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However, too many procurement teams still rely on outdated tools, inconsistent supplier management and emergency plans are never tested.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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NRHA Webinar: Turning OR/ER Challenges into $5 Million Gains: A Rural Case Study, October 16

October 6, 2025

NRHA Webinar: Turning OR/ER Challenges into $5 Million Gains: A Rural Case Study, October 16

Johnson Memorial Health, a 58-bed rural hospital in Franklin, Indiana, uncovered $5 million in missed operating room and emergency department reimbursement through a focused review. With reimbursement gaps threatening already thin margins, the hospital needed a solution that could pinpoint missed charges and build a sustainable process for ongoing improvement.

In this session, Dr. David Dunkle, President & CEO of Johnson Memorial Health and a practicing family physician, and Chris Milligan, MBA, CHFP, CRCR, a revenue cycle leader with more than 30 years of experience, share the challenges uncovered, the tools applied, and the measurable outcomes that followed.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Explore how Johnson Memorial Health identified hidden OR/ER reimbursement opportunities and applied them to recover $5M,
  • Understand the impact of physician leadership combined with revenue cycle expertise on financial sustainability,
  • Assess the role of HIM-driven reviews and leveling tools in improving reimbursement accuracy, and
  • Consider low-risk approaches that can deliver measurable improvement without upfront costs.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, October 16, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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NRHA Webinar: What Carlinville Hospital Discovered in Their Data: $50M in Patient Leakage and a Clear Path to Growth, October 8

October 6, 2025

NRHA Webinar: What Carlinville Hospital Discovered in Their Data: $50M in Patient Leakage and a Clear Path to Growth, October 8

When Carlinville Area Hospital & Clinics dug into their data, the results were staggering: $50 million in leaked Medicare revenue, underperforming service lines, and pricing gaps that put them at a disadvantage. Instead of guessing, they acted.

In this session, Brian Burnside, FACHE, a nationally recognized rural health leader and CEO of Carlinville, shares how his team used transparent, comparative data to reclaim market share, improve financial sustainability, and expand local access. He’s joined by Chris Kemp, a data strategist with over 20 years of experience helping providers – including rural hospitals – translate analytics into results.

You’ll Learn How To:

  • Identify where your patients – and dollars – are going using real market data,
  • Benchmark your pricing against competitors to uncover negotiation power, and
  • Use analytics to strengthen local access improve margins, and guide decisions.

If you’re leading a rural hospital and want to stop the slow drip of lost opportunity, this session shows what’s possible – when you finally see the numbers.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, October 8, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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Webinar: De-identified ≠ Risk-Free: What Health Systems Need to Know About Data Linkage, October 14

October 6, 2025

Webinar: De-identified ≠ Risk-Free: What Health Systems Need to Know About Data Linkage, October 14

Linking de-identified datasets can unlock critical value for research and AI – but without the right safeguards, it also raises serious privacy risks. Even with private tokenization, data linkage can increase the chance of re-identification in ways many teams underestimate.

This session dives into common pitfalls in tokenization and cryptographic key management, as well as practical guardrails that help health systems preserve privacy while enabling the safe use of data use across research and product development lifecycles.

You’ll walk away with a clear framework to evaluate your data-sharing workflows and control re-identification risk – with real-world scenarios from healthcare environments.

Insights Include:

  • How tokenization enables safe linkage across datasets without exposing identifiers, enabling analytics and AI,
  • What HIPAA doesn’t cover – and why de-identification isn’t a blanket safeguard, and
  • How to structure cryptographic key management for secure, scalable data use.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, October 14, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Half-day Drop – How this 270-Bed Acute Care Hospital Did It, October 9

October 6, 2025

Webinar: Half-day Drop – How this 270-Bed Acute Care Hospital Did It, October 9

Reducing length of stay isn’t easy, especially when discharge planning is hampered by delayed processes, limited visibility to estimated discharge dates (EDDs) and growing capacity strain. That was the case at Mobile, Alabama based Springhill Medical Center – until a focused, cross-functional effort began driving change.

In just tow months, Springhill implemented new workflows and AI powered tools that delivered measurable results across the board.

In this live session, Sharon Barnicle, executive director of revenue cycle, shares how the hospital built a more predictive, accountable discharge process – one that reduced average length of stay by 12 hours, cut discharge processing times in half and helped reach 90% compliance with EDDs.

You’ll Learn How Springhill:

  • Used AI to proactively plan discharges based on capacity needs,
  • Standardized communication across nursing, case management and administration,
  • Surfaced discharge barriers early with real-time alerts and watchlists, and
  • Built daily accountability tied to LOS and EDD goals.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, October 9, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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

October 6, 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 on-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: Beyond the Note: Where Ambient AI Delivers Measurable Value, October 9

October 6, 2025

Webinar: Beyond the Note: Where Ambient AI Delivers Measurable Value, October 9

Nearly 90% of U.S. health systems are using AI – yet many still lack the resources to pinpoint opportunities with a clear return on investment.

Without defined ROI metrics and proven enterprise impact, AI projects risk being stalled or cut. Leaders need data-backed insights to guide adoption decisions, strengthen vendor partnerships and extend AI’s impact beyond documentation.

Join healthcare leaders as they share how they’re measuring, validating and scaling ambient AI for both strategic and financial results.

Key Takeaways:

  • The financial and operational metrics that matter most for AI performance,
  • How executives assess and prioritize AI vendor partnerships in a crowded market, and
  • Ways ambient AI is relieving staffing and revenue pressures at scale.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, October 9, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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