Plus: Allegheny doubles margin

August 25, 2026

1. Health insurer CEO: ‘Make prior authorization illegal’ Full story

2. Union health plan sues OhioHealth: 5 things to know Full story

3. Financial calculator: Benchmark hospital performance in just 30 seconds Free resource

4. A year later, HHS isn’t tracking RFK Jr.’s ‘every American’ wearables goal Full story

5. 12 healthcare bankruptcies in 2026 Full story

 

6. Want to advance your career? It all starts here. The AMA Career Advancement Collective.

7. ‘BFFs’ and budgets: Inside health systems’ Epic relationships Full story

8. Allegheny Health Network doubles operating margin to 9.1%: 4 things to know Full story

9. Hard-to-place discharges tie up beds and drain dollars. Control both, here.

10. Beth Israel Lahey taps chief medical officer from Trinity Health Full story

 

11. Baptist Health shares its operator playbook for contract-intelligent supply chains here.

12. 30+ systems, hospitals ask CMS to delay proposed remote monitoring policies Full story

13. 2,200 Prime Healthcare nurses, workers to strike across 3 states Full story

14. Las Vegas Raiders donate $25M to Intermountain for Nevada’s 1st standalone children’s hospital Full story

15. Lawmaker presses Illinois hospital leaders over payroll disruption, ambulance diversion Full story

16. 10 hardest-working states in the US Full story

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19. 1 infusion summit, 3 real-world impact stories: see how health systems are creating capacity without adding chairs here.

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

 

 

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