The Overpayment Clock: Medicare’s 60-Day Rule, Knowledge Standard, Investigation Window, and Hospital Accountability, a Narrative Review
Background. The current rule aligns identification with the False Claims Act knowledge standard and creates a conditional 180-day suspension for timely, good-faith investigation of related overpayments. It does not create…
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World Cancer Day 2026: Put the person at the center while making every diagnostic, treatment, and support handoff accountable
World Cancer Day 2026 brief for health leaders: put the person at the center and make every cancer diagnostic, treatment, and support handoff accountable.
World Heart Day 2026: Coordinate Awareness Across the Care System
World Heart Day 2026: an executive guide to access, ownership, handoffs, practical measures, and a focused 90-day improvement plan.
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National Women’s Health and Fitness Day 2026: Coordinate Awareness Across the Care System
National Women’s Health and Fitness Day 2026: an executive guide to access, ownership, handoffs, practical measures, and a focused 90-day improvement plan.
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September 2026 in review: Margins slide, Minnesota consolidates further
September 2026: hospital margins slip in July, Essentia and HealthPartners plan a 22-hospital merger, and Elevance targets off-campus outpatient billing.
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Medicaid quality is shifting to outcomes. Expect it in plan contracts
CMS and 37 states pledged to measure Medicaid quality by outcomes. Expect the shift in managed care contracts and value-based terms.
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American Pharmacists Month 2026: Connect Recognition to Workforce Reliability
An executive brief on American Pharmacists Month 2026: strengthen transition services, team-based pharmacist roles, language access and workforce capacity.
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2026: Make Access, Ownership, and Continuity Visible
An executive brief on Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2026: private screening, accepted advocacy referral, equitable access and honest measurement.
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Eye Injury Prevention Month 2026: Connect Prevention, Response, and Learning
An executive brief on Eye Injury Prevention Month 2026: protective eyewear, specialty access, post-discharge follow-up and workforce eye protection.
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Health Literacy Month 2026: Coordinate Awareness Across the Care System
An executive brief on Health Literacy Month 2026: plain discharge communication, digital front doors, language access and a workforce that carries it.
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