Plus: 13 healthcare bankruptcies

September 17, 2026

1. From -4.8% to 26.7%: 28 large systems ranked by Q2 margins Full story

2. Ascension cuts operating loss by $371M in FY26; CEO underscores ‘why financial performance matters’ Full story

3. Reach the right autoimmune neurology diagnosis the first time with Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ phenotype-specific approach. Get your patients the answers they need, sooner. Details here

4. Walmart bets on Medicare Advantage again with co-branded SCAN plan Full story

5. Immediate jeopardy lifted at Ascension St. Thomas Hospital, but Medicare termination threat remains Full story

 

6. Ambient AI isn’t just for the exam room anymore. Stanford Health Care and UT Southwestern show how it’s transforming ORs in this Sept. 29 webinar.

7. 70% of Gen Z healthcare workers eye the exit Full story

8. 2nd Operation Nightingale trial ends in 7+ year sentence Full story

9. Full-stack outsourcing quietly costs you leverage on data, service levels and workflows. See a better alternative during this webinar. 

10. UChicago Medicine taps Froedtert exec as 1st chief clinical officer Full story

 

11. “How healthy am I?” Patients are asking AI. Atlantic Health’s Chief Physician Executive shares how PatientGPT answers with clinically grounded guidance — not a search engine guess — in this webinar.

12. Medical schools are booming — residency slots aren’t Full story

13. Medicare Advantage is making billions. Taxpayers deserve to know what they are buying Full story

14. Fitch revises CommonSpirit’s outlook to negative Full story

15. 13 healthcare bankruptcies in 2026 Full story

16. House subcommittee hearing tackles Medicare physician pay, rural cybersecurity: 6 takeaways Full story

17. 61 hospitals with 5 stars for quality and patient experience: CMS Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

18. Lee Health drove 8.8x ROI by transforming OR utilization, no new rooms required. A system director walks through the changes that made it happen — here.

19. Ochsner Health cut unidentified procedural spend from 9% to 5%. See how here.

20. 37 peer-reviewed studies support complex orthopedic procedures. Explore the clinical evidence here.

21. Becker’s upcoming webinars: between-visit oncology care, revenue cycle scaling and consumer AI. See the sessions here.

 

 

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