All 50 states applied for CMS’s $50B Rural Health Transformation Program, awards due Dec 31: A massive bet with a year end clock, where the real question is whether states build the boring foundation that makes change stick, or just dress up a plan with buzzwords.

Hospital CIO priorities for 2026 shift from new tools to scale and govern: Big systems are moving from “more AI” to “make it work,” focusing on fewer bets that reduce documentation burden, tighten security, and actually show enterprise impact.

Texas AG sues Epic over alleged monopolization and restrictive data practices: Strip away the noise and this is a power fight over data access, switching costs, and what “open” is going to mean in the next era of EHR competition.