A $1.1B DOJ crackdown, payroll chaos continues and CMS blocks $1.6B in fraud — Monday’s read.

August 31, 2026

1. DOJ steps up crackdown on Medicare Advantage upcoding Full story

2. Illinois hospital CEO responds to lawmaker’s letter over payroll disruption, ambulance diversion concerns Full story

3. Fee-for-service isn’t going away quietly. Becker’s Value-Based Care Report tracks what’s replacing it. Tuesdays, 9 a.m.CT Subscribe here.

 

4. 10 hospitals, health systems looking for CFOs Full story

5. ‘It’s a whirlwind’: Rural hospital’s plan to overcome Medicare Advantage, Medicaid gaps Full story

6. NYC Health + Hospitals’ chief experience officer on the friction patients feel and leaders never see. Join the webinar.

 

7. CMS touts blocking $1.6B in potentially fraudulent Medicare payments Full story

8. Tufts Medicine margin drops to -3.4% as CEO, CFO prepare to exit Full story

9. CEOs size up site-neutral pay amid tightening financial picture Full story

10. The tasks revenue cycle leaders will never hand to AI Full story

 

11. Credentialing delays quietly cost $400K a year. Learn how systems protect it here.

12. The week in hospital M&A Full story

13. NYU Langone gets OK for $650M hospital expansion Full story

14. Where hospital supply costs are outpacing forecasts Full story

15. Nebraska hospital CEO to resign Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

16. Ochsner’s ‘big a-ha’: See how the system gained visibility into $400M-$500M in procedural spend here.

17. Scale revenue cycle operations without adding staff. See how here.

18. Financial mismanagement can signal cognitive decline before noticeable symptoms. This webinar features a U of Minnesota researcher on what care teams can catch. Sign up in one click.

19. Becker’s late-August webinar lineup: patient safety, referral intake, AI trust and supply chain data. See the sessions here.

 

 

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