Policy updates, leadership changes and margins shape the week
March 23, 2026

1. Johns Hopkins Medicine taps VP of revenue cycle management Full story

2. 'The 1980s called': CMS to phase out fax, mail Full story

3. AI is everywhere—but hospital revenue still isn't protected. Learn why clinical intelligence matters.

 

4. 24 profitable health systems in 2025 Full story

5. 6 health systems seeking revenue cycle executive directors Full story

6. Cost center reporting misses key profitability drivers. See what encounter data reveals here.

 

7. AI tool targets billing gaps at Kentucky system Full story

8. Maryland fines Cigna $80K, demands halt to automatic downcoding Full story

9. FTC launches healthcare task force Full story

10. Providence explores sale of health plan Full story

 

11. Rural hospitals face rising cyber risk and IT gaps. How some are strengthening resilience, here.

12. 7 Medicaid expansion updates in 2026 Full story

13. Critical access hospital builds Epic hub for rural providers Full story

14. Pennsylvania opens special Medicare Advantage enrollment period after UnitedHealthcare, Lehigh Valley Health Network split Full story

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16. How St. Luke's University Health Network moved precision medicine from vision to market leadership here.

17. CIOs: Can you quantify your technical debt exposure? Find out how here.

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