Walmart boosts pharmacy tech pay & CMS names drugs for 2028 price talks.

January 28, 2026

1. Walmart increases pay scale for pharmacy techs, elevates 3,000 roles Full story

2. Why gene therapies may be a costly wake-up call for hospitals Full story

3. The evolving role of in-house pharmacies in health systems .

 

4. Lilly inks $1.1B gene therapy deal for hearing loss Full story

5. CMS names 15 medications for 2028 price negotiation cycle Full story

6. 50% of patients are delaying care — ASCs are losing volume. The financing fix here.

 

7. HHS outlines path for lower-cost drugs via direct sales Full story

8. CVS pharmacies to go out of network for 850K Medicaid enrollees in New Jersey Full story

9. The future GLP-1 might be a gene therapy: Report Full story

10. 91 C-suite execs on the one priority that will define 2026 Full story

11. Washington hospital board reverses CEO dismissal after staff pushback Full story

 

12. Mayo keeps physician attrition at 2.2% — among the nation's lowest. See how: here.

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13. Baptist Health increased daily infusion throughput by 15%. See how here.

14. Vendor consolidation might be ASC's new top cost-control strategy. See why here.

15. Half of patients skip care due to cost. 3 steps for restoring access here.

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