A payroll crisis, a $700M Oregon merger and CFOs bracing for Medicaid fallout — Tuesday’s read.
August 25, 2026

1. Samaritan, MultiCare affiliation clears Oregon review, $700M pledged Full story

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

3. Hospital and health system M&A is back in a big way in 2026. Becker’s Health System M&A Report tracks who’s buying, who’s selling and what it means. Mondays, 7 a.m. Subscribe here.

 

4. Days cash on hand at 25 health systems Full story

5. Ascension’s Amsurg deal faces ASC acquisition limits under FTC order Full story

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

 

7. From Corewell Health to UHS: 4 CFOs bracing for Medicaid, ACA cuts Full story

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

9. WakeMed proposes $919M in hospitals, expansions Full story

10. Trump administration proposes new $103,265 H-1B visa fee Full story

 

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

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

13. Shuttered Tennessee hospital to reopen Full story

14. 34 new Epic features coming — and when Full story

15. HCA Florida hospital taps new CFO Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

16. The AMA flagged 5 payer workarounds to the NSA. The RCM response, here.

17. 250+ health systems deploy ambient AI. See what separates failed pilots from scalable success here.

18. Filling one physician role costs $500K+. How healthcare organizations are using retirement benefits to retain them here.

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

 

 

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