Healthcare’s richest, a merger scrutinized and DOJ tightening fraud rules — Thursday’s read.

September 24, 2026

1. 16 richest people in US healthcare: 5 changes to know Full story

2. New York system down 173 FTEs since bankruptcy filing Full story

3. Where health system CFOs go to model the next five years against margin, capital and the M&A landscape. Becker’s 14th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, Nov 2-5, Chicago. Apply to attend as a reviewer here.

 

4. ‘Cross-market mergers like this one harm competition’: North Carolina Treasurer calls for scrutiny of Atrium-WakeMed combination Full story

5. 15 physician specialties with largest pay jumps Full story

6. The most-quoted IDR numbers don’t measure what executives think they do. See the math that matters in this webinar.

 

7. Healthcare executive pay growth steadies at 4.1%: 6 notes Full story

8. Beacon Health plans ‘difficult’ changes to administration, operations Full story

9. CVS, UnitedHealth, Kaiser challenge proposed Medicare remote monitoring restrictions Full story

10. Justice Department sharpens scrutiny of False Claims Act lawsuits Full story

 

11. Federal IDR is changing again. This webinar tells RCM leaders what to build for it. Sign up in one click.

12. Mass General Brigham’s CFO on the real math of AI ROI Full story

13. Sarasota Memorial to buy 120 acres for future Florida campus Full story

14. Kaiser, Hawaii commit $65M to reopen storm-damaged hospital Full story

15. UChicago Medicine’s new CFO left in the ’90s — now he’s running the $6B system Full story

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17. One 50,000-visit ED left $892K in documentation accuracy on the table. See the PROOF Framework here.

18. 58% of patients would switch providers after a poor billing experience. See what a survey of 2,024 consumers reveals here.

19. Becker’s upcoming webinars: workforce planning, healthcare large language models and physician-led cancer care. See the sessions here.

 

 

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