Whitepaper: How Hospitals Can Turn Language Access into an Operational Advantage

February 18, 2026

Whitepaper: How Hospitals Can Turn Language Access into an Operational Advantage

For health systems under pressure to improve throughput and control costs, language access is an often overlooked lever.

Interpreter services touch nearly every stage of care, yet they are frequently managed outside core workflows. When access is slow, inconsistent or poorly integrated, the impact shows up quickly – in delayed decisions, longer stays, staff frustration and missed capacity.

This whitepaper reframes language access as a strategic performance driver rather than a transactional service. It outlines what differentiates effective language access programs, including interpreter quality, speed to connect, workflow integration and service reliability and explains why these factors matter to operational and financial performance.

Using a total cost of ownership framework, the paper helps leaders move beyond unit pricing to understand how language access influences length of stay, readmissions, staff productivity and patient experience.

Key takeaways:

  • How language access affects throughput, length of stay and readmissions,
  • What separates effective programs from transactional services,
  • Where hidden costs and operational risk often emerge, and
  • How to evaluate interpreter services using total cost of ownership.

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5 Tips to Get Health Care from Anywhere

February 18, 2026

5 Tips to Get Health Care from Anywhere

Accessing care doesn’t mean you have to travel to a clinic – telehealth lets you connect using your phone or other device.

Share this 5-step tip sheet to help patients prepare for a successful virtual visit.

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Delivering Dental Care in Rural Schools Using Telehealth

February 18, 2026

Delivering Dental Care in Rural Schools Using Telehealth

By the age of 8, over half of children in the U.S. have had a cavity. Cavities and dental disease can affect children’s education. Telehealth is a tool that may help increase access to oral health care.

This National Children’s Dental Health Month, learn how a HRSA grantee is using telehealth to bring dentistry to children at school.

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Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities Extension

February 18, 2026

Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities Extension

Recent legislation authorized an extension of many Medicare telehealth flexibilities through December 31, 2027. This includes:

Extensions of telehealth access options:

  • Medicare patients can receive telehealth services for non-behavioral/mental health care in their home through December 31, 2027.
  • Waiving geographic and originating site requirements,
  • Expanding practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services,
  • Allowing Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics to serve as distant site providers,
  • Delaying in-person requirements for tele-mental health services, and
  • Allowing audio-only telehealth

Rural Health:

  • FQHCs and RHCs can serve as Medicare distant site providers for non-behavioral/mental telehealth services through December 31, 2027.
  • Non-behavioral/mental telehealth services in Medicare can be delivered using audio-only communication platforms through December 31, 2027.
  • FQHCs and RHCs can permanently serve as a Medicare distant site provider for behavioral/mental telehealth services.
  • Medicare patients can permanently receive telehealth services for behavioral/mental health care in their home.
  • There are no geographic restrictions for originating site for Medicare behavioral/mental telehealth services on a permanent basis.
  • Behavioral/mental telehealth services in Medicare can permanently be delivered using audio-only communication platforms.

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Whitepaper: Cyber Resilience is Now a Patient Safety Imperative

February 18, 2026

Whitepaper: Cyber Resilience is Now a Patient Safety Imperative

Cyberattacks and system outages are no longer rare events. For healthcare organizations, they are recurring threats that interrupt care, strain staff and ultimately undermine patient safety.

This report draws on the perspectives of clinical informatics and technology leaders to explore why prevention alone is no longer enough. It examines the growing gap between cybersecurity defenses and true operational readiness, and why many organizations remain vulnerable even after investing heavily in security tools.

Key takeaways include:

  • Strengthening resilience, as the need to connect systems brings new operational risk,
  • How health systems like M Health Fairview prepare for extended downtime scenarios, and
  • Why leadership alignment across clinical, IT and operational teams is critical.

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Whitepaper: The Critical Balance: How Hospital Medicine Aligns Patient Acuity and System Capacity to Protect Access to Care

February 18, 2026

Whitepaper: The Critical Balance: How Hospital Medicine Aligns Patient Acuity and System Capacity to Protect Access to Care

American hospitals face an unprecedented convergence of crises threatening patient access to care. Hospital occupancy has surged to 75% – an 11-percentage-point increase from pre-pandemic levels – and is projected to reach a critical 85% threshold by 20232. At the same time, observation patient volumes continue to rise while inpatient days decline, and health care faces a projected shortage of 187,130 physicians by 2037.

These challenges are not isolated problems – they are interconnected symptoms of a health care system struggling to balance two fundamental imperatives: acuity management and capacity management.

In this white paper, Rodolphe Taby, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Hospital and Critical Care Medicine at SCP Health, examines how hospital medicine can transform these converging crises into opportunities through strategic leadership at the intersection of clinical operations and system capacity.

Read to learn more about how hospitalists can orchestrate the critical balance between patient acuity and system capacity including:

  • Length of stay optimization that creates “virtual capacity” without construction costs or additional staffing,
  • Standardized observation medicine pathways that reduce care variation while improving patient throughput,
  • Strategic workforce deployment that aligns clinician skillsets and scopes of practice with patient needs, and
  • The virtuous cycle where better acuity management drives optimized capacity management, and vice versa.

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Webinar: Protecting Revenue in 2026: Strategies to Safeguard Cash Flow Across the Revenue Cycle, February 26

February 18, 2026

Webinar: Protecting Revenue in 2026: Strategies to Safeguard Cash Flow Across the Revenue Cycle, February 26

As Medicaid eligibility fluctuates, Medicare reimbursement tightens and coverage rules evolve, health systems are seeing more denials, underpayments and avoidable write-offs in 2026.

This webinar brings together revenue cycle leaders from Scripps Health, Temple Health, UC Davis Health and Vandalia Health for a discussion on how organizations are reinforcing both front-end and back-end revenue cycle processes to protect revenue heading into 2026.

Key takeaways include:

  • Reducing eligibility-related denials amid Medicaid churn,
  • Preventing self-pay misclassification through better insurance discovery,
  • Identifying Medicare underpayments and improving payment accuracy, and
  • Building a stronger revenue integrity foundation for 2026 planning.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, February 26, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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MRHA Webinar: Mobile Medical Simulation, April 23

February 18, 2026

MRHA Webinar: Mobile Medical Simulation, April 23

Join MRHA for an introduction to the MU School of Medicine’s Mobile Medical Simulation Lab, a free training and education resource designed to support healthcare providers across Missouri.

This session will highlight how the mobile lab brings high-quality, hands-on clinical simulation directly to rural and underserved communities-eliminating travel barriers and expanding access to critical skill-building opportunities.

Participants will learn how the Mobile Medical Simulation Lab operates, what training options are available, and how organizations can request the lab for on-site education. This webinar is ideal for providers seeking practical, accessible ways to strengthen clinical competencies within their teams.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, April 23, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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MRHA Webinar: SUD Program Implementation with MO Ozarks Community Health, February 26

February 18, 2026

MRHA Webinar: SUD Program Implementation with MO Ozarks Community Health, February 26

Join Jennifer Heinlein and the SUD team with MO Ozarks Community Health to learn about their exciting SUD Program.

Participants will hear the benefits and parameters of the program, as well as how clients can access these services.

The ideal audience is anyone interested in implementation of a program and making connections.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, February 26, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Whitepaper: The Revenue Cycle Automation Library – 15 Solutions

February 18, 2026

Whitepaper: The Revenue Cycle Automation Library – 15 Solutions

Denials are rising. Work is piling up. And hiring more staff isn’t a sustainable solution.

For today’s revenue leaders, small optimizations aren’t enough. It takes a new model – one where AI agents, robots and staff operate in sync to handle complex, high-volume tasks at speed.

That’s what this automation library delivers: 15 real-world examples of agentic automation driving measurable results across the revenue cycle, from eligibility and scheduling to denials and cash posting.

Learnings include:

  • How to reduce eligibility errors and prior authorization delays with agentic automation,
  • How to reclaim revenue with better edits, faster appeals and fewer manual steps, and
  • How to free staff to focus on patients and not portals, paperwork or rework.

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