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Scott Becker - 9 Stories We Are Following Heading Into the Weekend 1-17-26 · Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

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  This is Scott Becker with the Beckers HealthCare
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  podcast.
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  These are nine quick stories
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  for you heading into the weekend.
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  You'll probably get this on Saturday morning.
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  We hope you find this helpful.
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  I'll make this offer.
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  If you text and you're the first person
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  to text, (773)
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  766-5322,
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  and you offer comments on this short edition
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  of the podcast,
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  Helpful, not helpful. Any thoughts on it? Love
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  to hear your thoughts.
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  I'll offer the first person to text with
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  comments
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  a $50 Amazon gift certificate.
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  Thank you for listening. Here are nine stories
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  that we're watching heading into the weekend.
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  First,
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  president Trump releases his health care plan related
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  to health care affordability.
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  This was released on Thursday,
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  and it's aimed at lowering cost. We'll see
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  if it's successful or not, and we'll see
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  where it goes.
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  But fasting to see at least more people
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  focused on lowering cost
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  can't tell
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  if more just talk and noise or anything
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  will come that's helpful out of all of
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  this.
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  Second,
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  a Washington DC hospital CEO resigns one year
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  after the hospital opens.
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  Seems to be a sign of the times
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  in terms of changeover
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  in hospital leadership.
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  Third,
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  10 systems
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  seeking supply chain leaders. Again, a lot of
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  need in this area and continued growth.
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  Fourth,
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  BlackBook ranks the top ambulatory EHRs
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  for 2026.
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  No great surprises
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  here,
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  but but a ton of different systems
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  in a ton of different areas,
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  with a lot of names
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  other than Epic and Cerner on this list.
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  Oracle Health for general surgery, NextGen Healthcare for
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  internal medicine,
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  and a ton of different names, Epic and
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  some specialties too,
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  ModMed in some areas,
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  Varian,
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  ARAI,
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  Athenahealth
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  in pediatrics,
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  and and a and a ton of other
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  names as well that many of us aren't
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  quite as familiar with, but fascinating to see
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  the Black Book report on top ambulatory EHRs
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  2026.
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  Fifth, telehealth claims dropped sharply towards the end
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  of last year, again, following the changes in
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  telehealth, virtual health, and in person health.
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  Sixth, Ryan Cameron,
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  named the chief information officer at Children's Hospital,
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  Nebraska.
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  Congratulations to Ryan Cameron.
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  Seventh, Kaiser Permanente
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  to settle a Medicare Advantage lawsuit.
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  This was in the $550,000,000
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  range. So fastened to see that and the
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  different issues coming out of the Medicare Advantage.
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  Eighth, a struggling California hospital and talks with
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  its county for takeover always take over its
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  emergency department.
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  And the ninth, a story by Andrew Kiosk
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  about six more hospitals,
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  closing departments, or ending services.
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  This is an ongoing discussion. It's something that
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  we watch at Becker's Healthcare really closely. Again,
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  those are nine
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  quick stories in notes at Becker's health care
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  that we're following heading into the weekend.
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  Thank you for listening to this issue of
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  the Becker's health care podcast. Again, this is
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  Scott Becker. Thank you for listening.