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1. CMS floats new Medicare payment category for AI diagnostic software: 6 notes Full story
2. Ascension plans to acquire Tennessee system for $700M Full story
3. Leaders report ROI on just 25-50% of AI efforts. See how UCSF Health decides what to scale, stop and fund, here.

4. The discipline helping rural hospitals survive Full story
5. 602 hospitals could face 50%-75% wider deficits under federal cuts, NNU projects Full story
6. High-performing systems are cutting contingent labor spend up to 35%. See how here.

7. Dignity Health to lay off 139 workers across 2 California hospitals Full story
8. 60 statistics on hospital expenses in mid-2026 Full story
9. Florida system breaks ground on 2nd hospital Full story
10. ‘Medicare Advantage has never saved a penny’: Democrat-led bill seeks to rein in MA Full story
11. As reimbursement tightens, hospitals can’t cut to margin. Learn how lean teams grow revenue, here.
12. Cleveland Clinic expands Saturday surgeries: 6 things to know Full story
13. 42 hospitals closing departments or ending services Full story
14. Tech CEO makes donation to erase $550M in Californians’ medical debt Full story
15. 3rd Washington hospital board member resigns in 2026 Full story
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