AI, ML, DL, and NLP in healthcare looks like the alphabet soup of acronyms in the world Artificial Intelligence. To clear things up we've rounded up some of our best episodes about how the use of artificial intelligence is changing healthcare for the better. Listen in as our hosts and their guests navigate the latest in AI.

AI in Healthcare

Welcome to “Revenue Cycle Optimized,” where you will find exclusive insights and practical advice to optimize and transform your healthcare practice’s financial health and operations.

Stuart Newsome, CPCO, hosts a lineup of industry leaders – healthcare executives, frontline professionals, tech innovators, and more – to unpack key strategies for optimizing every aspect of the revenue cycle. Think everything from patient access improvements and workflow enhancements to advanced coding practices and effective claims management strategy. We also highlight the impact of AI and automation in transforming these processes.

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Revenue Cycle Optimized

Best of 2025

The $136 Billion Elephant in the Room: Why Gut Health is Your Next Digital Health Priority

Host: Megan Antonelli
Guest: Bill Snyder

Join host Megan Antonelli and Bill Snyder, CEO of Cylinder Health, for a discussion of how digestive health impacts workplace productivity and healthcare costs. Learn how digital health solutions are transforming GI care delivery, improving health equity, and supporting return-to-office transitions while addressing the $136B annual burden of GI-related healthcare expenses.

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Digital Health Talks

Digital Health Talks: Why Gut Health is Your Next Digital Health Priority

Episode 132: OR & SPD: Building Trust for Better Patient Outcomes

The relationship between SPD and the OR is crucial for ensuring positive patient outcomes - but why does it sometimes unravel into a tangled mess of shame, blame, and mistrust? On this episode, they saddle up with Clinical Education Specialist Ronald Hunsucker (AKA the Cowboy of Clean) to explore the challenges and share insights on strengthening this vital partnership.

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Ask the Educator: OR & SPD: Building Trust for Better Patient Outcomes

Addressing Social Determinants of Health so Patients Can Thrive
This episode explores NextGen Healthcare’s new integration with findhelp, the nation’s largest social care network. Michele Hannagan, director of specialty solutions for NextGen Healthcare, has an enlightening conversation with Julia Jones, findhelp’s vice president of network development, and Anna Kinsey, director of community development for Kinston Community Health Center. Hear how this important integration is helping Kinston connect patients to life-changing resources.

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Ambulatory Healthcare Today: Addressing Social Determinants of Health So Patients Can Thrive

How Radiology Teams Modernize Intake Without Disrupting Epic Workflows

Modernizing radiology intake means more than sending documents to Epic—it’s about building accuracy into the process. Learn how AI-powered document capture uses HL7 ORM mapping to handle multi-patient faxes, duplicates, and poor-quality images, with a phased rollout that keeps data clean and workflows running smoothly.

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Revenue Cycle Optimized: How Radiology Teams Modernize Intake Without Disrupting Epic Workflows

On this episode of FINN Voices, host Beth Friedman sits down with Phil Sobol, Chief Commercial Officer at CereCore, a healthcare IT services company specializing in application support, advisory, infrastructure, and staffing solutions.

Planned during Becker’s 2025 Health IT + Digital Health + Revenue Cycle Management Conference in Chicago, Beth and Phil unpack the latest insights from CIO conversations, focus groups, and industry media to forecast what’s ahead for health IT purchasing in 2026.

They tackle the pressing questions hospital and health system CIOs face today: how to make smarter IT investments, deliver measurable ROI, and align technology decisions with organizational goals. The discussion also dives into the unique challenges of smaller hospitals, where CEOs and CFOs often double as IT decision-makers.

Finally, Phil highlights how several CereCore clients empower their IT leaders to make confident, data-driven technology decisions. He shares the newest strategies to navigate the 2026 buying cycle with clarity and impact.

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FINN Voices: Making Better Health IT Tech Decisions: An Insider's Look at CIO Buying Trends

AI Oversight for the Modern Revenue Cycle

As AI agents take on more decisions across the revenue cycle, the question isn’t how fast automation can move — it’s how safely it operates. This session explores the guardrails of governance in an AI-driven RCM environment, outlining practical steps to ensure transparency, compliance, and human accountability as automation scales.

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Revenue Cycle Optimized: AI Oversight for the Modern Revenue Cycle

Meet Breanne Buehl, Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences at Broadcom. They discuss how private and hybrid cloud strategies are transforming healthcare’s digital infrastructure. They explore thought leadership topics including: 1. AI + Genomics Infrastructure: balancing innovation with compliance and cost. 2. Reducing Clinician Burnout: tech as a force multiplier, not a friction point. 3. Health Equity by Design: enabling access through scalable infrastructure. 5. Digital Transformation in Life Sciences: from discovery to delivery. 

From managing sensitive patient data and ensuring regulatory compliance to integrating generative AI for predictive analytics and precision medicine, Buehl explains how healthcare organizations can securely harness data for improved outcomes. The conversation dives into the “cloud repatriation” trend—why hospitals are moving critical workloads from public to private environments—and the role of automation and platform design in combating burnout and inefficiency across IT and clinical operations.

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PopHealth Week: Breanne Buehl, Head, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Broadcom, Inc.

Reverification in Action with Frontline Lessons from the Field

Randy Boner, Associate Director of Client Success, shares real-world lessons from the front lines of reverification—how automation, payer mapping, and orchestration reduce rework, improve accuracy, and keep coverage continuous through the busiest time of year.

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Revenue Cycle Optimized: Reverification in Action with Frontline Lessons from the Field

S1E6: AI in Clinical Registries, Data Abstraction with Greg Miller

On this episode, host Dr. Heather Bassett welcomes Greg Miller, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Carta Healthcare, a leading provider of clinical data management solutions. Greg has a 40-year career journey in healthcare IT. Learn why Greg "came out of retirement" for his current role, to help get more meaningful insights into the hands of those who can most rapidly improve healthcare. The catch? This first involves clinical data abstraction, a costly, manual, and often overlooked aspect of healthcare operations. 

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AI Amplified: AI in Clinical Registries, Data Abstraction with Greg Miller

Bringing to Realization the Promise of AI
On this episode, host Goel Jasper sits down with David Lazerson, Co-founder and CEO of Briya. David discusses the vision of Briya, a company committed to improving and accelerating the research process with an AI-based platform. While 2025 was a year of discovery, David believes 2026 will be the year when AI in healthcare will see dramatic progress and growth.

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FINN Voices: Bringing to Realization the Promise of AI

Transforming the Patient Experience with Voice-First AI Automation

Long hold times and overwhelmed front-office staff have made patient scheduling a pain point across healthcare. On this episode, they explore how Infinx and Voxology are redefining patient access with AI-powered scheduling agents that combine empathy, intelligence, and efficiency to transform the way patients connect with care.

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Revenue Cycle Optimized: Transforming the Patient Experience with Voice First AI Automation

S2E16: CHIME Cyber Communities and AI Risk with Lisa Gallagher

Host: Jessica Davis, Senior Public Relations Director at The Brand Guild
Guest: Lisa Gallagher, BSEE, CISM, National Cybersecurity Advisor, CHIME

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Health Stealth Radio: CHIME Cyber Communities and AI Risk with Lisa Gallagher

Changing the Oncology Prior Authorization Story with Exact Sciences

This Office Hours will highlight Liz Durkin, Manager of Revenue Cycle as she tells the story of Exact Sciences’ journey, from pain points to progress, and provide takeaways for other oncology organizations seeking to change the narrative on prior authorization.

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Revenue Cycle Optimized: Changing the Oncology Prior Authorization Story with Exact Sciences

Building a Brand in Healthcare’s Most Competitive AI Market
On this episode host Adam Turinas discusses with friend and healthtech marketing leader, Lea Chatham, what it takes to create and build a strong brand. They discuss what it really takes to build a brand in the white-hot ambient AI/clinical scribe space. They start with the reality that large buying groups are overwhelmed with noise, and increasingly turn to a few trusted sources to quietly shortlist the top two or three vendors before they ever talk to sales. If you’re not consistently showing up with credibility in those channels, you may never even make the long list, let alone the shortlist.

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The Healthtech Marketing Show: Building a Brand in Healthcare’s Most Competitive AI Market

Live Demo AR and Denials Automation in Action

Listen in as AR and denials management automation comes to life in this live demo of Infinx ARDM. Christina Harkins walks through how AI-driven denial prevention, claim prioritization, and productivity analytics transform how revenue cycle teams work.

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Revenue Cycle Optimized: Live Demo AR and Denials Automation in Action

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Revenue Cycle Optimized: How Radiology Teams Modernize Intake Without Disrupting Epic Workflows

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