Plus: 7 healthcare laws taking effect Oct. 1

October 1, 2026

1. Layoffs, closures, payer negotiations: How 9 CEOs deliver ‘the brutal truth’ Full story

2. 5 recent hospital, health system CEO exits Full story

3. Leaders from MemorialCare, Northwestern, Trinity and Legacy Health explain how procurement teams are changing as AI takes on more of the work during this webinar. Register with one click.

4. Revenue cycle’s CEO moment: How Providence, Ascension and Tenet are playing it Full story

5. UPMC acquires 4-hospital system from CommonSpirit, enters Ohio Full story

 

6. Webinar: VHC Health’s population health AVP on getting patients home sooner without adding staff. Register with one click.

7. Medicare Advantage looks stable for 2027. Underneath, it’s shifting Full story

8. The hospitals, health systems cutting jobs in 2026 Full story

9. A new question for health system C-suites Full story

10. Orlando Health acquires Alabama system Full story

 

11. Health plans ask what AI can do. The sharper question is whether it should. Rethink product strategy in this webinar. Register with one click.

12. 6 physician groups refute RFK Jr. claim that AI is ‘better informed than any doctor’ Full story

13. Ascension makes 47 executive moves in 2026 Full story

14. 7 healthcare laws taking effect Oct. 1 Full story

15. WVU Medicine acquires Pennsylvania system, grows to 30 hospitals Full story

16. 62 healthcare organizations named world’s best employers: Forbes Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

17. An ambulatory growth engine for health systems – see how one system partnered to build a profitable urgent care network adding multiple access points and new patients here.

18. Learn how Rush got executives to back a real office of well-being during this webinar. Register with one click.

19. See what a 5-year margin outlook implies for systems that hold their current course. WVU Medicine’s strategy chief weighs in. Register for the webinar with one click.

20. Becker’s upcoming webinars: workforce planning, healthcare large language models and physician-led cancer care. See the sessions here.

 

 

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