HITshow Daily: January 6, 2026 (Tuesday)
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Today on HITshow:
AI is moving from innovation into real operational friction, and governance is catching up. Medicare launches a new AI-driven model to review outpatient procedures, Oracle’s breach fallout widens to include AdventHealth, and OpenAI says 40 million people are using ChatGPT daily for healthcare questions. Plus: Corewell and Quest form a major lab joint venture, New York nurses issue strike notices covering 15 hospitals, and a Bright Spot on Epic and Penn Medicine’s smarter clinic collaboration.
HOST: RHONDA BROOKS
📍 Healthcare Policy & Advocacy — Peter Betterworth
Medicare is officially testing the WISeR Model, using AI and machine learning paired with human clinical review to assess certain outpatient procedures. The model runs January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2031, launching across six states: Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington. Hospitals should expect new workflow realities including documentation requirements, turnaround times, and algorithmic triage at the front door.
📍 Strategy & Transformation — Teresa Vaughn
Oracle’s breach fallout is widening, with new reporting indicating AdventHealth has been ensnared and multiple health systems affected. The incident highlights third-party vendor risk, with leaders needing to quickly confirm integrations, validate access logs, and review patient-notification playbooks.
📍 Digital Health — Nate Collier
OpenAI says more than 40 million people are using ChatGPT daily for healthcare-related questions, with about 1 in 4 weekly users prompting about healthcare. Clinicians are increasingly spending visit time validating, correcting, or reframing what patients read from AI, creating both risk (misinformation driving unnecessary utilization) and opportunity (building trusted digital front doors and better triage).
📍 Finance & Capital — Logan Stokes
Corewell Health and Quest Diagnostics are forming a lab joint venture called Diagnostic Lab of Michigan, with Quest holding 51% and Corewell 49%. Quest will manage lab operations across all 21 Corewell hospitals, with plans for a 100,000 square-foot centralized laboratory targeted for Q1 2027.
📍 Healthcare Policy & Advocacy — Jade Romero
About 21,000 New York nurses have issued ten-day strike notices covering 15 hospitals, with a potential strike date of January 12. Even if a strike is avoided, preparation is disruptive with staffing contingency plans, potential delays to elective procedures, and pressure to keep critical units stable.
Epic and Penn Medicine are working on a smarter clinic collaboration aimed at practical improvements: fewer friction points for patients, smoother scheduling and communication, better coordination across care teams, and less administrative drag for clinicians.
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