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Uninsured by design: The rise of nontraditional health coverage in the US

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When healthcare data lives in one unified system, teams gain real-time visibility that leads to faster decisions and better patient outcomes. Explore how centralized data and automation can reduce admin burden, speed revenue cycles, and strengthen the entire organization.

Building One Unified System: Patient Care as it Should Be

Join healthcare leaders from Monument Health, Mainline Health, and Sentara to explore how AI is transforming clinical documentation. Learn how health systems are reducing burnout, preventing denials, and turning documentation into a strategic advantage that improves care and revenue.

From Reactive to Proactive: Changing the Care and Documentation Paradigm

Hospitals are adopting AI tools beyond documentation relief, unlocking cleaner data and clearer attribution across clinical workflows. Join Healthcare Brew to explore how AI-generated data can power more accurate, transparent physician incentive compensation without adding administrative burden.

From Documentation to Dollars: Streamlining Physician Compensation and Hospital Operations with AI

Under pressure: Health plans rewrite the rules

Payer vs. partner: How health plans can create member-centric healthcare experiences

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Cassie McGrath

A nondefinitive list of moves from the nation’s healthcare leaders.

On Rotation: January 2026

Illustration: Anna Kim, Photos: Adobe Stock

Community Health Systems sold off another hospital this month. 

Signed and Scrubbed: January 2025 hospital M&A

Your monthly roundup of AI announcements is here.

AI 411: January 2026 

Illustration: Brittany Holloway-Brown, Photos: UCG/Getty Images, Adobe Stock

2026 is off to a busy start for nurses, featuring strikes and reorganized standards. 

Nurses hope 2026 is a year of momentum for safer staffing

More people are expected to lose coverage in the coming months.

ACA marketplace enrollment dropped by 1.4m. How will that affect hospitals?

Negotiations stall as execs find union requests to be “unrealistic” and union members see execs as “greedy.”

NYC nurses, hospital leaders continue to clash in ongoing strikes

States brace for $1+ trillion in Medicaid cuts.

CMS is dispersing the rural health fund, but experts say it doesn’t offset Medicaid cuts

A new bipartisan spending bill looks to create greater transparency within the PBM space.

New year, continued legislation against PBMs

Illustration: Anna Kim, Photo: Adobe Stock

January’s recalls had high stakes: fires, overdoses, and death were just a few risks.  Alt dek: 

Recall Roundup: January 2026

Testing the safety and efficacy of medications will still depend on the company and the disease.

Nurses hope 2026 is a year of momentum for safer staffing

The Latest Healthcare News

Biotechs could save time, money from clinical trial rule change

Signed and Scrubbed: January 2025 hospital M&A

Recall Roundup: January 2026

On Rotation: January 2026

AI 411: January 2026

Editor’s Picks

New year, continued legislation against PBMs

ACA marketplace enrollment dropped by 1.4m. How will that affect hospitals?

NYC nurses, hospital leaders continue to clash in ongoing strikes

CMS is dispersing the rural health fund, but experts say it doesn’t offset Medicaid cuts

Events

Building One Unified System: Patient Care as it Should Be

From Documentation to Dollars: Streamlining Physician Compensation and Hospital Operations with AI

From Reactive to Proactive: Changing the Care and Documentation Paradigm

Resources

Under pressure: Health plans rewrite the rules

Payer vs. partner: How health plans can create member-centric healthcare experiences

Uninsured by design: The rise of nontraditional health coverage in the US

Uninsured by design: The rise of nontraditional health coverage in the US

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Navigate the healthcare industry

Nurses hope 2026 is a year of momentum for safer staffing

The Latest Healthcare News

Biotechs could save time, money from clinical trial rule change

Signed and Scrubbed: January 2025 hospital M&A

Recall Roundup: January 2026

On Rotation: January 2026

AI 411: January 2026

Editor’s Picks

New year, continued legislation against PBMs

ACA marketplace enrollment dropped by 1.4m. How will that affect hospitals?

NYC nurses, hospital leaders continue to clash in ongoing strikes

CMS is dispersing the rural health fund, but experts say it doesn’t offset Medicaid cuts

Events

Building One Unified System: Patient Care as it Should Be

From Documentation to Dollars: Streamlining Physician Compensation and Hospital Operations with AI

From Reactive to Proactive: Changing the Care and Documentation Paradigm

Navigate the healthcare industry

Resources

Under pressure: Health plans rewrite the rules

Payer vs. partner: How health plans can create member-centric healthcare experiences

Uninsured by design: The rise of nontraditional health coverage in the US

Uninsured by design: The rise of nontraditional health coverage in the US

Topics