A merger milestone, payroll chaos resolved and for-profits shift — Tuesday’s read.

September 22, 2026

1. WakeMed, Atrium merger clears major hurdle Full story

2. Illinois hospital says payroll issue fixed after paychecks bounced Full story

3. Sustainable growth and efficiency strategies from CEO and CFO partners, and how top systems are modeling growth strategies for 2031 – the CFO conversations run deep at Becker’s CEO + CFO Roundtable. Nov 2-5, Chicago. Apply to attend as a reviewer here.

 

4. HCA, CHS, Tenet shift beyond hospital systems to ‘healthcare companies’ Full story

5. ‘Why did your IT budget go up?’ Hospital technology leaders answer the CFO Full story

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

 

7. Missouri system explores sale of new hospital — and its only hospital in Kansas Full story

8. AHA urges CMS to rethink Medicaid provider tax overhaul Full story

9. 34 academic health systems acquiring hospitals Full story

10. Hoag CEO: How 8 years of outpatient growth set the stage for $1B inpatient campus Full story

 

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

12. 60 hospitals, health systems cutting jobs Full story

13. Court greenlights Chapter 11 plan for CVS’ Omnicare Full story

14. ‘Skate to where the puck is going’: RCM leaders on staying ahead of AI Full story

15. Missouri hospital taps new CFO Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

16. 65% referral conversion in centralized specialties — without adding schedulers. See how here.

17. Federal IDR is changing again. This webinar tells RCM leaders what to build for it. Sign up in one click.

18. Where standardization delivers real returns in revenue cycle — Northwell, Mount Sinai + Hackensack Meridian weigh in here.

19. Becker’s upcoming webinars: between-visit oncology care, revenue cycle scaling and consumer AI. See the sessions here.

 

 

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