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Regulatory Issues September 8, 2026
More Investment Dollars for State Use Announced by CMS
The following recent state investments illustrates how CMS’ commitment to rural health modernization is taking shape on the ground, tailored to the unique needs of rural communities in Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Rhode Island.
Talent Tuesday September 8, 2026
Violence Against Healthcare Workers and Staffing Shortages Fuel Hospital Strikes
By Lynn Arditi – Nationwide, hospital workers are seven times as likely to be injured on the job due to violent acts as members of the general working population, according to the most recent data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The outcry over workplace violence in healthcare is pitting workers’ demands for better compensation and staffing against hospital operators pressured to cut costs.
Regulatory Issues September 8, 2026
What Phasing Out the Fax Has to Do with a $50 Billion Rural Health Fix
By Bob Watson – One of the clearest tests of the federal government’s $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) will be whether rural patients’ health information can move with them across the healthcare system.
Industry Events September 7, 2026
Rural Health Sessions at Civitas 2026
Starts September 22nd in Arlington VA – Civitas’ Annual Conference brings together leaders from across the country to discuss interoperability, data-driven quality improvement, social drivers of health, public health, community-led governance, and health outcomes.
Our Reports
- Health IT Business News, Financial Edition – September 3, 2026 - September 3, 2026
- Virtual Healthcare September 2026 - September 2, 2026
- Health IT Appointments & Hires - September 1, 2026
- NursesNOW Roundup August 2026 - August 29, 2026
- Upcoming Virtual Events Roundup - August 28, 2026
- Health IT Business News – August 27, 2026 - August 27, 2026
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- More Investment Dollars for State Use Announced by CMS
- Violence Against Healthcare Workers and Staffing Shortages Fuel Hospital Strikes
- What Phasing Out the Fax Has to Do with a $50 Billion Rural Health Fix
- Rural Health Sessions at Civitas 2026
- Why Specialty-Specific Revenue Cycle Workflows Should Be Part of Every Health IT Strategy
- AI Isn’t the Enemy, But Opaque Use Might Be
- AI Was Supposed to Settle the Claim. Instead It Armed Both Sides.
- ATA Action Urges CMS to Protect Patient Access to RPM
- The Missing Accountability Layer Between Clinical Documentation and Revenue-Cycle Review
- Weekend Playlist on Healthcare NOW Radio
- Advancements in Molecular Profiling and Impact on Cancer Care
- Health IT Business News, Financial Edition – September 3, 2026
- When Attackers Bring AI, Healthcare Security Needs a Human in the Loop
- AHIMA Supports Bipartisan MATCH IT Act to Improve Patient Matching and Protect Patient Safety
- Virtual Healthcare September 2026
Health IT Innovation
September 4, 2026
The Missing Accountability Layer Between Clinical Documentation and Revenue-Cycle Review
By Dafe Ofoh – Healthcare organizations often evaluate interoperability by asking whether data can move from one system to another. That is necessary, but it is not enough. A workflow is not complete when information arrives. It is complete when the right person can see the evidence, understand the current state, make the required decision, and hand the work forward with a traceable record.
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
September 8, 2026
More Investment Dollars for State Use Announced by CMS
The following recent state investments illustrates how CMS’ commitment to rural health modernization is taking shape on the ground, tailored to the unique needs of rural communities in Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Rhode Island.
Read MoreHealthcare NOW Radio
September 6, 2026
AI Isn’t the Enemy, But Opaque Use Might Be
In this week’s special edition of “News You Can Use” on Healthcare NOW Radio Dr. Nick sits down with Adam Russo, CEO and Founder of The Phia Group, about Artificial Intelligence or, as we ultimately agreed, perhaps better named Augmented Intelligence.
Read MoreHealthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance
September 7, 2026
Why Specialty-Specific Revenue Cycle Workflows Should Be Part of Every Health IT Strategy
By Ricky Bell – For the past decade, I have sat in boardrooms and clinical offices watching healthcare organizations pour millions into Electronic Health Record (EHR) optimization, artificial intelligence, and interoperability. The goal is always the same, and that is operational excellence. Yet, when we look at the revenue cycle, that investment often hits a wall.
Read MoreDigital Health & Telemedicine
September 5, 2026
ATA Action Urges CMS to Protect Patient Access to RPM
ATA Action, the ATA’s affiliated organization focused on Advocacy Shaping Virtual Care, submitted comprehensive comments to CMS on the Calendar Year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, offering detailed recommendations to strengthen program integrity while preserving patient access to remote monitoring and other essential virtual care services.
Read MoreAnalytics & Population Health
September 2, 2026
Is that AI Tool your Staff Loves Actually HIPAA-Covered?
By Mat Steinlin – According to the AMA’s 2026 Physician Survey on Augmented Intelligence, over 80% now use AI in a professional context (roughly double the share reported in 2023). The same survey found physicians are significantly more concerned about patient privacy when using non-institutional AI tools (71%) than institutional ones (42%).
Read MoreHealth IT Security Privacy and Compliance
September 3, 2026
When Attackers Bring AI, Healthcare Security Needs a Human in the Loop
By Steve Akers – Healthcare security programs were built around an assumption that no longer holds everywhere: that a human sits on the other end of an attack, working at human speed and making human mistakes. That is why the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, in a joint advisory this past June, told member nations plainly that the timeline for adversaries to reach this level of capability is not years. It is months.
Read More#ICYMI
- What Phasing Out the Fax Has to Do with a $50 Billion Rural Health Fix Posted on: September 8, 2026
- Why Specialty-Specific Revenue Cycle Workflows Should Be Part of Every Health IT Strategy Posted on: September 7, 2026
- AI Was Supposed to Settle the Claim. Instead It Armed Both Sides. Posted on: September 6, 2026
- The Missing Accountability Layer Between Clinical Documentation and Revenue-Cycle Review Posted on: September 4, 2026
- When Attackers Bring AI, Healthcare Security Needs a Human in the Loop Posted on: September 3, 2026
- Is that AI Tool your Staff Loves Actually HIPAA-Covered? Posted on: September 2, 2026
- The Governance Challenge of Agentic AI in Healthcare Operations Posted on: September 1, 2026
Talent Tuesday
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