National Doctor’s Day will bring a double whammy this coming Monday when the venerable Monitor Monday continues its recognition of the occasion with a pair of featured speakers: Drs. Drew Updike and Christopher Boyle.

The day of recognition took place on March 30, the date when Eudora Brown would place flowers on the graves of late physicians, starting in 1933. Historians are quick to note that the date also commemorates the first use of anesthesia for surgery.

Fast forward to Monday, April 6, 2026: that’s when Drs. Updike and Boyle will not only be recognized for their service by Monitor Mondays, but featured as speakers.

Broadcast segments will also include these instantly recognizable features:

• Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds.

• The RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, partner at the law firm of Nelson Mullins, will report the latest news about auditors.

• Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Byron, will join the broadcast with his trademark segment.

• Legislative Update: Cate Brantley, senior legislative affairs liaison for Zelis, will report on current healthcare legislation.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of how clinical documentation is reviewed across healthcare, from coding and clinical validation to payer denials and appeals.

In many cases, AI is influencing decisions behind the scenes, even when it is not clearly visible.

During the next live edition of the long-running Monitor Monday, the Internet broadcast produced by RACmonitor, Sharon Easterling will explain in simple terms how AI reads the clinical record.

Unlike clinicians, AI does not understand the full story of the patient. Instead, it looks for patterns such as words, phrases, and signals, and uses those patterns to reach a conclusion.

Because of this, the same record can lead to different outcomes.

Easterling, RACmonitor and Monitor Monday technology consultant, returns to the broadcast and will use a straightforward way to evaluate decisions so that conclusions remain supported, clear, and defensible, even as AI becomes more involved in the process.

Broadcast segments will also include these instantly recognizable features:

· Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds.

· The RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, partner at the law firm of Nelson Mullins, will report the latest news about auditors.

· Risky Business: Healthcare attorney Amanda Mills will join the broadcast with his trademark segment.

· Legislative Update: Matthew Albright, senior legislative affairs liaison for Zelis, will report on current healthcare legislation.

Aetna is just the latest in a long list of healthcare entities to settle False Claims Act (FCA) allegations with a massive settlement.

The insurer, one of the nation’s largest, recently agreed to pay $117.7 million to resolve a case involving purportedly inaccurate and untruthful diagnosis codes to increase payments.

That and other recent U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) actions will take center stage during the next edition of Monitor Mondays, when featured speakers will weigh in on striking recent trends related to such developments. Settlements and judgments under the FCA totaled $6.8 billion in the most recent full fiscal yar, an all-time record, with 84 percent of the recoveries related to matters involving the healthcare industry.

Broadcast segments will also include these instantly recognizable features:

•Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds.

•The RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, partner at the law firm of Nelson Mullins, will report the latest news about auditors.

•Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Byron, will join the broadcast with his trademark segment.

•Legislative Update: Matthew Albright, chief legislative affairs liaison for Zelis, will report on current healthcare legislation.