October 16, 2025

1. CMS walks back Medicare payment pause Full story

2. 33 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans | 2025 Full story

3. Where care delays hide — and how to eliminate them with better signals + workflows — learn here.

4. Jefferson Health to lay off 650 workers Full story

5. Turbulent virus season ahead for hospitals Full story

 

6. Nebraska Medicine is speeding appeal cycles with AI. See how here.

7. UnitedHealth Group in the headlines: 10 updates Full story

8. Louisiana hospital employee charged with forging CEO's signature Full story

9. Judge blocks firing of federal workers during shutdown Full story

10. Highmark Health's digital chief bridges the payer-provider divide Full story

 

11. Service line blind spots cost performance. How leaders are fixing them with smarter data here.

12. 7 things to know about short-term 'junk' health plans going into 2026 Full story

13. UPMC signs letter of intent to acquire 3-hospital system from CommonSpirit Full story

14. Medicare open enrollment begins: 6 notes Full story

Becker's Learning Opportunities

15. Learn next-week actions to automate claim checks + patient payments. Watch now here.

16. Only 14% of RCM teams use AI for denials. What's stopping the rest? Get answers here.

17. 1M+ AI-assisted encounters, real ROI: Inside Memorial Hermann's enterprise rollout here.

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

 

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