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Industry Events October 20, 2026
Insights from AHIMA 2026: Navigating AI, Data Integrity, and Health Policy
By Beth Friedman – Health information (HI) professionals have been the recognized guardians of patient data accuracy since AHIMA’s founding in 1928. At this year’s AHIMA 2026 Conference in San Antonio, that timeless commitment to data quality and integrity echoed through every educational session and hallway conversation.
Talent Tuesday October 20, 2026
Talent Tuesday: Cybersecurity Compensation Trends in Healthcare
This Talent Tuesday, we break down the current compensation landscape, why healthcare struggles to keep pace, and what organizations can do right now to attract and retain cyber talent without simply raising salaries.
EHR Adoption October 20, 2026
Five Revenue Cycle Workflows Behavioral Health Providers Never Test Before Signing an EHR
By Easton Hallock – Most behavioral health EHR demos follow the same script: a clean intake, a polished note, a claim that drops with one click. The workflows that decide whether a program gets paid rarely make it on screen, because they only appear when real patients move between levels of care, payers and clinicians.
Regulatory Issues October 19, 2026
MIPS and QPP Updates from CMS
CMS has released important Quality Payment Program updates. 2026 MIPS Value Pathway (MVP) Registration is open until November 30 and a reminder: 2026 Quality Payment Program Exception Applications are available.
Our Reports
- The Road to Rural Healthcare: October 2026 - October 19, 2026
- Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – September 2026 - October 17, 2026
- Health IT Business News, Financial Edition – October 15, 2026 - October 15, 2026
- Sharing Health Data Update October 2026 - October 14, 2026
- Health IT Product News Report October 2026 - October 10, 2026
- Health IT Business News – October 8, 2026 - October 8, 2026
Most Current Posts
- Insights from AHIMA 2026: Navigating AI, Data Integrity, and Health Policy
- Talent Tuesday: Cybersecurity Compensation Trends in Healthcare
- Five Revenue Cycle Workflows Behavioral Health Providers Never Test Before Signing an EHR
- MIPS and QPP Updates from CMS
- The Road to Rural Healthcare: October 2026
- Where Did the Message Stop? AI as First-Line Interface Triage
- Healthcare Isn’t Broken – It’s Designed to Keep You Confused
- The Petrov paradox: Why Agentic AI in Healthcare Needs a Human Hand on the Button
- Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – September 2026
- Remote Care Needs Workflows that Respond to Patient Events, Not Just Scheduled Touchpoints
- Weekend Playlist on Healthcare NOW Radio
- From Clean Data to Human Adoption: Takeaways from the Oracle Health & Life Sciences Summit
- Cybersecurity Awareness Statement from EHRA
- Health IT Business News, Financial Edition – October 15, 2026
- The Future of Healthcare is a Connected Ecosystem
Health IT Innovation
October 20, 2026
Five Revenue Cycle Workflows Behavioral Health Providers Never Test Before Signing an EHR
By Easton Hallock – Most behavioral health EHR demos follow the same script: a clean intake, a polished note, a claim that drops with one click. The workflows that decide whether a program gets paid rarely make it on screen, because they only appear when real patients move between levels of care, payers and clinicians.
Read MoreInteroperability
October 14, 2026
Sharing Health Data Update October 2026
Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on industry interoperability news, TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts.
Read MoreRegulatory
October 19, 2026
MIPS and QPP Updates from CMS
CMS has released important Quality Payment Program updates. 2026 MIPS Value Pathway (MVP) Registration is open until November 30 and a reminder: 2026 Quality Payment Program Exception Applications are available.
Read MoreHealthcare NOW Radio
October 18, 2026
Healthcare Isn’t Broken – It’s Designed to Keep You Confused
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. In the last episode in the series, they review the past episode topics and provided some updates and actionable things for everyone to take away.
Read MoreHealthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance
October 15, 2026
The Future of Healthcare is a Connected Ecosystem
By Mindy Fortson – Healthcare has spent years trying to solve the interconnected problems one at a time. But today, the pressures facing providers are too difficult to address in isolation. Payer-provider friction continues to complicate reimbursement. Regulatory requirements are evolving. Margins remain under pressure as labor and operating costs rise.
Read MoreDigital Health & Telemedicine
October 14, 2026
Section 504 Deadline Extension Calls on Healthcare Enterprises to Focus on Procurement
By Glenda Sims – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently extended the Section 504 digital accessibility compliance deadline. This means any healthcare enterprise with 15 or more employees that accepts HHS funding now has until May 11, 2027, to make sure all patient-facing software is accessible for people with disabilities, as defined by Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Read MoreAnalytics & Population Health
October 19, 2026
Where Did the Message Stop? AI as First-Line Interface Triage
By Karthikeya Rekulapalli – An AI agent can find where a missing message failed before an integration engineer picks up the phone. Diana called Jonathan from 3 West because the pharmacy was not receiving her unit’s supply scans. Jonathan, a data engineer on our integration team, started checking interfaces in the integration engine. 3 hour later, he still had no answer.
Read MoreHealth IT Security Privacy and Compliance
October 15, 2026
Cybersecurity Awareness Statement from EHRA
Cybersecurity Is Patient Safety: EHR Association Privacy & Security Workgroup Marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month – The EHR Association’s Privacy & Security Workgroup issued the following statement to mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month (October).
Read More#ICYMI
- Where Did the Message Stop? AI as First-Line Interface Triage Posted on: October 19, 2026
- The Petrov paradox: Why Agentic AI in Healthcare Needs a Human Hand on the Button Posted on: October 18, 2026
- Remote Care Needs Workflows that Respond to Patient Events, Not Just Scheduled Touchpoints Posted on: October 16, 2026
- From Clean Data to Human Adoption: Takeaways from the Oracle Health & Life Sciences Summit Posted on: October 15, 2026
- The Future of Healthcare is a Connected Ecosystem Posted on: October 15, 2026
- Section 504 Deadline Extension Calls on Healthcare Enterprises to Focus on Procurement Posted on: October 14, 2026
- Why Healthcare Organizations Need AI Governance Before Deploying AI Agents Posted on: October 13, 2026














