SLU Bander Center and WashU Medical Business Ethics Summit 2026

Medical business ethics conference with topics that engage the healthcare and ethics community. There will be 5 panels with panelists who are clinician leaders, healthcare administrators, attorneys and ethicists.

1. Identify ethical challenges that arise in the business and operational aspects of healthcare, including contracting, reimbursement structures, and conflicts of interest.
2. Analyze how financial, legal, and institutional decisions impact patient welfare, professional integrity, and organizational accountability.
3. Explain how physicians and healthcare leaders can recognize and prevent unintentional fraud by understanding compliance requirements, documentation standards, and ethical decision-making in billing and reporting practices.
4. Demonstrate strategies for integrating ethical reflection into organizational policies, leadership decisions, and daily administrative or clinical operations to promote fairness, transparency, and trust in healthcare systems.

This is an in-person only event. A small number of registrations are available, so don't delay and register today!

Lunch will be provided.

Location:
Saint Louis Club
7676 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 300
St. Louis, MO 63105

Additional logistical details will be emailed to registered attendees a few days before the summit.

Accreditation
Saint Louis University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation
Saint Louis University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Saint Louis University School of Medicine will provide Other learner certificates (APPs, nurses, and other types of learners). The certificate will state that the activity was designated for 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Follow your board's requirements for reciprocal CE credits.

Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education Approval
The "SLU Bander Center and WashU Medical Business Ethics Summit 2026" scheduled for 4/10/2026 to 4/10/2026 is approved for 6.0 total hours, including 2.4 ethics hours and zero elimination of bias hours.

The course ID for this program is 784750.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Saint Louis University School of Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Marie Philipneri, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine/Nephrology
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

CME Accrediting Director

Grant or research support-Mineralys (Relationship has ended)

Amanda Sain
Continuing Medical Education Program Director
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

CME Program Director

Nothing to disclose

Steven Bander, MD

Course Director, Planning Committee

Nothing to disclose

Li Ern Chen, MD
Director of Bander Center
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Course Director, Planning Committee

Paid consultant-Korn Ferry|Paid consultant-ChestPal (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Senzime (Relationship has ended)

Friday, April 10, 2026

We have sponsorship opportunities available. If your company is interested, please review the prospectus and reach out to the CME office, [email protected], with any questions.

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