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Uninsured by design: The rise of nontraditional health coverage in the US

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When healthcare data lives in one unified system, teams gain real-time visibility that leads to faster decisions and better patient outcomes. Explore how centralized data and automation can reduce admin burden, speed revenue cycles, and strengthen the entire organization.

Building One Unified System: Patient Care as it Should Be

Join healthcare leaders from Monument Health, Mainline Health, and Sentara to explore how AI is transforming clinical documentation. Learn how health systems are reducing burnout, preventing denials, and turning documentation into a strategic advantage that improves care and revenue.

From Reactive to Proactive: Changing the Care and Documentation Paradigm

Burnout, staffing shortages, and fast-paced technological change are widening the gap between healthcare workers and employers. Explore how collaboration, career growth, and AI-driven solutions can help rebuild trust, strengthen retention, and create a more sustainable future for healthcare.

Stronger Together: How Employers and Employees Can Build Sustainable Healthcare Careers

Under pressure: Health plans rewrite the rules

Payer vs. partner: How health plans can create member-centric healthcare experiences

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Caroline Catherman

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Quarter century project: Healthcare over the last 25 years

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Are healthcare plans effectively caring for employee mental health?

Workplace wellness check-up

The fight for reproductive rights continues, even in states where abortion-related ballots passed. 

Abortion was on the ballot in 10 states last year. Here’s where some of them stand now

Nursing homes were hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, and some data suggests private equity ownership made care quality worse. 

As private equity firms buy up nursing homes, some studies suggest the ownership model worsens care quality 

“The reports of my death spiral have been greatly exaggerated.”—the ACA marketplace, if it could talk.

Experts deny the marketplace is entering a ‘death spiral’

We spoke to leaders in pharma, insurance, health tech, and more to see what they think is in store for the industry.

Healthcare execs share 2026 predictions

The retail giant follows Google and OpenAI with a tool that can answer patients’ medical questions. 

Amazon One Medical launches new agentic AI tool

More people are expected to lose coverage in the coming months.

ACA marketplace enrollment dropped by 1.4m. How will that affect hospitals?

It’s one of a growing number of pharma-tech partnerships.

Merck and Nvidia team up on new drug discovery model

Brightline and InStride offered a new kind of care for kids. 

Pediatric mental health startups launched during Covid. Here’s where they stand now 

The trillion-dollar biopharma is balancing innovation with caution.

Eli Lilly’s security head on how AI helps, hurts cybersecurity 

A new bipartisan spending bill looks to create greater transparency within the PBM space.

New year, continued legislation against PBMs

While we love a throwback, the Covid-19 pandemic’s first year isn’t something we want to revisit.

Despite pandemic efforts, the US still mostly imports PPE

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Despite PE’s reputation for raising costs and gutting assets, some physicians say it’s keeping private practice alive.

To gain autonomy, some doctors are teaming up with private equity 

Leaders in pharma are collaborating on efforts like reprocessing and securing greener supply chains.

A look into Eli Lilly’s sustainability efforts and what it suggests about the trend in Big Pharma

To gain autonomy, some doctors are teaming up with private equity

The Latest Healthcare News

New year, continued legislation against PBMs

Amazon One Medical launches new agentic AI tool

Eli Lilly’s security head on how AI helps, hurts cybersecurity

ACA marketplace enrollment dropped by 1.4m. How will that affect hospitals?

Workplace wellness check-up

Quarter century project: Healthcare over the last 25 years

Merck and Nvidia team up on new drug discovery model

Experts deny the marketplace is entering a ‘death spiral’

A look into Eli Lilly’s sustainability efforts and what it suggests about the trend in Big Pharma

Healthcare execs share 2026 predictions

Events

Building One Unified System: Patient Care as it Should Be

From Reactive to Proactive: Changing the Care and Documentation Paradigm

Stronger Together: How Employers and Employees Can Build Sustainable Healthcare Careers

Resources

Under pressure: Health plans rewrite the rules

Payer vs. partner: How health plans can create member-centric healthcare experiences

Uninsured by design: The rise of nontraditional health coverage in the US

Uninsured by design: The rise of nontraditional health coverage in the US

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Navigate the healthcare industry

To gain autonomy, some doctors are teaming up with private equity

The Latest Healthcare News

New year, continued legislation against PBMs

Amazon One Medical launches new agentic AI tool

Eli Lilly’s security head on how AI helps, hurts cybersecurity

ACA marketplace enrollment dropped by 1.4m. How will that affect hospitals?

Workplace wellness check-up

Quarter century project: Healthcare over the last 25 years

Merck and Nvidia team up on new drug discovery model

Experts deny the marketplace is entering a ‘death spiral’

A look into Eli Lilly’s sustainability efforts and what it suggests about the trend in Big Pharma

Healthcare execs share 2026 predictions

Events

Building One Unified System: Patient Care as it Should Be

From Reactive to Proactive: Changing the Care and Documentation Paradigm

Stronger Together: How Employers and Employees Can Build Sustainable Healthcare Careers

Navigate the healthcare industry

Resources

Under pressure: Health plans rewrite the rules

Payer vs. partner: How health plans can create member-centric healthcare experiences

Uninsured by design: The rise of nontraditional health coverage in the US

Uninsured by design: The rise of nontraditional health coverage in the US

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