Rural Spotlight

May 19, 2026

Webinar: The Data Problem Standing Between Your Organization and AI That Works, June 30

Healthcare organizations are moving fast on AI – but many are hitting a more fundamental obstacle: their data is not ready to support it.

Fragmented records, interoperability gaps and unreliable pipelines mean AI results can be inconsistent, hard to trust and nearly impossible to scale beyond early pilots. For clinical and digital leaders, the question is no longer whether to adopt AI but whether the underlying data can support it.

This webinar examines what it takes to move from fragmented information to trusted, actionable insight – and how organizations that get this right are better positioned to move faster, go further and create real impact at scale.

Insights include:

• Methods for transforming large-scale health data into actionable insights,
• Strategies for closing interoperability gaps and implementing AI at scale, and
• Lessons from long-term data integration and the impact on patient and community health outcomes.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, June 30, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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May 19, 2026

Webinar: Why Dashboards Alone Aren’t Fixing Patient Flow, June 24

Most hospitals have invested heavily in visibility in the form of dashboards, daily huddle reports, capacity snapshots and more. Yet boarded emergency department patients, delayed discharges and capacity bottlenecks remain stubbornly familiar.

The problem is rarely a lack of data. It is the gap between what the data shows and what teams can act on in time. By the time a daily report surfaces a bottleneck, the bed is already full, the discharge has already slipped and the ED is already holding patient overnight.

Baptist Health Arkansas decided to close that gap.

Cody Walker, President of Baptist Health Medical Center – North Little Rock, will share how Baptist moved past visibility into action by embedding predictive intelligence and automation into core workflows. The phased, data-driven approach delivered a 25% reduction in avoidable opportunity days and 525 fewer boarded ED patients per month.

Learnings include:

• Where dashboards fall short and what replaces them,
• How predictive intelligence and automation cut avoidable delays,
• The phased model behind Baptist’s measurable throughput gains, and
• How real-time collaboration changes front-line decision-making.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, June 24, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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May 19, 2026

Webinar: Why Traditional Denial Tracking is Missing the Most Damaging Losses, June 2

Hospitals spent $43 billion in 2025 chasing payments insurers already owed them. Payer tactics have grown more sophisticated, more automated and harder to detect – and many of the most financially damaging losses, including DRG downgrades, never trigger a formal denial alert at all.

The pressure compounds quickly, Disconnected CDI, coding and denials teams generate gaps that payers exploit. Traditional denial tracking dashboards miss what was never flagged. Contract leverage sits unused while reimbursement quietly erodes. And RCM technology decisions get made under a flood of AI marketing claims that don’t always translate to financial outcomes.

This panel brings revenue cycle, CDI and clinical leaders together for a frank conversation about what’s working and what isn’t.

The discussion will cover:

• Why denial rates are rising across major payers and how hospitals must respond,
• How siloed CDI, coding and denials teams compound revenue loss,
• What traditional denial tracking misses – especially DRG downgrades, and
• Where payer contracts are being underused as a defense strategy.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, June 2, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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May 19, 2026

On-Demand Webinar: The Hidden Barrier to AI: Why Legacy Systems and App Sprawl are Slowing Healthcare Innovation

Healthcare organizations are investing heavily in AI and digital innovation – yet many are discovering that legacy systems, redundant applications and fragmented infrastructure are slowing progress. Before scaling AI or advanced analytics, many healthcare IT, digital and compliance leaders are realizing they must address decades of accumulated technical debt.

This session will explore how healthcare IT leaders are approaching application rationalization and legacy modernization as strategic enablers of AI, cloud transformation and operational efficiency. Speakers will share practical approaches for evaluating legacy systems, reducing application sprawl and aligning platforms to support the next generation of healthcare technologies.

Key learning points:

• Why legacy systems and application sprawl are emerging as major barriers to AI and digital transformation,
• Practical frameworks for evaluating and rationalizing healthcare application portfolios,
• How leading health systems are balancing modernization with operational stability,
• Strategies for aligning infrastructure, security and governance when retiring legacy systems, and
• Where CIOs should start when building a modern digital foundation for AI.

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May 19, 2026

Webinar: Why Sterile Processing Failures in ASCs are Crucial to Bottom-lines, June 17

ASCs now handle 60 to 70 percent of U.S. surgeries, and the stakes around sterile processing have never been higher. Surgical site infections carry a price tag of $20,000 to $60,000 or more per event, and compliance gaps continue to expose centers to financial and legal liability they can’t afford.

In this webinar, leaders break down how accreditation functions as a practical, operational tool for reducing variability in sterile processing and protecting OR performance.

Key learnings:

• The most common sterile processing failure points in ASCs today,
• How infection prevention gaps translate into financial and legal risk, and
• Practical strategies to improve compliance, traceability, and defensibility.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, June 17, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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May 19, 2026

On-Demand Webinar: AI-powered Coding for Cleaner Claims Start Earlier: Practical Strategies to Improve Accuracy Before Denials Begin

Coding accuracy sits at the center of both financial performance and clinical efficiency but staffing and resources are not keeping pace for many practices. As pressures increase, practices are turning to AI-powered support to keep pace and avoid falling behind.

As documentation requirements evolve and payer scrutiny increases, small inconsistencies in coding can create downstream denials, delayed payments, and unnecessary administrative burden for physicians and staff. AI-enabled coding tools now help practices address these challenges earlier in the revenue cycle, allowing coders and billers to focus on higher value work instead of time-consuming, lower-impact tasks.

In this webinar, healthcare leaders will explore how practices across specialties are taking a more consistent, supported approach to medical coding by adopting AI-driven insights and automation. It will focus on practical strategies to improve accuracy earlier in the revenue cycle, reduce avoidable rework and support cleaner claims, all while enabling coding and billing teams to work at the top of their license and deliver greater value to the practice.

You’ll learn:

• How to reduce denials and rework by improving coding accuracy and consistency using AI-powered support,
• Where coding issues most often create downstream revenue cycle disruption, and
• Practical ways to support cleaner claims earlier in the revenue cycle while shifting staff towards higher impact work.

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