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Industry Events June 22, 2026
Register for HLTH 2026 in Las Vegas
Starts November 15th in Las Vegas – HLTH is the premier health innovation event, connecting the entire health ecosystem to transform care delivery, fund biotech disruptors, and scale digital health. Register today for the best rates!
Regulatory Issues June 22, 2026
CMS Proposed Rule Locks in Lower Prices
Fosters Innovation for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program – A new proposal from the CMS would establish a permanent framework for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, creating a more transparent and sustainable process for lowering drug costs for millions of Medicare beneficiaries.
Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance June 22, 2026
Reinventing the Revenue Cycle: AI’s New Role in Medical Billing
By April Miller – Medical billing is a critical aspect of running a healthcare organization, but some facilities have to deal with slower manual processes and claim management challenges. As providers face growing financial and administrative demands, many are turning to automated medical billing to improve efficiency and accuracy.
HealthcareNOW Radio June 21, 2026
Align Quality and Value Across CMS Payment Systems
NOW on Demand Tell Me Where IT Hurts episode with host Dr. Jay Anders and his guest Kimberly Brandt, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Administrator at CMS. They discuss slow value-based care adoption in Medicare, CMS’s data quality push through FHIR APIs and USCDI, and how AI will help flag fraud across millions of daily claims.
Our Reports
- NOW in Life Sciences – June 2026 - June 21, 2026
- Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – May 2026 - June 20, 2026
- Upcoming Virtual Events Roundup - June 19, 2026
- Health IT Business News – June 18, 2026 - June 18, 2026
- AI in Healthcare News and Updates - June 17, 2026
- Health IT Appointments & Hires - June 16, 2026
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- CMS Proposed Rule Locks in Lower Prices
- Reinventing the Revenue Cycle: AI’s New Role in Medical Billing
- Align Quality and Value Across CMS Payment Systems
- NOW in Life Sciences – June 2026
- Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – May 2026
- Don’t Rip and Replace: Connect and Orchestrate
- Upcoming Virtual Events Roundup
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- Bridging the Divide in Whole-Population Care
- Health IT Business News – June 18, 2026
- Trust by Design: Governing Clinical AI Before It Reaches the Bedside
- Dragonflies in DC: HFMA AC26 Encourages Healthcare Finance Leaders to Think Differently
- AI in Healthcare News and Updates
- Discharge Efficiency Requires More Than Bed Management
Health IT Innovation
June 17, 2026
Discharge Efficiency Requires More Than Bed Management
By Michelle Skinner RN BSN MBA – Hospital discharge is one of the most operationally complex moments in the patient journey and one of the most consequential determinants of capacity, patient flow, and continuity of care. Most hospitals are solving the wrong version of the problem.
Read MoreInteroperability
June 19, 2026
Don’t Rip and Replace: Connect and Orchestrate
By Mark Taylor – Hospitals have EHRs. Health plans have care management platforms. Community organizations have case management tools. State agencies have eligibility, reporting, and program management systems. In many cases, those tools work well enough for the people using them every day. The issue is what happens when those organizations need to work together.
Read MoreRegulatory
June 22, 2026
CMS Proposed Rule Locks in Lower Prices
Fosters Innovation for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program – A new proposal from the CMS would establish a permanent framework for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, creating a more transparent and sustainable process for lowering drug costs for millions of Medicare beneficiaries.
Read MoreHealthcare NOW Radio
June 21, 2026
Align Quality and Value Across CMS Payment Systems
NOW on Demand Tell Me Where IT Hurts episode with host Dr. Jay Anders and his guest Kimberly Brandt, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Administrator at CMS. They discuss slow value-based care adoption in Medicare, CMS’s data quality push through FHIR APIs and USCDI, and how AI will help flag fraud across millions of daily claims.
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Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance
June 22, 2026
Reinventing the Revenue Cycle: AI’s New Role in Medical Billing
By April Miller – Medical billing is a critical aspect of running a healthcare organization, but some facilities have to deal with slower manual processes and claim management challenges. As providers face growing financial and administrative demands, many are turning to automated medical billing to improve efficiency and accuracy.
Read MoreDigital Health & Telemedicine
June 16, 2026
Patient Research Shows Where Health Systems Lose Demand
By Trenton R. Baker – Patients judge a health system long before they ever reach the front desk. These health systems have patients with high intent to find doctors, compare services, and take the next step towards care. Site search carries more of that weight than IT teams care to admit as it determines whether that intent becomes a usable path or stalls inside the website.
Read MoreAnalytics & Population Health
June 18, 2026
Trust by Design: Governing Clinical AI Before It Reaches the Bedside
By Arinder Singh Suri – Predictive algorithms are no longer a future-state ambition in healthcare delivery. They are embedded in the electronic health record’s clinicians open every shift, flagging sepsis risk, prioritizing worklists, drafting documentation, and surfacing patients who may need intervention.
Read MoreHealth IT Security Privacy and Compliance
June 3, 2026
Today’s Cybersecurity Prognosis: Emerging Threats and Trusted Foundations
By Freddie Sanchez – The recent Canvas data breach sent shockwaves through education, but it’s a situation all too familiar for those of us in healthcare. For years, our industry has consistently been a top target for bad actors, and that trend is unlikely to change anytime soon.
Read More#ICYMI
- Reinventing the Revenue Cycle: AI’s New Role in Medical Billing Posted on: June 22, 2026
- Don't Rip and Replace: Connect and Orchestrate Posted on: June 19, 2026
- Upcoming Virtual Events Roundup Posted on: June 19, 2026
- Trust by Design: Governing Clinical AI Before It Reaches the Bedside Posted on: June 18, 2026
- Dragonflies in DC: HFMA AC26 Encourages Healthcare Finance Leaders to Think Differently Posted on: June 17, 2026
- Discharge Efficiency Requires More Than Bed Management Posted on: June 17, 2026
- AHIP26 Recap: Less "What If?" and More "How?" Posted on: June 16, 2026














