Plus: Experts predict milder flu season

September 1, 2026

1. A 3rd state bans hospital diversion due to ED overcrowding: 6 notes Full story

2. 3 tips to boost your CMS rating from a 5-star hospital Full story

3. Every infusion appointment is a staffing decision. How leading systems are rethinking capacity in a constrained workforce era, here.

4. Novartis pauses CAR-T trials for autoimmune diseases after 3 deaths Full story

5. Health experts cautiously predict milder flu season Full story

 

6. A patient’s financial instability can predict recovery as powerfully as medication adherence. Hear why that should change care delivery in this webinar.

7. 3 record hiring years and a contract labor plunge: Inside SSM Health’s nurse influencer bet Full story

8. UnitedHealthcare to drop prior authorization requirements for 1,700 services Full story

9. CDC director questions Pennsylvania measles deaths Full story

10. Where hospitals, health systems rank among highest-paying settings for physicians: Doximity Full story

 

11. Medtronic recalls device tied to 184 serious injuries Full story

12. Hospital, physician groups urge CMS to pull back 2027 outpatient proposed rule Full story

13. EMS data reveals patient leakage and referral patterns most leaders can’t see. Learn more here.

14. Mpox may become endemic in the US: CDC Full story

15. Mark Cuban: Why US hospitals ‘don’t know their costs’ Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

16. Contaminated samples can drive false positives and unnecessary treatment. Prevention steps here.

17. Advocate Health did 12 months of patient outreach in 1 month. See how here.

18. Untrusted AI tools create ‘gray work’ that quietly drains clinician time. See how 3 health systems fixed it here.

19. Becker’s late-August webinar lineup: patient safety, referral intake, AI trust and supply chain data. See the sessions here.

 

 

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