health care environment, we’ll be reminded about why the work matters – People: The Point of Care.

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 hospital’s 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: November 5-7, 2025

Where: St. Charles Convention Center

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Whitepaper: 2025 State of Healthcare Procurement: AI, Resilience and Sustainability Take Center Stage

October 7, 2025

Whitepaper: 2025 State of Healthcare Procurement: AI, Resilience and Sustainability Take Center Stage

Hospitals face escalating costs, fragile supply chains and mounting pressure to meet sustainability goals while maintaining care quality.

However, too many procurement teams still rely on outdated tools, inconsistent supplier management and emergency plans are never tested.

The 2025 State of Healthcare Procurement report reveals what some health systems are doing differently. From AI-driven inventory optimization to supplier partnerships built on trust and agility, see how 150 supply chain executives are transforming procurement.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Why 96% of healthcare organizations are embedding sustainability into sourcing decisions,
  • Why 90% of healthcare procurement professionals are leveraging AI, and
  • Strategies for improving supplier responsiveness and emergency preparedness.

Cost: Free

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Webinar: Solving Healthcare’s Talent Crisis: Strategies to Unlock Capacity and Drive Sustainable Growth, October 15

October 7, 2025

Webinar: Solving Healthcare’s Talent Crisis: Strategies to Unlock Capacity and Drive Sustainable Growth, October 15

The healthcare workforce crisis is no longer looming – it’s here. With 85% of U.S. facilities reporting shortages in allied healthcare workers, the need for scalable solutions has never been more urgent.

Futuro Health is meeting this moment. Since launching in 2020, the nonprofit has helped nearly 16,000 individuals start or grow careers in healthcare – delivering $21.49 average starting wages and a 73% placement rate in-field.

Join Futuro Health’s Chief Workforce Officer, Laura Beeth, for a practical look at how fully funded, education-to-employment pathways are giving health systems the staff they need – while creating opportunity for underserved communities.

Session Learnings Include:

  • How Futuro Health’s model scales allied health capacity – and how it’s being adapted to nursing,
  • What to look for in an education partner to ensure long-term ROI, and
  • Why workforce planning is a growth strategy and not just an HR issue.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, October 15, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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MRHA Webinar: Improving the Lives of Individuals with Disabilities, October 30

October 7, 2025

MRHA Webinar: Improving the Lives of Individuals with Disabilities, October 30

Missourians with disabilities, particularly those living in rural communities face significant challenges in accessing health promotion opportunities Drawing on recent findings from a statewide needs assessment, this session will explore the work of the Missouri Disability and Health Program (MODHP), which is actively addressing barriers such as high costs, limited recreational resources, and gaps in accessible care.

Attendees will learn about MODHP’s innovative initiatives, including community partnerships and targeted strategies that promote better health outcomes for individuals with disabilities. The session will also examine real-world barriers and facilitators to access, present levels of program impact, and encourage discussion on how providers, administrators, and community professionals can advance disability-inclusive health efforts across the state.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, October 30, 12:00 p.m.

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MRHA Webinar: Expanding Access to Contraception in Rural Communities, October 23

October 7, 2025

MRHA Webinar: Expanding Access to Contraception in Rural Communities, October 23

Rural health clinics face unique challenges in delivering comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services- including limited resources, staffing constraints, and geographic barriers.

This session, presented by the Missouri Family Health Council, will explore strategies to expand access to affordable, client-centered contraception in rural settings with a focus on long-term sustainability.

Attendees will learn about The Right Time, a Missouri-based contraceptive access initiative that equips clinics to provide a full range of same-day contraceptive options while reducing logistical and financial burdens for both clients and providers. The session will also introduce an upcoming pilot project available to rural Missouri clinics seeking to initiate, expand, or strengthen their contraceptive services.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, October 23, 12:00 p.m.

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