Elevance cuts 216 jobs, 7 deals fall through and a CFO’s payer battle — Monday’s read.

September 21, 2026

1. 7 called-off hospital deals Full story

2. Elevance to cut 216 jobs in Louisiana amid Medicaid exit Full story

3. Managing financial portfolios across multiple disparate applications creates unnecessary complexity for high-earning professionals, making asset consolidation an operational necessity.

 

4. Patient affordability a growing ‘pressure point’ for health systems Full story

5. 1 injured in Florida hospital shooting Full story

6. The most-quoted IDR numbers don’t measure what executives think they do. See the math that matters in this webinar.

 

7. 8 numbers behind Ascension’s smaller, leaner hospital system Full story

8. MU Health Care’s CFO takeaways from 100 days out of network with Anthem Full story

9. Trump vows ‘AI Force,’ AI czar as health systems eye policy shift Full story

10. RCM leaders warn of a ‘rock ’em, sock ’em robot’ fight with payers Full story

 

11. MemorialCare is rebuilding its procurement team around automation. Hear how the roles changed in this webinar.

12. UK HealthCare gets green light for $335M in expansion projects Full story

13. Illinois system to merge 2 hospitals Full story

14. Mercy, Walmart heiress’ foundation break ground on healthcare campus Full story

15. Columbus Regional Health taps new CFO Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

16. Patient flow breaks in access long before it reaches the financials. See what leaders are catching earlier here.

17. WVU Medicine cut hospitalist queries 30% — and improved severity capture. See how here.

18. 8 prior authorization failure points quietly draining hospital revenue here.

19. Becker’s upcoming webinars: between-visit oncology care, revenue cycle scaling and consumer AI. See the sessions here.

 

 

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