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              <title>Premier Weighs in on Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments Proposed Rule</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/policy/premier-comments-medicaid-managed-care-state-directed-payments-proposed-rule</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Premier submitted comments on CMS' proposal to implement the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's provisions on Medicaid state-directed payments. ]]></description>
              <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:35:52 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>From Stabilization to Sustainability: Five Challenges Rural Healthcare Must Solve to Build the Operating Model of the Future</title>
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              <description><![CDATA[The greatest risk isn't that organizations and states fail to secure funding. It's that they launch disconnected projects because money is available rather than investing them in capabilities that advance a long-term strategy.  ]]></description>
              <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:52:08 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>5 Signs Your Documentation Strategy Is Stuck in the Past</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/insights/5-signs-your-documentation-strategy-is-stuck-in-the-past</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Documentation strategies need to do more than support compliance. They need to help organizations capture an accurate, up-to-date picture of patient complexity while reducing unnecessary administrative burden.]]></description>
              <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:24:34 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>Statement on the CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule/Medicare Shared Savings Program Proposed Rule</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/policy/statement-cy2027-medicare-physician-fee-schedule-mssp-proposed-rule</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Premier applauds CMS' Medicare proposals for ACOs that are aligned with many of our longstanding recommendations to strengthen the Medicare Shared Savings Program. ]]></description>
              <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:20:01 GMT</pubDate>
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              <dc:creator>John Knapp</dc:creator>
							

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              <title>Build Systemness or Fall Behind: How to Optimize the Network and Grow Health System Margins</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/insights/build-systemness-or-fall-behind-how-to-optimize-the-network-and-grow-health-system-margins</link>
              <description><![CDATA[In the face of ongoing margin pressure and growing demand for patient-centered care, health systems can no longer rely on isolated cost-cutting initiatives. Building "systemness" creates the foundation for stronger margins, improved patient experiences and long-term growth.]]></description>
              <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>No Baseline, No Proof: The Measurement Discipline Behind AI ROI in Physician Enterprises</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/insights/no-baseline-no-proof-the-measurement-discipline-behind-ai-roi-in-physician-enterprises</link>
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              <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:22:25 GMT</pubDate>
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              <dc:creator>Brett Francis, Michelle Holmes</dc:creator>
							

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              <title>Hospital groups, GPO push back on CMS’ 2027 outpatient rule</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/news/hospital-groups-gpo-push-back-on-cms-2027-outpatient-rule</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Becker’s Hospital Review highlights Premier’s response to CMS’ proposed 2027 outpatient payment rule, featuring insights from Premier’s John Knapp on its potential financial impact on hospitals.]]></description>
              <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:07:21 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>Twice the Savings, Half the Time: Carilion Clinic Identifies $40 Million in Savings Through Premier Partnership</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/case-studies/twice-the-savings-half-the-time-carilion-clinic-identifies-40-million-in-savings-through-premier-partnership</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Originally projected to pinpoint $20 million in savings opportunities over three years, Carilion Clinic identified $40.1 million in potential savings in 16 months through its partnership with Premier, enabling continued investments in high-quality patient care.]]></description>
              <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>Statement on the CY 2027 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/policy/statement-on-the-cy-2027-medicare-outpatient-prospective-payment-system-proposed-rule</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Premier expresses concern over multiple proposed cuts to hospital Medicare outpatient payments. ]]></description>
              <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:20:10 GMT</pubDate>
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              <dc:creator>John Knapp</dc:creator>
							

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              <title>Avoiding Payment Penalties and Maximizing Reimbursement: The Revenue Strategy Health Systems Can’t Afford to Miss</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/insights/avoiding-payment-penalties-and-maximizing-reimbursement-the-revenue-strategy-health-systems-cant-afford-to-miss</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Hospitals are under growing pressure as payment programs shift toward value-based models that leave less room for error. The organizations that stand to benefit most are those that recognize a broader opportunity: to convert performance into a reliable driver of margin, not just a safeguard against loss. ​​​​‌﻿‍﻿​‍​‍‌‍﻿﻿‌﻿​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌﻿‌‍‍‌‌‍﻿‍​‍​‍​﻿‍‍​‍​‍‌﻿​﻿‌‍​‌‌‍﻿‍‌‍‍‌‌﻿‌​‌﻿‍‌​‍﻿‍‌‍‍‌‌‍﻿﻿​‍​‍​‍﻿​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌﻿​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​﻿‍‍​‍​‍​‍﻿﻿‌﻿​﻿‌﻿‌​‌﻿‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍﻿﻿​‍﻿﻿‌‍‍‌‌‍﻿‍‌﻿‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍﻿‍‌﻿‌​​‍﻿﻿‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌﻿‌​​‍﻿﻿‌‍﻿‌‌‍﻿﻿‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​﻿﻿‌‌﻿​​‌﻿​‍‌‍‌‌‌﻿​﻿‌‍‌‌‌‍﻿‍‌﻿‌​‌‍​‌‌﻿‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍﻿﻿‌‍﻿‍​﻿‍﻿‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​﻿﻿‌​﻿‌​​﻿​‍‌‍​‌​﻿​﻿​﻿‍​‌‍​‍​﻿​﻿​﻿​‍​‍﻿‌‌‍​‌‌‍‌‍‌‍​‍‌‍​‌​‍﻿‌​﻿‌​​﻿​﻿​﻿​‍​﻿‌‍​‍﻿‌​﻿‍‌​﻿​﻿​﻿​﻿‌‍​‍​‍﻿‌​﻿​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​﻿‌​​﻿​‍​﻿​﻿​﻿​﻿​﻿​​‌‍​﻿​﻿‌﻿‌‍‌​​﻿‍﻿‌﻿‌​‌﻿‍‌‌﻿​​‌‍‌‌​﻿﻿‌‌﻿​​‌‍﻿﻿‌﻿​﻿‌﻿‌​​﻿‍﻿‌﻿​​‌‍​‌‌﻿‌​‌‍‍​​﻿﻿‌‌‍​‍‌‍﻿﻿‌‍‌​‌﻿‍‌​‍‌‌​﻿‌‌‌​​‍‌‌﻿﻿‌‍‍﻿‌‍‌‌‌﻿‍‌​‍‌‌​﻿​﻿‌​‌​​‍‌‌​﻿​﻿‌​‌​​‍‌‌​﻿​‍​﻿​‍​﻿​‌‌‍​﻿​﻿‌﻿​﻿‍​​﻿​​​﻿​‍‌‍​‌‌‍​‍​﻿​﻿‌‍​‍​﻿​​​﻿​​​‍‌‌​﻿​‍​﻿​‍​‍‌‌​﻿‌‌‌​‌​​‍﻿‍‌‍​﻿‌‍‍​‌‍‍‌‌‍﻿​‌‍‌​‌﻿​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍﻿‍​‍‌‌​﻿‌‌‌​​‍‌‌﻿﻿‌‍‍﻿‌‍‌‌‌﻿‍‌​‍‌‌​﻿​﻿‌​‌​​‍‌‌​﻿​﻿‌​‌​​‍‌‌​﻿​‍​﻿​‍‌‍​‍​﻿‌﻿‌‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‍‌​​﻿​​​﻿​​‌‍​﻿‌‍‌​​﻿‌‍​﻿​​​﻿​﻿​‍‌‌​﻿​‍​﻿​‍​‍‌‌​﻿‌‌‌​‌​​‍﻿‍‌﻿‌​‌‍‌‌‌﻿‍​‌﻿‌​​﻿﻿﻿‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌﻿​﻿‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌﻿​‍‌‍﻿​​﻿﻿‌​‍‌‌​﻿​‍‌​‌‍‌﻿​﻿‌﻿‌​‌﻿‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍﻿﻿​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​﻿﻿‌​﻿‌​​﻿​‍‌‍​‌​﻿​﻿​﻿‍​‌‍​‍​﻿​﻿​﻿​‍​‍﻿‌‌‍​‌‌‍‌‍‌‍​‍‌‍​‌​‍﻿‌​﻿‌​​﻿​﻿​﻿​‍​﻿‌‍​‍﻿‌​﻿‍‌​﻿​﻿​﻿​﻿‌‍​‍​‍﻿‌​﻿​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​﻿‌​​﻿​‍​﻿​﻿​﻿​﻿​﻿​​‌‍​﻿​﻿‌﻿‌‍‌​​‍‌‍‌﻿‌​‌﻿‍‌‌﻿​​‌‍‌‌​﻿﻿‌‌﻿​​‌‍﻿﻿‌﻿​﻿‌﻿‌​​‍‌‍‌﻿​​‌‍​‌‌﻿‌​‌‍‍​​﻿﻿‌‌‍​‍‌‍﻿﻿‌‍‌​‌﻿‍‌​‍‌‌​﻿‌‌‌​​‍‌‌﻿﻿‌‍‍﻿‌‍‌‌‌﻿‍‌​‍‌‌​﻿​﻿‌​‌​​‍‌‌​﻿​﻿‌​‌​​‍‌‌​﻿​‍​﻿​‍​﻿​‌‌‍​﻿​﻿‌﻿​﻿‍​​﻿​​​﻿​‍‌‍​‌‌‍​‍​﻿​﻿‌‍​‍​﻿​​​﻿​​​‍‌‌​﻿​‍​﻿​‍​‍‌‌​﻿‌‌‌​‌​​‍﻿‍‌‍​﻿‌‍‍​‌‍‍‌‌‍﻿​‌‍‌​‌﻿​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍﻿‍​‍‌‌​﻿‌‌‌​​‍‌‌﻿﻿‌‍‍﻿‌‍‌‌‌﻿‍‌​‍‌‌​﻿​﻿‌​‌​​‍‌‌​﻿​﻿‌​‌​​‍‌‌​﻿​‍​﻿​‍‌‍​‍​﻿‌﻿‌‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‍‌​​﻿​​​﻿​​‌‍​﻿‌‍‌​​﻿‌‍​﻿​​​﻿​﻿​‍‌‌​﻿​‍​﻿​‍​‍‌‌​﻿‌‌‌​‌​​‍﻿‍‌﻿‌​‌‍‌‌‌﻿‍​‌﻿‌​​‍​‍‌﻿﻿‌]]></description>
              <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>Hospital drug and supply expenses push finance teams to rethink cost strategy</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/news/hospital-drug-and-supply-expenses-push-finance-teams-to-rethink-cost-strategy</link>
              <description><![CDATA[HFMA explores how hospitals are rethinking cost strategies, featuring insights from Premier’s Dr. Emad Rizk on using supply chain, data integration and standardization to improve financial performance.]]></description>
              <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:07:04 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>4 cancer drugs in shortage: When drugmakers expect supply to rebound</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/news/4-cancer-drugs-in-shortage-when-drugmakers-expect-supply-to-rebound</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Becker’s Hospital Review examines ongoing shortages of four essential chemotherapy drugs, citing Premier data illustrating the supply constraints affecting hospitals and cancer centers.]]></description>
              <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:24:14 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>From Supporting Role to Strategic Lever: How Real-World Evidence Is Reshaping Healthcare Decision-Making</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/insights/from-supporting-role-to-strategic-lever-how-real-world-evidence-is-reshaping-healthcare-decision-making</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Real-world evidence (RWE) is evolving from a supporting input to a more defined component of regulatory and clinical decision-making, as evidence requirements become more complex, development timelines tighten and data availability grows. ]]></description>
              <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>Cancer centers ration chemo amid new shortages</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/news/cancer-centers-ration-chemo-amid-new-shortages</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Axios reports on chemotherapy drug shortages, citing data and supply chain insights from Premier that illustrate ongoing challenges affecting critical cancer medications.]]></description>
              <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>How Shared Learning Helped Reduce Delivery-Visit Mortality by 41 Percent</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/insights/how-shared-learning-helped-reduce-delivery-visit-mortality-by-41-percent</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Successful collaboratives combine data, performance benchmarking, peer learning and accountability to help organizations implement proven practices, reduce variation and drive measurable outcomes.]]></description>
              <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:07:10 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>Statement on House Committee Approval of the Improving Seniors’ Access to Timely Care Act</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/policy/statement-on-ec-subcommittee-approval-of-the-seniors-access-to-timely-care-act</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Premier applauds two House committees for advancing bipartisan legislation to modernize prior authorization for Medicare Advantage patients. ]]></description>
              <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:59:17 GMT</pubDate>
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              <dc:creator>John Knapp</dc:creator>
							

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              <title>Healthcare Labor Management: Cracking the Low-Supply, High-Demand Code</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/insights/healthcare-labor-management-cracking-the-low-supply-high-demand-code</link>
              <description><![CDATA[The healthcare workforce isn’t just under pressure. It’s constraining margin performance. Addressing these pain points requires a data-driven, systemwide approach that integrates labor planning with physician enterprise management, operational analytics and patient flow optimization.]]></description>
              <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>Shortage of Chemotherapy Drugs Brings Rationing Fears</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/news/shortage-of-chemotherapy-drugs-brings-rationing-fears</link>
              <description><![CDATA[The New York Times examines ongoing chemotherapy drug shortages, citing data from Premier that illustrates the supply constraints affecting several critical cancer medications.]]></description>
              <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:03:21 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>You Can’t Go at It Alone: Transforming HCC Coding Through Partnership, Precision and Purpose</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/reports/you-cant-go-at-it-alone-transforming-hcc-coding-through-partnership-precision-and-purpose</link>
              <description><![CDATA[Learn how healthcare organizations are improving documentation accuracy, strengthening risk adjustment performance and reducing coding burden through collaboration and AI-powered support.]]></description>
              <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:19:50 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>Addition by Subtraction: Controlling Healthcare Supply Costs to Maximize Margin</title>
              <link>https://premierinc.com/newsroom/insights/addition-by-subtraction-controlling-healthcare-supply-costs-to-maximize-margin</link>
              <description><![CDATA[For financially-minded leaders, the question isn’t whether healthcare supply costs can be reduced — it’s whether supply strategy can be reimagined as a source of competitive advantage. With the right combination of operational discipline, empowered partnerships, targeted investments and engaged clinicians, the answer is unequivocally yes. ]]></description>
              <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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