August 19, 2026

1. Epic’s roadmap: 12 takeaways from Judy Faulkner Full story

2. CommonSpirit’s 5 targets for judging payer prior auth reform Full story

3. Stronger inpatient revenue capture starts in utilization review. See how systems are connecting them here.

 

4. Healthcare billing fraud: 10 recent cases Full story

5. Nebraska hospital CEO resigns amid allegations of $38K in improper spending Full story

6. Stop treating every stalled account as an isolated problem. Find the patterns. Start here.

 

7. UnitedHealth Group in the headlines: 10 updates Full story

8. Healthrise taps former Christ Hospital revenue cycle chief to support Trinity Health Full story

9. Oracle Health’s Clinical AI Agent adds automated coding Full story

10. CFOs struggle to prove AI’s value: Report Full story

 

11. Low denial rates can still hide underpayment. See what clean claims conceal here.

12. Trump admin has deleted or altered nearly 400 federal datasets Full story

13. Harvard to pay $53M in morgue scandal Full story

14. What drives a US News Honor Roll hospital: 4 operational themes from 6 execs Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

15. Staffing flexibility shouldn’t create contracting chaos. See how leaders regain control here.

16. Automating routine finance work is the small prize. What AI changes next, here.

17. Same procedure, different physician, different cost. See how UChicago Medicine finds the outliers here.

18. Becker’s August webinar lineup: CDI, remote monitoring, revenue cycle AI and staff safety. See the sessions here.

 

 

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