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    Healthcare costs could rise by nearly 10% in 2027

    Employers plan to cover more than 80% of the burden, but employees will also be hit by rising costs, an Aon report found.

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    Healthcare was built around specialties. Patients experience it as one journey.

    Care coordination starts by designing healthcare around people, not disconnected systems.

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    VA deploys Oracle EHR to 3 medical centers in Indiana

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is closer to its goal of adding the new electronic health record to all of its medical centers. Past deployments have been plagued by technical challenges and delays.

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    Health systems warn patients of MyChart phishing scam

    Epic says that the increase in phishing attempts are just cybercriminals taking advantage of the MyChart brand rather than a security concern.

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    Mass General Brigham hires Vanderbilt exec for inaugural nurse role

    Karen Keady’s appointment comes a month after about 4,500 clinicians at Mass General Brigham went on strike, hoping to secure better wages and other benefits.

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    Doctors say they feel pressured to prioritize corporate interests over patients: report

    A survey from a doctor’s lobby says burnout is rising as a growing number of doctors are employed by corporations.

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    Humana taps physician executive as new chief medical officer

    Dr. Shantanu Nundy is joining the Kentucky-based insurer from health navigation firm Accolade. He’s had a varied career — advising the FDA on AI, teaching, working for the World Bank, practicing medicine and more.

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    FDA seeks feedback on generative AI regulations

    The agency published a discussion paper this week as it considers the “unique risks” and potential promise of generative AI for patient care.

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    Fitch explains how healthcare organizations can keep strong credit ratings despite cyberattacks

    Resilience, not prevention, is key, analysts at the credit-rating agency said in a pair of new reports.

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    R1 drills down on AI prior authorizations with Humata buy

    The revenue cycle company wants to automate claims processing, and R1 is banking that Humata’s track record of streamlining medical preapprovals should help further that goal.

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    ‘Ultimately it’s going to be a great financial decision’: UHS CEO speaks on Talkspace bet

    The health system closed its $835 million acquisition of the virtual therapy provider on Monday. Healthcare Dive caught up with Marc Miller to discuss the rationale behind the deal.

    Updated Aug. 20, 2026
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    Providence names new CFO amid financial turnaround

    Kevin Smith will become the nonprofit’s new finance chief this fall, succeeding Greg Hoffman, who retired in June. Smith’s appointment comes as Providence works to improve its operations following years of losses.

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    Trump nominates policy aide Overton to lead FDA

    Heidi Overton, a medical doctor and veteran of the America First think tank, currently serves as deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.

    Updated Aug. 19, 2026
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    Providence Health Plan to close completely after Medicare Advantage deal falls through

    The regional health plan was in talks with an unnamed national insurer to keep its MA plans afloat. But the agreement sputtered “despite significant effort on all sides,” a Providence spokesperson said.

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    Mayo Clinic taps new CIO as academic medical center doubles down on AI

    Arun Kumar Bhaskara-Baba, who previously held leadership roles at Honeywell Aerospace and Defense and Johnson & Johnson, will join the health system as Mayo works to scale its AI capabilities.

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    Federal judge vacates Trump admin restrictions on ACA gender-affirming care

    The ruling keeps some protections for gender-affirming care in place, but also upholds several other controversial policies paring back the ACA.

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    Epic targets outpatient visits with new AI tool

    Ochsner Health in Louisiana is the first to go live with Epic’s new outpatient office visit tool, which leans on its artificial intelligence capabilities to pull insights from patient records.

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    America digitized healthcare. Now it’s time to connect it.

    Former CMS administrator Seema Verma makes the case for better connecting healthcare data as the agency marks the first anniversary of its “Kill the Clipboard” initiative.

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    CVS adds JPMorgan data executive to board amid AI push

    JPMorgan’s data and analytics chief is joining CVS’ board this fall, while the CEO of activist hedge fund Glenview Capital Management is leaving after a two-year stint.

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    Epic debuts instant prior authorization checks at 4 health systems

    Ochsner Health, Froedtert ThedaCare Health, Denver Health and Summit Health are the first to adopt the application programming interface, which Epic says should speed up preapprovals for medical items and services.

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    ‘A game changer’: UHS closes $835M Talkspace acquisition

    Bringing Talkspace on board should expand behavioral health services for UHS’ existing patients, while ushering more consumers through the health system’s doors, UHS CEO Marc Miller said.

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    Investor suit says UnitedHealth ignored governance, cybersecurity gaps for years

    UnitedHealth misled investors, shuttered an internal Medicare billing audit and ignored cybersecurity lapses that led to the historic Change Healthcare cyberattack, according to a lawsuit filed by two shareholder groups.

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    Tracking healthcare data breaches

    Breaches at an electronic health record vendor and prescribing software company compromised the data of over 3.7 million people.

    Updated Aug. 18, 2026
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    Centene CFO to step down at year-end

    Chris Neczypor, the finance chief at Lincoln Financial, will succeed Drew Asher on Jan. 1. Asher plans to retire at the end of 2027.

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    Health advocacy group sues AMA to make billing codes public

    PatientRightsAdvocate.org is challenging the physician association’s copyright of the current procedural terminology, or CPT, system. Use of the codes is required by law, and that means they should be freely available, per the suit.

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    Prior authorization denials vary widely among insurers, first-of-its-kind data shows

    Denials ranged from 2% to 25% among insurers last year, according to a KFF analysis of new prior authorization data that the CMS forced insurers to release.