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Join your Health System CXO Podcast host Jackie Kimmell as she discusses the critical topic of site neutrality in healthcare payments, exploring its implications for health systems and the evolving legislative landscape. She highlights the bipartisan momentum towards site neutral payments, the potential cost savings for Medicare, and the importance of understanding these changes for healthcare executives.

Your Health System CXO Podcast host Jasmaine McClain discusses the challenges health equity leaders face in driving real change despite having leadership buy-in. Jasmaine emphasizes that buy-in is not enough and outlines three key factors for success: clear internal alignment, translation of system priorities into executive priorities, and demonstrating the value of health equity investments. McClain shares examples from health systems that effectively integrate health equity into their missions, cultures, governance, and strategies, providing actionable steps for leaders to create champions for health equity within their organizations.

Your Health System CXO podcast host Anne Herleth and Lauren Rewers discuss the findings from a research study on frontline nurses' perceptions regarding safe staffing and the use of AI in healthcare. They explore the low confidence levels among nurses about their organizations' commitment to safe staffing, the preference for human-centered solutions, and the significant communication gaps that exist.

Your CXO host Jackie Kimmell discusses three significant developments in the healthcare sector that highlight innovative approaches to value-based care and investment. The first topic covers the surprising acquisition of Summa Health by General Catalyst, exploring the implications of this investment for healthcare systems. The second segment focuses on Longitude Health, a new collaborative initiative among several health systems aimed at driving innovation and efficiency in value-based care. Finally, Jackie delves into Risen Health, a consortium that aims to transform healthcare delivery through technology and shared resources, featuring insights from Chris Cornue on the motivations behind these partnerships.

Strategy Catalyst hosted a webinar session, Ambulatory Disruption: Where is the Market Today? We discussed how the retail disruptor threat has mostly receded, but there are still competitive threats remaining in the ambulatory market. In particular, we reviewed three major companies still advancing their strategy despite headwinds: Amazon, CVS Health, and UnitedHealthcare (UHC).

Watch the session in the video above or hit "Download PDF" to see the slides.

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HEA previews new research on community benefit from University of Michigan researchers Dr. Cherie Conley and Dr. Simone Singh that explores the breadth of hospitals' initiatives impacting their communities not always captured in IRS reporting. Review the session recording to learn how health systems are measuring and tracking this work across the country and recommendations for advancing the community benefit narrative.

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