Congress grills payers, H-1B uncertainty & how rural CEOs navigate service changes

January 23, 2026

1. 'Vertical integration is destroying people's ability to access care': Payer CEOs face bipartisan congressional grilling Full story 

2. Systems in limbo amid H-1B visa uncertainty Full story

3. 3,500 healthcare executives. 795 speakers. 4 days. Becker's 16th Annual Meeting brings the community together in Chicago this April. Join us.

4. Lehigh Valley Health Network to exit UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage: 5 notes Full story

5. Insight to surrender license for Ohio hospital Full story

 

6. See how UVA Health moved from reactive shortages to end-to-end pharmacy resilience here.

7. House passes healthcare spending package Full story

8. What stays, what scales, what stops: Rural CEOs outline 2026 strategies Full story

9. CommonSpirit in talks to sell 3 more North Dakota hospitals Full story

10. Amazon's One Medical, Cleveland Clinic open 2nd primary care office Full story

 

11. Inside radiology AI adoption lessons from St. Jude, UAB + more: here.

12. Pennsylvania hospital to reopen with 'operational discipline' under new ownership Full story

13. Bayhealth names chief digital and information officer Full story

14. Emory rejuvenates brand: 7 things to know Full story

15. New Jersey eliminates nearly $1.6B in medical debt Full story

Becker's Learning Opportunities

16. 2027 around the corner. Forecast your Medicaid risk under OBBBA — here.

17. New report — The payer specialty drug trends health systems need to watch here.

18. 70% of physicians say AI boosts well-being. See 6 ways to apply it in your practice here.

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

 

 

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