August 27, 2025

Webinar: the State of U.S. Nursing & Technicians Report: What Over 1M Voices Tell Us About Staffing, Stress and Strategy, September 9

The 2025 State of U.S. Nurses and Technicians Report reveals a tough truth: traditional workforce strategies aren’t keeping up.

This discussion unpacks new data from over 1 million healthcare workers, including nurses and technicians, to provide health system leaders with a sharper lens on workforce trends, pain points and what’s working in hiring and retention.

Key Takeaways:

• How new workforce expectations are reshaping hiring, retention and staffing priorities,
• What AI adoption means for training, tool selection and front-line support, and
• Why compensation and benefits still matter but may not be enough.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, September 9, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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August 27, 2025

Webinar: Advancing Mental Health Care: Access-Focused Virtual Care Strategies for HCA Healthcare Physician Practices and Urgent Care Centers, August 28

America’s behavioral-health crisis is intensifying, marked by soaring demand for mental health services and a nationwide shortage of psychiatric clinicians. To close these gaps, seamless coordination across every level of care is essential.

To make mental health support even more accessible for patients in HCA Healthcare physician clinics and urgent care centers, the healthcare organization teamed up with Talkiatry, adding high-quality virtual psychiatry to resources. Talkiatry virtual visits help ensure patients with mild to moderate mental health conditions in physician clinics and urgent care centers have access to board-certified psychiatrists when HCA Healthcare or community resources do not have capacity.

Join leaders from HCA Healthcare and Talkiatry to hear how collaboration and an access-first strategy can improve outcomes, enhance patient experience and meet the growing demand for behavioral health services.

Webinar: Advancing Mental Health Care: Access-Focused Virtual Care Strategies for HCA Healthcare Physician Practices and Urgent Care Centers, August 28

Key Insights:

Discover how an integrated healthcare network, reinforced by strategic virtual care collaborations, can advance mental healthcare for physician clinics and urgent care centers.

• Benefits of increased access: to psychiatric care within the primary care setting, including improved patient outcomes and enhanced care coordination.
• Virtual care as a force multiplier: Why a tele-psychiatry solution accelerates access for primary-care and specialty physician practices to complement existing HCA Healthcare and community resources.
• Scalable collaboration model: Practical steps and lessons learned for health systems looking to weave virtual psychiatry into existing patient care resources.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, August 28, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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August 27, 2025

Webinar: The Advantage of a Vendor Neutral MSP: How South Shore Health Reduced Premium Labor Costs by 47%, September 3

Rising labor costs and staffing shortages have made workforce management a top priority for hospitals and health systems nationwide. But not all MSP models are created equal. Agency-led solutions can come with inherent conflicts of interest – placing the vendor’s priorities ahead of the client’s needs.

Discover how South Shore Health partnered with HWL to implement a vendor-neutral MSP model – delivering results that aligned with their workforce goals.

Insights Include:

• How a transparent, conflict-free partnership delivers mutually beneficial outcomes,
• How a collaborative approach to reduce agency reliance and costs can be achieved, and
• How an open and competitive vendor panel results in better fill rates and quality.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, September 3, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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August 27, 2025

MHA Webinar: 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines: Best Practices for Pain Management, September 16

This training will review the 12 recommendations outlined in the CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines for acute, subacute, or chronic pain as it relates to opioid and other pain management prescribing. The speaker will explore alternatives to opioids and the importance of working alongside patients to determine the right path forward for them.

Objectives

Upon completion of this program participants will be able to:

• Identify the five guiding principles of the Clinical Practice Guidelines,
• Implement prescribing practices that align with the guidelines, and
• Determine if opioid prescribing is appropriate and what alternatives are best in appropriate situations.

Cost: Complimentary to ALL Attendees

When: Tuesday, September 16, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

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August 26, 2025

Webinar: Helping ASC Teams Address Worries About Healthcare Expenses, September 12

Join this important discussion to learn about the different stages of the healthcare journey and how you can have confident financial conversations to meet patients where they’re at.

This webinar will dive into practical ways healthcare teams can bui8ld comfort and confidence around financial conversations that can help your patients move forward with care and your practice build stronger, lasting relationship.

Learning Points:

• Help the healthcare team become more comfortable having financial conversations with patients,
• Understand healthcare financing trends and how financial conversations can impact patient care and practice operations,
• Integrate patient financing solutions like CareCredit credit card to improve the payment process, support patient decision-making, and empower patients to accept recommended care, and
• Gain expert insights into the different stages of the healthcare journey.

Cost: Free

When: Friday, September 12, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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August 26, 2025

NRHA Webinar: How to Assess Capital Readiness and Align Your Team for a Successful Project, September 10

Capital projects in rural healthcare come with high stakes – and limited room for missteps. Often, the biggest roadblocks aren’t funding or feasibility. They’re mindset, misalignment, and unclear next steps.

In this session, Brian Haapala – who has spent more than 20 years guiding rural hospitals through successful capital planning – introduces the S.C.O. P. E. method, a practical framework to evaluate readiness, align leadership, and build a plan that’s both strategic and fundable.

You’ll also explore the Capital Planning Styles Matrix to better understand how leadership approaches impact momentum – from early strategy through execution.

Attendees will learn how to:

• Recognize their team’s current capital planning style,
• Understand how leadership mindset influences progress, and
• Identify immediate steps to build clarity and alignment

Whether you’re planning, mid-project, or stalled – this session offers a clear and actionable reset.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, September 10, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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August 26, 2025

NRHA Webinar: 90 days to Dialysis: How a 24-Bed CAH Built a Sustainable Nephrology Program for Local Patients, September 4

What does it take for a small critical access hospital to launch 24/7 inpatient nephrology – and begin building a community dialysis unit – in just three months?

At McKenzie Health in Watford City, ND, leadership saw the need: 36 dialysis patients in their county and the nearest home dialysis facility 180 miles away. Their response? A strategic, phased approach that started with inpatient nephrology and swing-bed dialysis – and laid the foundation for long-term outpatient expansion.

In this session, Dr. Rubin Chandran – a board-certified nephrologist with 20+ years of rural experience – shares the roadmap any CAH can follow to do the same.

You’ll Learn:

• The 90-day implementation playbook for inpatient nephrology and acute dialysis,
• The “4 Ps” of due diligence: physicians, prevalence, pipeline, and payer mix,
• How to use inpatient services to de-risk outpatient expansion, and
• What it takes to plan, build, and manage a CMS-compliant dialysis unit.

If your hospital is looking to expand care, reduce transfers, and capture new revenue while meeting a critical need – this is your session.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, September 4, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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August 25, 2025

Webinar: Responsible AI in Primary Care: Driving Quality, Trust and Transformation, August 26

AI is transforming primary care – but success hinges on how it’s deployed. Health systems leading the way on AI adoption aren’t just investing in smarter algorithms; they’re embedding AI into clinical workflows while preserving trust, safety and the patient-clinician relationship.

In this panel, hear from leaders on what responsible AI looks like in action and what it takes to get clinicians on board. This will be a practical conversation grounded in real-world cases, governance strategies and measurable results.

Join to Explore:

• How systems are reducing clinician burden and surfacing key insights at the point of care,
• Strategies to embed AI into workflows without disrupting the human connection, and
• Governance approaches that ensure responsible, scalable AI deployment across primary care.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, August 26, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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August 25, 2025

OnDemand Webinar: Automating Authorizations: How Teams are Getting Paid Faster Without Adding Staff

Manual prior authorizations slow care, frustrate patients and delay payment. Staff get buried in phone calls, faxes and follow-ups.

Left unresolved, these inefficiencies lead to rising denials, delayed revenue and burned-out teams.

In this OnDemand webinar, see how one organization automated the authorization process – cutting approval times, reducing admin work and getting paid faster.

You’ll Learn How to:

• Pinpoint which tasks can be automated for the greatest ROI,
• Reduce payer-related delays that stall revenue cycles, and
• Free staff to focus on patients, not paperwork.

Cost: Free

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