Plus: States sue CMS over gender care funding cuts

September 19, 2026

1. 7 called-off hospital deals Full story

2. PeaceHealth expects fewer than 250 workers affected by IT outsourcing Full story

3. Cleveland Clinic, AdventHealth and 60+ systems join pharmacy AI platform to transform medication access. Read more.

4. HCA CEO Sam Hazen on Mission Hospital’s lapses: ‘We own that’ Full story

5. Most common CMS citations so far in 2026 Full story

 

6. Phoenix Children’s, Essentia Health + VCU Health on pharmacy’s next financial move here.

7. 40 states join CMS Medicaid drug pricing model: 4 notes Full story

8. The Medicare Advantage ‘quagmire’ facing hospitals Full story

9. ‘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.

10. Immediate jeopardy lifted at Ascension hospital, but Medicare termination threat remains Full story

 

11. Same procedure, different physician, different cost. See how UChicago Medicine finds the outliers here.

12. 20+ states sue CMS over rule cutting Medicaid funds for youth gender-affirming care Full story

13. HCA-affiliated hospitals in Texas sue Independence Blue Cross over claim denials Full story

14. 16 best schools for men in nursing: AAMN Full story

15. Multiple Trinity Health hospital community board members resign: Report Full story

16. The ambulatory boom is far from over, CEOs say Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

17. Advocate Health did 12 months of patient outreach in 1 month. See how here.

18. A money-losing urgent care network became a profit center for this regional health system. Learn how here.

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

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

 

 

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