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Nurses' AI pushback escalates | FDA backtracks on cyclospora source | Calif. hospital CEO steps down | 45 hospitals scaling back care | Has TrumpRx delivered on its promise?

Plus: 9 Epic moves July 20, 2026 1. Nurses’ AI pushback expands to new front Full story 2. FDA retracts cyclospora source finding: 5 things to know Full story 3. Physician-to-CMO Podcast: The instincts that save lives but derail leadership. Listen now…

12 physician specialties getting unhappier | The hospital profitability divide: 10 notes | Atrium's $1.5B innovation district, 1 year in | HAIs drop to 1 in 38 hospital patients: CDC | Christus to break ground on 48th hospital

Plus: 40 recent executive moves July 19, 2026 1. 12 physician specialties getting unhappier Full story 2. 1 in 38 hospital patients had an HAI in 2023, down from 1 in 31 in 2015: CDC Full story 3. Rural areas have 30 physicians…

RNs sound alarm on AI billing | CDC links cyclospora to Taco Bell lettuce | 32 AMCs adding hospitals | PeaceHealth COO to retire | How Mayo is putting AI to work

Plus 38 hospitals, systems raising workers’ pay July 18, 2026 1. CDC links cyclospora outbreak to Taco Bell lettuce in 5 states Full story 2. New AI billing codes spark concern across nursing Full story 3. How systems improve LOS,…

CMS aims to ban third-party RPM | 43 systems cutting jobs | How wildfires are affecting hospital EDs: 6 notes | CNOs' workforce blind spot | What Disney, Delta can teach hospital leaders

Plus Health systems race to build ASC networks July 17, 2026 1. Wildfire smoke strafes Midwest, Northeast: 6 things healthcare leaders should know Full story 2. CMS proposes ban on third-party remote patient monitoring: 6 notes Full story 3. Virtual nursing…

Vanderbilt lands Michigan Medicine's CEO | Hospitals pull greens from menus in parasite outbreak | A Fla. CEO's 2 a.m. case for a $75M Epic switch | CRNA median pay by state | Where hospitals lose revenue without realizing it

July 16, 2026 1. Vanderbilt Health taps Michigan Medicine CEO as next leader Full story 2. 8 other recent CEO moves Full story 3. Over 60% of one hospital’s IT had no security coverage. See how an assessment exposed the gaps.…

HCA faces $1.2B ACA hit | Physician pay to fall under new CMS proposal: 8 notes | Mich. cyclospora outbreak tests hospitals | 90 systems ranked by debt | Optum, Anthropic partner

Plus 1st-time NCLEX-PN pass rates by state July 15, 2026 1. Physician pay drops, ACOs gain under CMS’ 2027 proposal: 8 things to know Full story 2. HCA now expects up to $1.2B hit from ACA headwinds Full story 3. The…

Calif. system reverses layoffs | RN median pay by state | What Costco's 7% turnover shows healthcare | Intermountain exec joins Advocate | The 'payvider' problem | Maine system loses 572 staff post-Prime deal

July 14, 2026 1. Why 720 rural hospitals are at risk of closing Full story 2. California system gets $19.3M in state funding, walks back layoffs Full story 3. See why healthcare’s top leaders in experience management, innovation, and leadership are coming together…

Ala. hospital to file for bankruptcy | 29 specialties ranked by happiness | 24 big systems grow bigger | 4,000 MGB nurses end strike: 5 notes | How an Ind. hospital cut employee health insurance costs 45%

Plus Second US citizen tests positive for Ebola July 13, 2026 1. 29 specialties ranked by happiness Full story 2. Alabama hospital to file for bankruptcy protection Full story 3. How systems improve LOS, patient wait times, ED boarding +…

CEOs reorder growth plans | The discipline keeping rural hospitals open | Why burnout looks different now | Inside the CIO tech stack reckoning | Did hospitals tackle workplace incivility?

Plus: UCI Health’s 50-year journey July 12, 2026 1. Health system CEOs aren’t shelving growth plans. They’re re-sequencing them. Full story 2. The discipline helping rural hospitals survive Full story 3. The operational and incentive tensions stalling real drug-price transparency —…

Epic, OpenAI lose execs days apart | GLP-1 use hits record high | CommonSpirit exec heads to UCSF | 340B rebate fight escalates: 15 notes | Ebola strains CDC bandwidth: 5 updates

Plus: Aspirus to open 18th hospital July 11, 2026 1. Epic, OpenAI lose No. 2 executives days apart Full story 2. The 340B rebate fight escalates: 15 key developments Full story 3. ED boarding, surgical access, infusion scheduling: 3 summits…

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