January 29, 2026

1. A bad week for health insurers Full story

2. 53 million Medicare Advantage prior authorization requests in 2024: 6 notes Full story

3. Cincinnati Children's cut 80% of manual appeals work. See how here.

 

4. 7 health systems moving to Epic Full story

5. New York hospital sues 7 former leaders amid lawsuit against CEO Full story

6. No new hires. No new EHR. Big RCM wins. Case study here.

 

7. A flurry of revenue cycle executives moves to start 2026 Full story

8. Advocate Health invests $776M in workforce compensation Full story

9. HHS outlines path for lower-cost drugs via direct sales Full story

10. 91 C-suite execs on the one priority that will define 2026 Full story

 

11. SSM Health is building workforce resilience at scale — 3 leaders share the blueprint here.

12. R1 RCM launches prior authorization tool Full story

13. Woman sentenced to 6 years for posing as nurse Full story

14. 103 critical access hospital presidents and CEOs to know | 2025 Full story

Becker's Learning Opportunities

15. Northwestern Medicine and others explain how to move AI beyond pilot purgatory here.

16. Losing 1 physician can cost $1M. Find a roadmap to reduce turnover here.

17. Premier Health uncovered $2.9M in insurance remits by fixing front-end gaps. See how here.

18. Interested in more? See Becker’s full lineup of webinars and whitepapers.

 

 

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