Plus: Banner grows margin to 5.1%

August 19, 2026

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

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

3. DGTL Voices Podcast: Artisight’s CEO on the Keyboard-Free Hospital Room. Listen here.

4. Costco to enter Medicare Advantage market through insurer partnership Full story

5. 43 hospitals, health systems raising workers’ pay Full story

 

6. Genome-wide methylation profiling is transforming how challenging tumors are classified. Learn how Mayo Clinic Laboratories provides clarity with precise diagnoses. Details here.

7. Banner Health raises operating margin to 5.1% in H1: 5 things to know Full story

8. Providence CEO names the 5 moves behind a $400M turnaround Full story 

9. Isolated marketing tactics are failing orthopedic groups. See the integrated fix here.

10. Ochsner becomes 1st health system to use Epic’s Ergo Visit Full story

 

11. Three upcoming webinars on gaps that quietly cost you: verifying what your AI agents are authorized to do, finding the spending your contracts never approved, and resolving the complex discharges that hold beds for weeks.

12. Dartmouth Health to sunset Tele-ICU, Tele-ED at 13 hospitals Full story

13. UNC Health launches investment platform Full story

14. St. Jude names next CEO Full story

15. The never-ending No Surprises saga Full story

16. 30 senators demand HHS restore canceled patient safety grants Full story

17. Top Medicare Advantage plans by market Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

18. Advisory Board report: See how 102 health system leaders navigate margin pressure here.

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

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

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

 

 

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