Remedy CMS Insights

Healthcare organizations across the country just received some much-needed breathing room regarding digital accessibility compliance deadlines. On May 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an Interim Final Rule (IFR) extending the compliance deadlines for web and mobile accessibility requirements under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. For healthcare providers, hospitals, medical groups, and practices receiving HHS funding, this effectively pushes accessibility compliance deadlines back by one year.

In 2026, accessibility isn’t just about compliance—it’s about patient access, trust, and outcomes.

Your website is often the first point of care. Before a patient calls, schedules, or walks into a clinic, they interact with your digital experience. If that experience isn’t accessible, you’re creating barriers before care even begins.

For healthcare organizations using Remedy CMS, accessibility should be built into both design and content workflows—not treated as an afterthought.

Healthcare design in 2026 is no longer just about aesthetics—it’s about clarity, trust, accessibility, and outcomes. Patients aren’t browsing casually. They’re often anxious, in pain, or making important health decisions. That means every design choice must reduce friction, build confidence, and guide users toward action.

Healthcare websites are no longer static marketing assets—they’re mission-critical applications responsible for patient acquisition, engagement, and trust. From a development standpoint, the expectations have shifted dramatically: performance, accessibility, compliance, and scalability are now baseline requirements—not enhancements.

We’re excited to announce the release of Remedy CMS version 9.5.0 — a major update packed with quality-of-life improvements, new SEO utilities, and expanded admin controls designed to make managing your healthcare websites faster, smarter, and more efficient than ever.

At Remedy CMS, we’re always looking for ways to make life easier for our healthcare marketing teams. That’s why we’re excited to introduce Remy, our new AI-powered marketing assistant built right into your Remedy CMS experience. Remy is here to help you save time, draft web page copy, stay compliant, and get the most out of your Remedy CMS powered website.

For many marketing agencies, winning bigger healthcare clients comes with one major hurdle: web development. Healthcare groups don’t just need strong branding and digital campaigns — they also require ADA-compliant, HIPAA-aware websites that integrate with portals, scheduling, and patient systems. Most agencies don’t have the in-house development bandwidth (or want the liability) to take this on. The good news? You don’t need to hire developers to compete for and win these larger accounts.

For agencies supporting healthcare clients, compliance is the elephant in the room. It’s not just about good design or strong campaigns — a healthcare website that ignores HIPAA or ADA requirements can expose both the client and the agency to costly risks. Yet, many agencies unknowingly overlook critical compliance pitfalls.

For years, WordPress and other general-purpose website builders like Webflow and Wix have dominated the small-business web space. They’re flexible, affordable, and accessible — but when it comes to healthcare organizations, “good enough” isn’t really good enough. Today’s healthcare clients — from single-location practices to multi-specialty groups — expect more. They want websites that are secure, scalable, compliant, and patient-focused. For marketing agencies, continuing to pitch WordPress sites risks losing credibility with healthcare prospects who know their needs extend beyond what a generic platform can safely deliver.

The latest practice to join our Remedy CMS network is Advanced Prosthetics. This prosthetics and orthotics practice supports patients throughout North and South Carolina with advanced capabilities in fitment, custom fabrication and product design to ensure a comfortable prosthetic experience. The new Advanced Prosthetics website transforms the practice's digital experience with a focus on patient experience, patient education and resources for referring providers.

We're excited to announce the launch of the new OrthoAtlanta.com, the digital home of one of the Southeast's premier orthopedic and sports medicine practices. Serving patients across more than 20 locations in metro Atlanta and the state of Georgia, OrthoAtlanta has been a valued partner since 2015. This latest website iteration represents a significant leap forward in design, functionality, and patient engagement.​

As physicians build stronger personal brands, many orthopedic groups, specialty practices, and multi-location healthcare organizations are facing the same question: should individual doctors be allowed to operate their own standalone websites? There is not a universal right answer. For some organizations, the cleanest approach is to require all provider content to live on the main practice website. For others, individual physician websites can be useful for reputation building, media visibility, academic work, speaking engagements, research, and personal thought leadership. The key is governance. This post explores what to consider and how best to structure personal provider websites.