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Rural hospitals face resource challenges that policymakers hope AI can help solve, though some patients and staff express hesitancy. Explore potential uses of AI – including perspective from Solventum customer Phillip Mues at Cherry County Hospital – and preliminary state plans.

U.S. News & World Report is rolling out new methodology updates for the 2026–2027 Best Hospitals rankings, with a stronger emphasis on risk-adjusted outcomes, outpatient quality and procedural safety.

Solventum researchers examined U.S. inpatient data and found that potentially preventable catheter-related infections were associated with substantially higher costs of care, longer lengths of stay (LOS) and increased mortality rates.

In this episode, Dr. Travis Bias, a practicing physician and deputy CMO at Solventum, discusses the importance of human-centered innovation and designing AI solutions around real clinical workflows.

In this article, Davey Bowers, clinician solutions business leader at Solventum, reflects on the unique challenges of rural healthcare organizations and how AI-powered speech technology can help physicians in this setting make the most of their time and resources.

Solventum Performance Insights unifies your analytics in a single, content-centric application, giving your teams one place to understand performance and a consistent experience across dashboards and users.

How are healthcare organizations weathering the coder shortage and leveraging AI to fill gaps? Tami McMasters Gomez, executive director of mid-revenue cycle at UC Davis Health, shares her organization’s approach. 

AI is changing a lot in healthcare. But as Dr. Travis Bias, deputy CMO at Solventum, points out, “The question is no longer whether AI can perform aspects of the physician’s role, but whether it should — and where that boundary lies.”

The Millennium Alliance recently recognized Solventum CTO Hari Bala for his “visionary leadership and commitment to advancing AI, cloud and digital innovation – helping shape the future of enterprise technology.” 

In this challenging financial environment, what are better performing healthcare organizations doing to be successful? Solventum VP of Revenue Cycle Solutions Jason Burke shares proactive strategies for protecting revenue across the entire care journey.

Get four key takeaways from Cape Fear Valley Health’s experience working with Solventum to transform its CDI program. Cape Fear Valley Health moved from a five-member CDI team that reviewed about 75% of Medicare patients to a 22-member team that reviews around 90% of cases across all payers.

Explore how forward-thinking organizations are focusing on denials prevention rather than denials management through strategies like real-time CDI, alignment with utilization management and technology.

Despite billions invested in AI, denial rates and admin costs persist because many tools rely on statistical patterns over clinical intelligence. Solventum CTO Hari Bala explains why clinical intelligence is a critical component of clinical AI solutions.

Dr. Sandeep Wadhwa, global CMO at Solventum, made Becker’s list of patient safety experts to know for two years running. He’s recognized for leading the development of a Solventum solution used in U.S. News & World Report rankings to measure outpatient procedural safety, as well as for his commitment to improving care for vulnerable and underserved populations.

This report shares survey results about what the hospital of the future could look like, covering everything from technology innovation to affordability. Solventum Director of Revenue Cycle and Revenue Integrity Thea Campbell contributed to the conversation. 

In this podcast and summary article, Troy Kennedy, AVP of client partner technology at Solventum, talks about the applications of AI for medical coding, key considerations and implications for Australian healthcare.

Rising payer denials have transformed revenue integrity from a back-office operational issue into a strategic C-suite priority, requiring health systems to shift from reactive denial management to proactive, AI-enabled prevention. 

British Columbia’s Health Information Management program, which serves a number of healthcare organizations in Canada, experienced coder shortages, time-intensive processes and delays. Discover how implementing a Solventum solution made a difference for the organization. 

A proud moment for Solventum — our CTO Hari Bala appeared on Becker’s Great Leaders in Healthcare list for 2026. In this pivotal moment in healthcare technology, Hari focuses on applying AI responsibly to solve real-world challenges.

According to Dr. Travis Bias, deputy CMO of Solventum, between the promise of digital transformation and the realities of EHR documentation, clinicians have drifted from the bedside toward the screen. But, as El Camino Health discovered, ambient AI can change that experience.

During the Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting in April, Solventum hosted a featured panel session where leaders discussed how they pair AI with upskilling and governance to protect both ROI and teams.

Dr. Travis Bias brings his unique perspective as a practicing physician and deputy CMO of Solventum to this podcast episode about bridging the gap between what physicians do and what the data captures.

Trending NOW podcast host Shahid Shah speaks with Solventum Global Chief Medical Officer Sandeep Wadhwa on what he’s seeing in value-based care, how outpatient and rural health are evolving and why getting outcomes measurement right is so important.

Dr. Travis Bias, deputy CMO at Solventum, shares actionable takeaways from Phillip Mues, chief information and security officer of Cherry County Hospital, about making high-stakes technology decisions and the lessons he’s learned along the way.

How can healthcare leaders help staff see AI as a trusted partner, not a threat? Solventum CTO Hari Bala and Revenue Cycle Business Director Thea Campbell share key steps for change management.

Supporting value‑based care, documentation integrity and defensible risk accuracy for government payers.

This podcast episode features Dr. Travis Bias, deputy CMO of health information systems at Solventum, as he shares a clinician’s perspective on AI tools, why ambient documentation has gained traction, future opportunities and more.

In this episode of HLTH’s podcast, Solventum CTO Hari Bala shares findings from Solventum’s healthcare AI adoption survey and talks about the trust factors, mindset shifts and capabilities needed for successful adoption.

In this piece, Thea Campbell, a revenue cycle business director at Solventum, talks about how relying on EHR-native functionality forces revenue cycle teams to adapt their workflows to technology constraints rather than operational reality. 

While many hospital leaders are responding to the capacity crisis with construction, Dr. Sandeep Wadhwa, global chief medical officer at Solventum, discussed how preventing complications and unnecessary readmissions could create capacity without needing to expand the facility.

Jason Burke, VP of revenue cycle solutions at Solventum, shares how expert-guided autonomous coding can lower cost-to-collect, accelerate cash flow and mitigate audit risk while also presenting an opportunity to upskill human coders for high-value complex tasks.

Yes, according to Dr. Kory Anderson of Intermountain Health. His organization uses Solventum CDI technology to help clinicians document more accurately at the point of care through prompts for greater specificity. 

Most revenue cycle AI is built on statistical patterns, not clinical understanding, which creates a hidden factory of rework, risk and revenue leakage. Explore the benefits of a clinical-first approach.

As burnout reaches critical levels, Dr. Travis Bias of Solventum shares why ambient AI, voice-based documentation and population health intelligence are practical solutions that clinicians can actually trust.

Senior technology executives, including Solventum CTO Hari Bala, share their perspectives about implementing agentic AI. 

Dr. Sandeep Wadhwa, global chief medical officer at Solventum, uses Medicare claims data to analyze the potential effects of a shift to a site-neutral inpatient-outpatient payment system. 

Solventum’s Josh Amrhein shares his IT predictions for revenue cycle management, such as the shift from retroactively managing denials to proactively safeguarding revenue using AI-powered predictive analytics.

Dr. Kory Anderson shares how Intermountain Health boosted documentation accuracy and revenue by embedding Solventum™ CDI Engage One™ into its Cerner EHR. 

In this episode of HLTH’s podcast, The Beat, Solventum CTO Hari Bala talks about all things AI including autonomous coding, practical insights for CIOs and more.

Discover how physicians can reduce documentation burden using conversational AI with Solventum Fluency Align and MEDITECH Expanse.

Ensemble Health Partners, the nation’s leading revenue cycle management company, announced a strategic partnership with Solventum, an innovator in AI-driven revenue cycle solutions, to enable autonomous coding at scale across all medical specialties.

An AI-powered tool, empowering health systems to help reduce write-offs and improve top line revenue

Explore the definition of sepsis and septic shock and dive into the emerging initiative to integrate AI into the diagnosis and treatment process.

Managing chronic conditions requires involvement from many parties, making documentation challenging. This article describes how to improve documentation and reimbursement for chronic conditions with actionable tips.

Lateka M. Benson, PhD, RHIT, CCS, explains how artificial intelligence plays a crucial role in various aspects of healthcare.

Learn about the declining mental health in youth, possible contributing factors and how to report mental and behavioral conditions in ICD-10-CM with several case scenarios.

Dr. Travis Bias gives his two cents on generative AI solutions and how the technology can affect healthcare workers and leadership.

This article explains the quality metrics of hospital-acquired infections and accidental punctures and lacerations, and details how collaborative efforts can reduce these risks.

Detlef Koll discusses the risks and concerns of ambient clinical voice technology.

This is a summary of the Medicare Quality Payment Program, provider qualifications, clinician participation, and how they work to achieve the program’s main objectives.

Health IT leaders weigh in on the real world challenges hindering digital health innovation.

Dr. Travis Bias shares his thoughts on ambient clinical documentation.

This webinar covers the basics of coding and CDI, what the roles inpatient coding and inpatient CDI are and what roles look like for outpatient coding and outpatient CDI.

TaraJo Vaught, MSN, RN, CCDS, shines a light on the crucial roles played by coding and CDI specialists, compares their respective realms, and offers insights for transitioning between them.

Look back at the progression of diagnosis and mortality coding and look ahead to ICD-11 and how coding departments can prepare for it.

Teresa Seville, RHIT, CCS, explains that a thorough review of code updates must include analysis of the addenda, including index, tabular notes, guidelines, and committee meeting highlights.

Learn how artificial intelligence (AI) has impacted providers, coders and the healthcare industry.

How reporting ICD-10-CM social determinants of health, their context, and coder feedback can influence natural language understanding.

Amanda Vincent, MBA, CCS, CPC, CCDS, CRC, explains the differing definitions of “complication” for providers vs. coders and reviews types of complications.

Dr. Melissa Clarke details the maternal mortality crisis happening in the U.S. and lists ways accurate data documentation can help improve outcomes.

Dr. Melissa Clarke details the maternal mortality crisis happening in the U.S. and lists ways accurate data documentation can help improve outcomes.