Health costs surge as workforce and rural strategies shift

January 15, 2026

1. Kaiser Permanente to pay $556M to settle Medicare Advantage whistleblower lawsuit Full story

2. Trinity Health cuts revenue cycle workforce by 10.5% Full story

3. Mercy Health boosted point-of-service collections 35% with better estimates. Learn the workflow here.

 

4. FSU moves closer to launching academic medical center in Tallahassee Full story

5. Mercy taps contracting president from Humana Full story

6. Find this 30-hospital health system's playbook for cutting low-value care here.

 

7. Rural hospitals' plans for transformation funds — if and when they arrive Full story

8. UC San Diego Health trims Epic training time by 75% Full story

9. US healthcare spending climbed 7.2% in 2024: 8 things to know Full story

10. Average US family spent nearly $4K on healthcare in 2024: Report Full story

 

11. Hospitals are doing more with less. These finance briefs show how: here.

12. Tenet Massachusetts market CEO exits after less than 1 year Full story

13. California health plan laying off 3% of workforce amid Medicaid cuts Full story

14. HCA Idaho hospital taps new CFO Full story

15. Banner Health enters 2026 with momentum — and a plan to accelerate Full story

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18. New report — The payer specialty drug trends health systems need to watch here.

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