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Whitepaper: The Future of Payer-Provider Collaboration: Balancing Reimbursement Pressures & Value-Based Progress

March 10, 2026

Whitepaper: The Future of Payer-Provider Collaboration: Balancing Reimbursement Pressures & Value-Based Progress

Health system technology leaders are being pulled into the center of payer-provider conflict. Rising denials, growing administrative workloads and tighter reimbursement timelines are forcing organizations to rethink how data, infrastructure and platforms support collaboration.

This report promises a clearer view of what is actually driving friction between payers and providers today and what leaders believe could ease it. Rather than positioning collaboration as a catch-all solution, it examines where alignment breaks down and what realistic improvements look like from the provider perspective.

The analysis draws from a closed-door session at Becker’s 13th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable and features candid input from health system leaders across the country.

Learnings include:

  • How reimbursement pressure is reshaping provider technology priorities,
  • Why current payer-provider processes create operational drag,
  • What leaders see as realistic paths to better collaboration, and
  • How regulatory changes could elevate the role of shared platforms.

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Webinar: CDI + AI at Cape Fear: An Integrated Blueprint for Clinical Excellence and Revenue Integrity, March 24

March 10, 2026

Webinar: CDI + AI at Cape Fear: An Integrated Blueprint for Clinical Excellence and Revenue Integrity, March 24

Hospitals deliver complex care every day – but when documentation, coding and revenue cycle teams operate in silos, financial and quality performance suffer.

Incomplete documentation, reactive CDI workflows and disconnected systems can lead to case mix inaccuracy, preventable denials and delayed reimbursement. At the same time, clinicians face mounting documentation burden that limits engagement and productivity.

Cape Fear Vally Health took a different approach.

By integrating AI-enabled CDI and revenue integrity capabilities into everyday workflows, the health system built a model that connects clinical care with financial stewardship. AI-powered prioritization, evidence sheets, auto-suggested DRGs and advanced code sequencing help teams reason across the full patient record, surface documentation opportunities and strengthen performance before claims are submitted.

Attendees will learn:

  • How to operationalize AI across CDI, coding and revenue integrity workflows,
  • Ways to improve case mix accuracy while easing clinician burden,
  • How proactive safeguards can help prevent denials and revenue leakage, and
  • Tactics to break down silos and accelerate reimbursement.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, March 24, 1:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Webinar: The Future of Healthcare Leadership: OU Health, Wellstar Talk Risks, Realities & Readiness, March 18

March 10, 2026

Webinar: The Future of Healthcare Leadership: OU Health, Wellstar Talk Risks, Realities & Readiness, March 18

Healthcare leaders are navigating margin pressure, workforce instability and rapid technology change while maintaining operational stability across their organizations.

In this session, leaders from OU Health and Wellstar Health System discuss findings from a national survey of more than 700 healthcare executives. The conversation examines where leadership pressure is intensifying, which executive and director roles are under the most strain and how health systems are adapting their talent strategies.

Panelists will share perspectives from their organizations alongside national survey insights to help healthcare executives better understand emerging leadership risks and opportunities.

Insights include:

  • How executive and director turnover affects stability, performance and continuity,
  • Which leadership capabilities are becoming most critical as system pressures grow,
  • How AI and technology are influencing leadership decision-making, and
  • Where healthcare organizations are adjusting leadership and talent strategies.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, March 18, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Glycemic Safety Under CMS Scrutiny: Where Performance Gaps Emerge and How Leaders are Closing Them, March 17

March 10, 2026

Webinar: Glycemic Safety Under CMS Scrutiny: Where Performance Gaps Emerge and How Leaders are Closing Them, March 17

With CMS requiring reporting of severe hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, inpatient glycemic safety is moving from a clinical priority to a visible system-level performance measure. Hospitals are now being asked not only to manage glucose safely, but to demonstrate consistent, measurable results.

In many organizations, variation in workflows, documentation practices, and insulin management approaches can make it difficult to deliver uniform performance across complex inpatient environments. Under CMS scrutiny, thes gaps become more apparent and more consequential.

In this session, healthcare leaders will explore where glycemic safety efforts commonly fall short and how organizations are strengthening reliability across teams, units, and clinical scenarios. The conversation will focus on practical strategies to support frontline clinicians, standardize execution, and align glycemic management with evolving CMS expectations.

Learnings include:

  • How CMS reporting is changing the expectations for inpatient glycemic safety,
  • Where operational and workflow variability can undermine performance,
  • Strategies leaders are using to improve consistency without limiting clinical judgment, and
  • What it means to measure, monitor, and sustain glycemic safety at scale.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, March 17, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Whitepaper: Inside the ‘Smart’ Hospital: Connecting Technology, Workflows and Care

March 10, 2026

Whitepaper: Inside the ‘Smart’ Hospital: Connecting Technology, Workflows and Care

Picture an environment where clinicians are not chasing information, IT teams are not managing endless integrations and leaders have real-time visibility into operations across the enterprise.

The promise of the “smart” hospital is not more tools, but better coordination. It is an approach where systems, devices and workflows are continuously connected, allowing hospitals to respond fast, operate more efficiently and help drive safer care across the continuum.

This whitepaper examines the smart hospital concept and explains why unified platforms are emerging as the digital foundation for hospitals looking to reduce fragmentation and improve performance. Rather than layering on additional point solutions, smart hospitals focus on connecting existing investments through enterprise-wide infrastructure.

Download the paper to learn:

  • Six core capabilities that define a smart hospital platform,
  • How enterprise-wide connectivity supports end-to-end workflows,
  • Why open, API-first architectures matter for long-term flexibility, and
  • The operational challenges smart hospitals are designed to address.

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Webinar: Practical Guidance for Predictive Flow: How University Health is Improving ED + Inpatient Throughput, March 11

March 10, 2026

Webinar: Practical Guidance for Predictive Flow: How University Health is Improving ED + Inpatient Throughput, March 11

Emergency departments often set the pact for the entire hospital. When admitted patients board for hours, the downstream effects strain staffing, delay discharges and erode capacity. University Health is addressing this challenge by strengthening the connection between ED operations and inpatient flow using real-time and predictive intelligence layered on its EHR.

In this 30-minute session, leaders from University Health share how the organization is evolving its approach to ED and inpatient throughput – moving beyond reactive bed management toward more predictable daily operations.

Attendees will hear how early signals from the ED now help inpatient teams plan placement sooner, run more focused huddles and align staffing to anticipated demand before units reach capacity.

Insights include:

  • Why ED flow is a critical lever for unlocking inpatient capacity,
  • How early ED visibility supports better admission and discharge planning,
  • How predictive insights improve staffing decisions and huddle routines, and
  • What effective operations – IT collaboration looks like in practice.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, March 11, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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Whitepaper: How the University of South Florida’s EP Cardiac Clinic Drove 67% Patient Growth + Doubled Cardiac Monitoring Revenue

March 10, 2026

Whitepaper: How the University of South Florida’s EP Cardiac Clinic Drove 67% Patient Growth + Doubled Cardiac Monitoring Revenue

Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) monitoring platforms promise efficiency, but integration gaps often prevent clinics from seeing real financial impact.

At the University of South Florida’s implantable cardiac device clinic, early improvements from a new CIED system were limited by HER integration issues that stalled billing and hid revenue. Clinical workflows improved, but thousands of billable events remained stuck.

A focused optimization effort changed the outcome. By addressing technical interfaces; clarifying ownership across IT, operations and revenue cycle teams; and implementing continuous error monitoring, the clinic stabilized workflows and restored billing continuity.

The results were clear: Annual CIED monitoring revenue more than doubled in two years. The clinic absorbed significant patient growth without adding staff. Billing timelines shortened, reducing manual work and improving cash flow. This case study details how USF leveraged the Murj CIED Management Platform to identify what was holding performance back and build a scalable, sustainable CIED workflow.

You will learn how:

  • USF increased CIED monitoring revenue by 114%,
  • The clinic absorbed 67% patient growth without new staff,
  • HER integration and automation shortened the billing cycle for CIED monitoring, events by over 60% (37.5 days to 14.2), and
  • Integration and monitoring practices protected revenue continuity.

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Webinar: Cyber Resilience is No Longer an IT Strategy. It is a Patient Safety Strategy, March 20

March 10, 2026

Webinar: Cyber Resilience is No Longer an IT Strategy. It is a Patient Safety Strategy, March 20

When healthcare systems go down, care does not pause. It degrades.

Downtime shifts clinicians to paper. Medication workflows slow. Access controls change. Communication patterns fracture. In pediatric environments and high acuity settings, even short disruptions carry real risk.

Cyber resilience used to be about restoring servers. Today it is about restoring trust.

Speed of recovery is no longer the only metric. Confidence in recovery is the difference between clinicians resuming care immediately or second guessing every data point on the screen. If physicians and nurses question the integrity of the record, care delivery hesitates. And hesitation in healthcare is expensive.

Ransomware attacks and system outages are increasing across the industry. Boards are asking harder questions. Can we prove our backups are clean? Have we tested a full clinical restore? What is the real downtime tolerance for our most critical systems? Not theoretical numbers. Real ones.

We challenge the traditional approach to cyber resilience and examine why the next evolution is operational not just technical.

This webinar explores:

  • Why recovery confidence is emerging as a core patient safety metric,
  • How data integrity directly influences clinician behavior after an event,
  • What leading healthcare organizations are rethinking about governance and testing, and
  • Why tools alone will not protect care delivery.

The reality is simple. Technology does not create resilience. Operational discipline does.

If your organization believes resilience is handled because backups exist, this conversation will likely shift that assumption.

Cyber resilience is no longer a back-office issue. It is front line risk management.

Cost: Free

When: Friday, March 20, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Whitepaper: The Future of Healthcare Leadership: Risks, Realities, and Readiness for 2026, March 18

March 5, 2026

Whitepaper: The Future of Healthcare Leadership: Risks, Realities, and Readiness for 2026, March 18

Healthcare leaders are being asked to do more with less while preparing their organizations for a future defined by margin pressure, workforce instability and accelerating technology change.

Based on a national survey of 700+ healthcare leaders, this data-driven webinar examines the leadership trends health systems must confront in 2026 and beyond. The findings surface where leadership gaps are widening, which executive and director-level roles are under the most strain, and how organizations are adjusting talent strategies to remain resilient.

Key takeaways include:

  • How executive and director turnover impacts stability, performance and continuity,
  • Which leadership capabilities are becoming critical as pressures intensify, and
  • How AI and technology are changing leadership decision-making.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, March 18, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Whitepaper: A Comprehensive Guide to Backup Power for Hospitals

March 5, 2026

Whitepaper: A Comprehensive Guide to Backup Power for Hospitals

In healthcare, reliable power is non-negotiable.

As Rod Allen, system director of plant operations for Lee Memorial Health System, puts it: “Without power, nothing else in healthcare happens.” Yet aging infrastructure, growing energy demand and stringent accreditation standards increase the risk profile for hospitals nationwide.

From WellSpan York Hospital’s use of microgrids to improve redundancy to Reid Health’s installation of EPA Tier 4 Final Factory Certified diesel engines to optimize flexibility, health systems are rethinking how backup power supports patient safety and operational continuity.

This comprehensive guide examines how hospitals can move beyond minimum compliance to strengthen resilience and reduce single points of failure, ensuring optimal care and conditions even when the primary grid goes down.

Key learnings include:

  • How different requirements shape hospital emergency power systems,
  • Why redundancy and modular architectures reduce cascading failure risk, and
  • How resilient power strategies support uninterrupted clinical operations during grid outages.

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