Shifting care, workforce moves and finances shape hospital strategy.

February 9, 2026

1. 11 large health systems growing bigger Full story

2. HCA's outpatient boom reshapes its care network Full story

3. Rural hospitals face rising cyber risk and IT gaps. How some are strengthening resilience, here.

 

4. North Star gets state help to make payroll Full story

5. Memorial Hermann launches buyout offers for nonclinical staff as part of strategic plan Full story

6. As coverage rules evolve, revenue risk grows. Scripps, Temple and UC Davis leaders share responses here.

 

7. Kaiser raises operating margin to 1.1% in 2025 Full story

8. 6 CFO job openings with Tenet Full story

9. Struggling Mississippi hospital seeks state approval for bankruptcy Full story

10. Optum flags $1.7B in potential savings for Minnesota Medicaid program Full story

 

11. Policy changes are reshaping primary care economics. Understand what matters here.

12. TrumpRx prices not always the lowest option Full story

13. White House orders CDC to rescind $602M from 4 states Full story

14. Revenue cycle companies target 'gap in the market' amid rural funding surge Full story

15. BCBS Michigan to cut 50% from some E/M payments with ‘modifier 25’ Full story

Becker's Learning Opportunities

16. CFOs from Geisinger, NYC Health + Hospitals and more share what's next in patient engagement strategy here.

17. $3.5M in 2 years: How Ardent turned locums into a margin lever — here.

18. Northwestern Medicine and others explain how to move AI beyond pilot purgatory here.

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

 

 

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