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2.3M young adults could lose Medicaid due to Big Beautiful Bill: study
Actual disenrollment will depend heavily on how easy states make it for young adults, who move frequently and participate in hard-to-track gig work, to prove they should stay enrolled, the Urban Institute found.
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Sponsored by MelissaPatient identity is the missing control in healthcare AI
Before you ask if the model is ready for patients, ask if the patient record is ready for the model.
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Johnson & Johnson requires providers to share claims data to get 340B discounts
The drugmaker is the latest to impose a reporting requirement on 340B providers, saying stricter guardrails are needed to prevent duplicative discounts.
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Oracle targets nurses with latest AI tool
Nurses in the U.S. can use Oracle’s clinical artificial intelligence agent to search for and navigate patient charts via voice commands and generate nursing summaries, the company announced Monday.
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Conifer to lay off over 1,000 workers
The layoffs come months after CommonSpirit announced it was ending its service contract early and exiting its stake in the Tenet-owned revenue cycle company.
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More than half of hospitals still not fully compliant with price transparency rules: report
A record number of hospitals are fully sharing data on the cost of their services, thanks to the CMS stepping up enforcement. But there’s still a ways to go, according to PatientRightsAdvocate.org.
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Boston Scientific fully restores operations after cyberattack
CEO Mike Mahoney gave more details at a Thursday investor conference, saying the company likely lost orders while its plants and distribution centers were shut down.
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ARPA-H to invest $62M to build agentic AI agent for heart care
The funding could create a regulatory approval pathway for future applications of clinical-grade artificial intelligence.
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Health spending tied to rise in premiums, new study finds
The study published in JAMA counters concerns that insurers are raising premiums to pad profits.
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Half of Medicare Advantage stars thresholds harder to reach in 2027
The CMS has released draft star ratings, including the thresholds for reaching those ratings, to plans. The grading sheet got stricter, which doesn’t bode well for insurers, one MA expert said.
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Veterans Affairs taps Amwell for telehealth revamp
It's another prong in the agency's digital health modernization project, which has faced setbacks and delays.
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Health Catalyst appoints new CEO
The data analytics company has cycled through three CEOs in eight months. Health Catalyst is betting its newest chief can navigate an AI pivot and revenue headwinds.
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Top Democrat investigates No Surprises arbiters
Rep. Frank Pallone sent oversight letters to six arbiters requesting information on how they decide awards, how they’re paid and more. His office is also in talks with other arbiters, but they’ve been more responsive, a staffer said.
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Half of U.S. hospitals lack maternity wards as Medicaid cuts loom: report
Nearly half of U.S. hospitals are now without obstetric services, according to a new report, and closures could worsen as Medicaid cuts threaten hospital finances.
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UnitedHealthcare expects to be ‘very competitive’ in Medicare Advantage next year, CFO says
The insurer is still working on strategies to ensure its MA markets remain as profitable as possible, but it’s confident in its posture heading into 2027 open enrollment, Wayne DeVeydt said Wednesday.
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Trinity Health to lay off 557 IT workers
It’s the second wave of layoffs at the nonprofit this year. Trinity said financial pressures and increasingly complex technology requirements were driving it to outsource some tech roles.
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Q&AFinance is ‘leaning in’ to manage healthcare costs, WTW exec says
CFOs are increasingly partnering with human resource executives to help trim rising healthcare costs, WTW’s Tim Stawicki says.
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Mass General Brigham health plan drops MA coverage for Dana-Farber patients
The contract lapse comes as the health system and cancer institute wind down a decades-old partnership.
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Cambia, Arkansas Blue Cross affiliation moves ahead
No assets are changing hands as a result of the deal, which is expected to close this October with Cambia assuming control of the Arkansas Blue plan’s operations.
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TrackerTracking healthcare data breaches
A June cyberattack on home medical equipment company AdaptHealth may have impacted the data of more than 4.1 million people.
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Lawmakers to subpoena Oracle execs as EHR project costs rise
After nearly tripling its contract ceiling with the VA to $27 billion, Congress wants to hear from Oracle’s Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and CEO Mike Sicilia about the project’s escalating costs and lengthy timeline.
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Adena Health acquires Fairfield Medical Center after antitrust scrutiny
Pressured by federal antitrust concerns, Fairfield Medical Center has completed a merger with Adena Health after pivoting from a planned sale to state giant OhioHealth.
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Why AI scribes are a malpractice risk, according to experts
The technology can make clinical documentation mistakes that are hard to detect, leading to potential medical errors and lawsuits as health systems increase their use.
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HaloMD says No Surprises is lowering spending on emergency care. Researchers aren’t convinced.
The NSA has saved at least $1 billion on out-of-network emergency medical spending, according to the billings firm’s new study. But HaloMD’s methodology leaves something to be desired, independent experts said.
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Medicare spent hundreds of millions of dollars on ineligible drugs, audit finds
Shoddy CMS oversight is to blame, and the agency needs to do better, the HHS Office of the Inspector General said. The CMS concurred.
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UnitedHealthcare cuts prior authorization from 1,700 codes
The list tells providers what treatments will no longer need preapproval this October, part of UnitedHealthcare’s pledge to cull 30% of its much-maligned utilization management controls. The codes span a broad range of services.
