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Regulatory Issues August 25, 2026
Quality Payment Program Updates from CMS
CMS has released important Quality Payment Program updates. Key updates include the MIPS Value Pathways (MVP) Adoption Survey is now open, 2025 MIPS Final Scores and Targeted Review timeline, & reminder to submit comments on the CY 2027 PFS Proposed Rule Policy Changes for Quality Payment Program by 9/14/2026.
Industry Events, Talent Tuesday August 25, 2026
Talent Tuesday: Workforce Issues at Thru-Put 26
Starting October 11, in Salt Lake City, the Thru-Put Healthcare Operations Summit will dive into evidence-based operations and leadership best-practices, giving you practical strategies you can use with your teams. Check out the Workforce, Culture & Staffing Track.
Digital Health & Telemedicine August 25, 2026
Structured Data, Smarter Workflows: What Electronic Prior Authorization Means for Behavioral Health
By Christy Winter – For decades, paper-based authorizations have stalled the healthcare industry, creating administrative backlogs for care teams and critical treatment delays for patients. On average, practices spend 13 hours each week completing 40 prior authorizations per clinician, a massive administrative burden that diverts nearly 700 hours from patient care annually.
Industry Events August 24, 2026
CommonWell Health Alliance Fall Summit 2026
Starts October 13th in Redwood City CA – They are taking this year’s event to the West Coast and bringing members, partners, and prospective participants together in Redwood Shores, just outside San Francisco, for two days of conversation, collaboration, and strategy around the future of interoperability.
Our Reports
- Studies, Surveys and Reports: What Can We Learn? - August 23, 2026
- NOW in Life Sciences – Month of August 2026 - August 22, 2026
- Upcoming Virtual Events Roundup - August 21, 2026
- Health IT Business News, Financial Edition – August 20, 2026 - August 20, 2026
- AI in Healthcare News and Updates - August 19, 2026
- Health IT Hires, Appointments, and Who’s Hiring - August 18, 2026
Most Current Posts
- Quality Payment Program Updates from CMS
- Talent Tuesday: Workforce Issues at Thru-Put 26
- Structured Data, Smarter Workflows: What Electronic Prior Authorization Means for Behavioral Health
- CommonWell Health Alliance Fall Summit 2026
- CMS Launches QualTech to Identify Innovative Technology Solutions
- AI Is Only as Good as the Operational Foundation Its Built On
- The Operational AI Opportunity Hospitals Are Missing
- Studies, Surveys and Reports: What Can We Learn?
- NOW in Life Sciences – Month of August 2026
- Trust is the New Attack Surface in Healthcare
- Weekend Playlist on Healthcare NOW Radio
- Upcoming Virtual Events Roundup
- Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Challenge Is No Longer Visibility
- Health IT Business News, Financial Edition – August 20, 2026
- Winning the Revenue Cycle Arms Race Starts With the Foundation
Health IT Innovation
August 19, 2026
Understanding ERP Implementation Partner Capabilities for Medical Facilities
By April Miller – Managing medical facilities requires coordinating finance, procurement and patient-facing operations across complex systems. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms can centralize these functions and provide healthcare leaders with stronger operational visibility to control costs and allocate resources effectively.
Read MoreInteroperability
August 19, 2026
Interoperability Starts with Infrastructure that Serves Everyone
By Melissa Kotrys – Healthcare interoperability has made meaningful progress, but gaps remain between the national vision and the realities of local health information exchange. Achieving truly seamless, accessible data sharing requires national and local initiatives to work together, ensuring progress translates into meaningful impact for the communities and organizations that rely on it.
Read MoreRegulatory
August 25, 2026
Quality Payment Program Updates from CMS
CMS has released important Quality Payment Program updates. Key updates include the MIPS Value Pathways (MVP) Adoption Survey is now open, 2025 MIPS Final Scores and Targeted Review timeline, & reminder to submit comments on the CY 2027 PFS Proposed Rule Policy Changes for Quality Payment Program by 9/14/2026.
Read MoreHealthcare NOW Radio
August 23, 2026
The Operational AI Opportunity Hospitals Are Missing
Newly released episode of AI Amplified. Host Dr. Heather Bassett talks to Rom Eizenberg, Chief Revenue Officer and Head of Product Innovation at Kontakt.io, to explore a blind spot in healthcare AI investment: while clinical technologies have attracted enormous attention and funding, the operational infrastructure supporting care delivery has been largely overlooked.
Read MoreHealthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance
August 20, 2026
Winning the Revenue Cycle Arms Race Starts With the Foundation
By Brian Robertson -To improve revenue cycle management (RCM) through AI, organizations first have to change how they see the revenue cycle itself. RCM is no longer operational support. It is a core driver of enterprise strategy, corner office and all.
Read MoreDigital Health & Telemedicine
August 25, 2026
Structured Data, Smarter Workflows: What Electronic Prior Authorization Means for Behavioral Health
By Christy Winter – For decades, paper-based authorizations have stalled the healthcare industry, creating administrative backlogs for care teams and critical treatment delays for patients. On average, practices spend 13 hours each week completing 40 prior authorizations per clinician, a massive administrative burden that diverts nearly 700 hours from patient care annually.
Read MoreAnalytics & Population Health
August 19, 2026
AI in Healthcare News and Updates
This month’s AI report includes news and updates from Apella, Causaly, Definitive Healthcare, Luma Health, MDaudit, ModMed, MUSC Health, Nabla, PerfectServe, Relatient, Sage, Sheba Medical Center, and ThinkSono.
Read MoreHealth IT Security Privacy and Compliance
August 24, 2026
AI Is Only as Good as the Operational Foundation Its Built On
By Angel Mena MD – The health systems that reinforce their operational foundation with consolidated tools, shared data, and regularly examined workflows will be better positioned to deploy AI, maximize its potential, and be more resilient for the industry regulations and financial pressures ahead.
Read More#ICYMI
- Structured Data, Smarter Workflows: What Electronic Prior Authorization Means for Behavioral Health Posted on: August 25, 2026
- AI Is Only as Good as the Operational Foundation Its Built On Posted on: August 24, 2026
- Trust is the New Attack Surface in Healthcare Posted on: August 21, 2026
- Upcoming Virtual Events Roundup Posted on: August 21, 2026
- Healthcare's Cybersecurity Challenge Is No Longer Visibility Posted on: August 20, 2026
- Winning the Revenue Cycle Arms Race Starts With the Foundation Posted on: August 20, 2026
- Interoperability Starts with Infrastructure that Serves Everyone Posted on: August 19, 2026
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