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CME

Pediatric Grand Rounds: How Healthcare Financing Shapes Clinical Care

Location: Hybrid: Dell Children’s Medical Center Signe Auditorium & Google Meet

Address: 4900 Mueller Blvd, Austin, Texas 78723 | View Map »

Date: Friday, October 9, 2026

Time: 7:30–8:30 a.m.

About the Event

In this installment of Pediatric Grand Rounds, Kristie J. Loescher, MPH, DBA, presents “Payment, Pressure, and Practice: How Healthcare Financing Shapes Clinical Care.” Loescher is the assistant dean for Instructional Innovation, the director of the Healthcare Innovation Initiative, associate director of the Business Foundation Program, and professor of Instruction, Management Department at the McCombs School of Business.

Email pam.knight@ascension.org for more information.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this presentation, the audience participant should be able to:

1. Examine the provider payment mechanisms of private insurance.

2. Examine the provider payment mechanisms of public insurance programs (Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, VA, and Indian Health Service).

3. Comprehend how provider financing impacts clinical decision making.

4. Evaluate the impact of financing on supply side and demand side cost/utilization pressures.

Target Audience

  • Primary: Pediatricians, pediatric subspecialists, family medicine physicians and pediatric residents
  • Secondary: Nursing and hospital staff

Attributes/Competencies

This activity has been designed to promote some of the following desired physician attributes and competencies:

  • ACGME: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning and Improvement; Interpersonal and Communications Skills. Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
  • IOM: Provide Patient-centered Care, Work in Interdisciplinary Teams, Employ Evidence-based Practice, Apply Quality Improvement, Utilize Informatics
  • IECC: Interprofessional Teamwork & Team-based Practice

Disclosures

The speakers and planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

The CME Advisory Committee, reviewers of this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Accreditation Statement

The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School designates this live course for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.