How Ardent Health cut low-value care and boosted ROI in 90 days
Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Low value care erodes hospital margins yet is difficult to define.
Ardent Health launched a systemwide initiative to tackle low-value care and strengthen throughput, empowering physicians with in-workflow tools and a shared framework for clinical decision-making with transparency into costs and clinical value of therapeutic options.
In this session, an Ardent leader will share how they drove measurable impact within 90 days, sustained adoption across diverse sites and built a scalable cost-containment framework.
Takeaways include:
Ardent Health launched a systemwide initiative to tackle low-value care and strengthen throughput, empowering physicians with in-workflow tools and a shared framework for clinical decision-making with transparency into costs and clinical value of therapeutic options.
In this session, an Ardent leader will share how they drove measurable impact within 90 days, sustained adoption across diverse sites and built a scalable cost-containment framework.
Takeaways include:
- How Ardent defined and targeted low-value care systemwide
- The provider engagement strategies that enabled rapid adoption
- A breakdown of early wins and how ROI was validated and scaled
Presenters:
Susan Hughes
Vice President Case Management, Ardent