The 340B Rebate Fight Escalates: 15 Key Developments

July 14, 2026

The 340B Rebate Fight Escalates: 15 Key Developments

For more than a year, major drugmakers have been pushing to replace the 340B program’s longstanding upfront discount structure with post-sale rebate models – drawing resistance from hospitals and federal regulators at every stage.

What started as four lawsuits, in late 2024 has since expanded into a federal pilot program, a new wave of enforcement actions, and an unresolved legal battle still working through the courts.

Click Here to see the timeline of 15 key developments since the lawsuits were filed.

On-Demand Webinar: The First 30 Minutes: What Healthcare Leaders Need to Know About Cyber Resilience

July 14, 2026

On-Demand Webinar: The First 30 Minutes: What Healthcare Leaders Need to Know About Cyber Resilience

A disruption rarely gives warning. One moment operations run normally; the next, critical systems stall – and every minute of downtime carries operational and financial weight.

For healthcare organizations, cyber resilience is no longer a back-office concern. It shapes patient care, revenue and the teams keeping the organization running.

This on-demand executive discussion examines what separates organizations that recover quickly from those that struggle – and the infrastructure, recovery and continuity strategies that help leaders minimize downtime and prepare for the unexpected.

Insights include:

  • The operational and financial impact of healthcare disruptions and downtime,
  • Infrastructure and continuity strategies that support organizational resilience,
  • Best practices for accelerating recovery and maintaining critical operations, and
  • How to strengthen preparedness across technology, operations and clinical teams.

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New Report: AI is Coming to Telehealth, and Health Systems are Preparing

July 14, 2026

New Report: AI is Coming to Telehealth, and Health Systems are Preparing

Telehealth is no longer a workaround; it is core infrastructure for how care gets delivere. In one industry survey, 93% of organizations reported an active telehealth program, and 69% have run one for three years or more.

Drawing on that survey – the 9th Annual Telehealth Benchmark Survey for Hospitals and Health Systems, conducted by Becker’s Healthcare in collaboration with Teladoc Health – this new report captures where telehealth stands and where it’s headed next.

Most see virtual care quality as equal to or better than in-person, and 96% report a positive ROI over the past year. With that foundation set, attention is shifting to AI: of 167 C-suite respondents, all but one plan to add at least one AI use case to their telehealth strategy.

Download to learn:

  • Where telehealth adoption, quality and ROI stand today,
  • The AI use cases leaders are prioritizing for virtual care,
  • Why integration, not technology, is the real obstacle to scaling AI, and
  • A three-stage approach to layering AI onto an existing platform.

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Webinar: The Hidden Cost of Medication Affordability: Why Pharmacy and Revenue Cycle Need a Shared Strategy, July 20

July 14, 2026

Webinar: The Hidden Cost of Medication Affordability: Why Pharmacy and Revenue Cycle Need a Shared Strategy, July 20

Four in ten U.S. adults have skipped doses, delayed refills, or left a prescription unfilled because of cost, and six in ten now worry about affording their medications. Affordability is usually framed as a patient access issue, but it’s also a financial one, with direct consequences for margins and reimbursement.

When a patient leaves with an unfilled prescription, the impact lands well beyond the pharmacy – in readmissions, denied claims, avoidable ED visits and payer penalties that rarely surface in traditional financial reporting.

This session makes the case for treating medication affordability as a shared financial strategy between pharmacy and revenue cycle, not a siloed access problem.

You’ll learn:

  • How affordability failures create costs invisible in standard financial reporting,
  • Ways to improve capture of copay assistance, manufacturer and foundation funding, and
  • Which shared metrics drive cross-functional accountability and financial performance.

Cost: Free

When: Monday, July 20, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Designing the Intelligent Hospital: Building Hospitals Around People, Data and Care, July 21

July 14, 2026

Webinar: Designing the Intelligent Hospital: Building Hospitals Around People, Data and Care, July 21

Patient expectations keep climbing while clinical teams absorb a steady load of nonclinical requests, repeated questions and unclear bedside communication. Moving satisfaction scores without adding headcount has become one of the hardest problems in hospital operations.

Penn Medicine’s Clifton Center took a different path. Using an interactive in-room system, the team turned the patient room into a digital hub that displays care plans, care teams and key updates while giving patients direct control over their environment. The result: higher patient satisfaction and thousands of administrative hours returned to clinical staff.

In this session John Donohue, vice president of data and technology solutions at Penn Medicine, joins Becker’s for a candid conversation about how the Clifton Center is building care around people and data – from the goals that started the project, to the outcomes clinical teams are seeing at and beyond the bedside, to the role AI is beginning to play in what comes next.

Learnings include:

  • What it takes to evolve the patient room experience, and the outcome metrics Penn Medicine tracked.
  • How real-time data at the point of care benefits both patients and clinical teams.
  • How the system integrates across clinical and building operations, and
  • Where AI fits into the Clifton Center’s roadmap, and how IRIS supports that direction.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, July 21, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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MRHA Webinar: Active Aging and Prevention Strategies for Rural Health Clinics, August 6

July 14, 2026

MRHA Webinar: Active Aging and Prevention Strategies for Rural Health Clinics, August 6

Join us for an informative session focused on helping Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) better support older adults through evidence-based prevention, active aging strategies, and value-based care approaches.

As the older adult population continues to grow, RHCs face increasing challenges related to chronic conditions, fall prevention, patient engagement, and evolving Medicare payment models. This webinar will explore practical, patient-centered strategies that help rural healthcare organizations improve outcomes, reduce costs, and align care with what matters most to older adults.

Participants will also gain insight into value-based reimbursement opportunities, age-friendly care models and tools that support healthy aging in rural communities.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, August 6, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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MRHA Webinar: Introduction to AI for Healthcare Operations: Lead with Confidence in an AI-Driven Healthcare Environment, July 23

July 14, 2026

MRHA Webinar: Introduction to AI for Healthcare Operations: Lead with Confidence in an AI-Driven Healthcare Environment, July 23

Healthcare organizations today face relentless administrative burden, workforce shortages, revenue pressure, and increasing payer friction. At the same time, generative AI and automation technologies are rapidly maturing, creating a pivotal moment for practice leaders.

This session gives participants a clear, operationally grounded understanding of how AI is transforming daily workflows, where it provides immediate value, and how even small organizations can adopt it responsibly.

Strategic Solutions will walk attendees through practical examples drawn from real healthcare operations, demonstrating how AI already integrates with tasks such as documentation, claims management, compliance reporting, scheduling, and patient communication. Rather than hype, this session provides clarity: what AI is, what it is not, and how practices can leverage it to reduce administrative fatigue, strengthen financial performance, and enhance patient experience.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, July 23, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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MRHA Webinar: Nurse Call and Wander Management Systems for Rural Healthcare, July 16

July 14, 2026

MRHA Webinar: Nurse Call and Wander Management Systems for Rural Healthcare, July 16

Join ECC and TekTone for an in-depth look at modern nurse call and wander management solutions designed to meet the unique needs of rural healthcare facilities.

This session will showcase the latest Tek-CARE technologies, including Tek-CARE400 GEN3 nurse call, Tek-CARE700 Wander Management, and the expanding Tek-CARE ecosystem of workflow and alerting tools.

Participants will learn how fully integrated wireless pendants, wired audio-visual nurse call systems, resident wander management, and alert integration can operate simultaneously on a single platform.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, July 16, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Price Transparency, Done Right: Putting Medication Access in Patients’ Hands, July 16

July 13, 2026

Webinar: Price Transparency, Done Right: Putting Medication Access in Patients’ Hands, July 16

Real-time medication price transparency is no longer a someday ambition. As of 2025, 75 percent of hospitals had integrated real-time prescription benefit information for at least some payers, according to federal and CMS has required Medicare Part D plans to support these tools since 2021.

This fireside chat takes that question head-on. Rather than staying at the vision level, the conversation digs into what real transparency requires at the point of care, where the friction lives and what it takes to put cost and access information directly in patients’ hands without straining the provider-patient relationship.

In this 60-minute session, you’ll learn:

  • What real-time medication price transparency looks like when it works for every party,
  • How to surface cost and access information without disrupting the provider-patient relationship, and
  • Where the operational and incentive tensions live, and how leaders are navigating them.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, July 16, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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How System Leaders are Managing Physician Compensation at Scale

July 13, 2026

How System Leaders are Managing Physician Compensation at Scale

Physician compensation decisions are becoming harder to manage as organizations grow, integrate practices and compete for scarce clinician talent.

Persistent provider shortages and rising competition are pushing health system leaders to rethink how compensation is structured, governed and communicated. At the same time, many organizations are still managing legacy contracts and individualized arrangements that create inconsistency and administrative burden.

This report highlights key challenges and opportunities discussed during a Becker’s Healthcare advisory call sponsored by ECG Management Consultants, where leaders responsible for physician compensation across large provider organizations shared how they’re bringing greater consistency, transparency and trust to pay decisions.

The discussion explores how compensation strategies are evolving as physician enterprises become more central to health system growth and performance.

Download this report to learn:

  • How provider organizations are standardizing physician compensation while maintaining necessary flexibility,
  • Why governance structures and compensation committees are becoming essential as physician enterprises grow,
  • How transparency and proactive communication influence physician recruitment and retention, and
  • The growing role of data, analytics and technology in compensation management.

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