Plus: Kroger to add 11 pharmacies in $1.65B deal
July 2, 2026

1. CMS targets 340B in 2027 outpatient rule — 8 things to know Full story

2. 5 new drugs in shortage Full story

3. Learn how AI is helping pharmacy teams handle GLP-1 Bridge demand.

 

4. FDA approves 1st gene therapy for children with sickle cell disease Full story

5. 10 hospitals, health systems seeking pharmacy leaders Full story

6. Showing medication costs at the point of care without straining the visit. See what’s working here.

 

7. AstraZeneca to pay Texas $34M over alleged Medicaid kickbacks Full story

8. Kroger to add 11 pharmacies in $1.65B deal Full story

9. Anthropic enters drug discovery Full story

10. Hospital groups push back on tax-exempt hospital bill: 9 things to know Full story

11. White House names 2 pandemic leaders amid growing disease threats: 7 Ebola updates Full story

 

12. Ochsner, St. Luke’s, MetroHealth and Yale New Haven on what changed when they put AI behind their prior auth queue here.

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13. OhioHealth Riverside Methodist achieved 1,072% ROI on RFID. See how, here.

14. Unfilled prescriptions are quietly draining pharmacy and revenue cycle margins. See what’s recoverable here.

15. GPO pricing discrepancies are costing pharmacies. See data-backed strategies to close the gap here.

16. Becker’s resources don’t stop here — explore more webinars and whitepapers.

 

 

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