Plus: Michigan Medicine taps new pharmacy leader
August 10, 2026

1. Congress advances new wave of 340B legislation: What to know Full story

2. New York hospital earns nation’s 1st age-friendly pharmacy designation Full story

3. Traditional training moves teams through a process. It doesn’t measure readiness. See what does here.

 

4. Former HonorHealth pharmacy chief joins Michigan Medicine Full story

5. Court sides with Lilly, Novo Nordisk in GLP-1 antitrust fight Full story

6. 3 health systems share how they centralized pharmacy access fast. Playbook here.

 

7. FDA reverses course, approves melanoma therapy after 2 rejections Full story

8. FDA approves 1st drug for narcolepsy type 1 Full story

9. GLP-1 therapies may enable personalized obesity care Full story

10. 9 takeaways from 3,700+ ranked hospitals Full story

11. What’s been removed, added to HCAHPS in 2026 Full story

 

12. 1 in 5 COPD hospitalizations results in a readmission. How pharmacy leaders are turning it around: here.

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

14. 8 health systems automated prior authorization chart review, submission and follow-up. KLAS’s findings here

15. Prior auth is leaking specialty prescriptions out of your system. Stop it here.

16. Becker’s August webinar lineup: patient flow, pharmacy access and denials. See the sessions here.

 

 

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