Key developments in healthcare finance, policy and leadership

January 28, 2026

1. Providence CEO calls for Medicare Advantage 'reset' amid wave of network exits Full story

2. HCA faces up to $1.4B hit from ACA, Medicaid headwinds Full story

3. Conquer the prior auth problem with R1 Prior Authorization. Learn how leading organizations clear 68% of orders in one hour, 97% in one day, and keep auth-related denials under 1% in our Feb. 10 webinar

4. CMS names 15 medications for 2028 price negotiation cycle Full story

5. Washington hospital board reverses CEO dismissal after staff pushback Full story 

 

6. High-stakes decisions. Relentless pressure. Competing priorities. President George W. Bush has been there. Hear from him at Becker's Annual Meeting — April 13-16, Chicago. Apply for complimentary participation here.

7. 'People are coming in droves': Inside Stanford Medicine's coaching movement Full story

8. Indiana hospitals face 'significant pressures,' 1.9% median margin Full story

9. UnitedHealthcare projects up to 2.8 million membership decline in 2026 Full story

10. Idaho system lays off 10% of workforce, plans to close infusion clinic Full story

 

11. Fractured journeys frustrate patients. See how AI orchestration fixes that here.

12. Health Gorilla pushes back against Epic lawsuit over patient data access Full story

13. A narrowing margin for inaction: Healthcare leaders on the shifts shaping 2026 Full story

14. Healthcare's hiring spree cools off Full story

15. Pediatric group breaks with CDC's revised vaccine schedule: 6 notes Full story

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17. Becker's survey reveals gaps in hospital cybersecurity maturity. Get the results here.

18. 75 hospital leaders share what's breaking bedside communication — and how they're fixing it — here.

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