Care Decoded
Care Decoded is the go-to podcast for clinicians, health plan leaders, and quality champions navigating the evolving world of risk adjustment, value-based care, and smarter documentation. Hosted by Inferscience, this show takes you inside the workflows, decisions, and technologies that turn clinical complexity into clarity. From demystifying HCCs and RAF scores to decoding CMS changes and exploring the impact of AI, we help you understand the data behind every diagnosis.
This show isn't about theory. It's about impact. Not about compliance. But confidence. Not about more clicks. But clarity at the point of care.
If you're building the future of care – one chart, one visit, one code at a time – Care Decoded is your ultimate guide.
Care Decoded
From Hype to Accountability: Lessons and Shifts in Healthcare Tech for 2026
Welcome back to Care Decoded, the podcast where we break down the complexities of healthcare technology, documentation, coding, quality, and clinical AI to help organizations work smarter, not harder. In this special New Year’s episode, hosts Dr. Sunil Nihalani and Mark McKeown turn the spotlight inward, reflecting on everything 2025 taught the industry and their own team at Inferscience.
This year was nothing short of a stress test for healthcare, marked by evolving CMS expectations, tougher audits, turbulence in risk adjustment, and a critical shift for AI from pure hype to real accountability. Dr. Sunil Nihalani and Mark McKeown discuss why flashy new tools often fell flat and how true progress came from technology that reduces clinician burden, works seamlessly inside clinical workflows, and, most importantly, earns trust.
Join them as they unpack the year's biggest lessons, share the real-world feedback they heard from hundreds of clinicians and leaders, and preview the themes that will define success in 2026: audit readiness, real-time intelligence at the point of care, and building genuine trust across the industry. Whether you're a clinician, health plan leader, or health tech enthusiast, this episode is packed with insights to help you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare innovation.
Timestamsp:
00:00 "Care Decoded: Healthcare Insights 2026"
03:29 "Compliance Evolution and Clinician Support"
06:38 "Clarity, Speed, Confidence"
09:46 Enhancing Healthcare Workflow Intelligence
12:59 "Decoding Care in 2026"
Podcast's Website - https://caredecoded.com/
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