5 Procurement Leaks Draining DSO Margins in 2026
DSOs that absorbed 8%–20% price hikes from recent tariff and inflation cycles face margin pressure that will not recover through volume growth alone. This analysis identifies five procurement…
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Financial Assistance Reform Is Reshaping Revenue Cycle Strategy
State-level financial assistance legislation is fundamentally redefining revenue cycle governance for health systems. Multiple states — including Maine (LD 1937, effective July 1, 2026), North Carolina, Maryland, Vermont,…
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UnitedHealth’s $3 Billion AI Push: What It Means for Providers and Patients
UnitedHealth Group is committing $3 billion to AI across its operations, with more than 80% of its 22,000 engineers already using AI to write code or build agents….
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What Dentistry Is Teaching Healthcare About Operational AI
Dentistry operates with tighter feedback loops, simpler billing structures, and more integrated workflows than most healthcare settings — making it a natural proving ground for operational AI. MedCity…
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Three Trends Driving DSO Growth in 2026: De Novos, M&A, and AI Rollouts
Becker’s Dental Review identifies three primary drivers shaping DSO expansion in 2026. De novo development is gaining traction as an alternative to acquisitions — Smile Partners launched its…
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Hospitals Lost $48.4 Billion to Revenue Leakage in 2025 Despite Improving Cash Flow
Kodiak Solutions analyzed data from 2,300 hospitals and 350,000 physicians and found that net revenue leakage — losses from final denials and uncollected bills — increased 25% in…
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Hospital M&A Rebounds to 6-Year High in Q1 2026
Hospital and health system deal-making surged in Q1 2026, with 22 announced mergers and acquisitions — the highest first-quarter total in six years, according to Kaufman Hall. Fifteen…
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Hospitals Lost $48 Billion in Revenue to Payer Denials in 2025
A benchmarking analysis of more than 2,300 hospitals and 350,000 physicians’ revenue cycle data found that providers improved payment speed in 2025 — average days to insurance payment…
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Revenue Cycle as Enterprise Infrastructure: The 2026 Framework for Financial Resilience
HFMA’s 2026 framework argues that revenue cycle strategy has outgrown its back-office origins and must now function as enterprise infrastructure — directly shaping organizational stability, capital planning, and…
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Insurers and Providers Agree AI Scribes Are Raising Costs—But Disagree on What to Do
Both health systems and health insurers privately acknowledge that AI ambient scribes are driving up healthcare costs — though they frame the issue very differently. Providers argue scribes…