Rare Disease Day 2026: Build equitable routes to answers, coordinated care, research, support, and full participation
Rare Disease Day 2026 is February 28. Build equitable routes to answers, coordinated care, research, support, and full participation.
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Brain Injury Awareness Month 2026: Build a hospital-to-home recovery system that treats brain injury as a chronic condition
An executive brief on Brain Injury Awareness Month 2026: build coordinated hospital-to-home recovery, rehabilitation, follow-up, and long-term support.
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Autoimmune Awareness Month 2026: Replace diagnostic drift with a coordinated route from unexplained patterns to owned follow-up
An executive brief on Autoimmune Awareness Month 2026: reduce diagnostic drift through pattern review, specialty coordination, navigation, and owned follow-up.
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Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month 2026: Build a reliable route from unexplained bleeding to diagnosis, treatment planning, and lifelong coordinated care
An executive brief on Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month 2026: strengthen recognition, specialist access, portable treatment plans, and coordinated lifelong care.
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Spring 2026 Healthcare Leadership Brief
The Spring 2026 Healthcare Leadership Brief examines access, financial stewardship, workforce capacity, trusted digital operations, and the discipline required to turn strategy into measurable results.
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March 2026 in review: Sutter-Allina deal, Medicaid renewals, ACA results
March 2026: Sutter and Allina plan a $26B system, CMS details six-month Medicaid renewals, and ACA enrollees shift sharply toward bronze plans.
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National Minority Health Month 2026: Make Equity Visible in the Operating System
National Minority Health Month 2026 gives healthcare executives a practical system for validating disparities, identifying verified barriers, redesigning workflows, measuring results, and returning findings to communities.
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April 2026 in review: FY2027 IPPS proposal, MA rates rise, M&A rebounds
April 2026: CMS proposes a 2.4% FY2027 IPPS update and mandatory CJR-X, finalizes a 2.48% MA increase, and Q1 hospital M&A hits a six-year high.
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May 2026 in review: CMS targets state-directed payments, work rules begin
May 2026: CMS proposes caps on Medicaid state-directed payments, Nebraska starts work requirements, margins recover and Quorum Health goes nonprofit.
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Cataract Awareness Month 2026: Make Access and Follow-Through Visible
An executive operating brief for Cataract Awareness Month 2026, focused on recognition, equitable access, surgical readiness, medication safety, follow-up, and patient-centered visual outcomes.
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