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Teladoc unveils remote monitoring, ambient AI features
The company has integrated artificial intelligence scribing and camera-based vitals monitoring into its virtual care platform for hospitals as it works to recover from significant financial setbacks.
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Sponsored by InfosysThe real opportunity for agentic AI in health insurance
The health insurance industry does not simply need another point solution. It needs the connective tissue that allows existing investments to collaborate.
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FTC escalates price transparency crackdown with warning letters to hospitals
Regulators warned two dozen hospital systems that incomplete or misleading pricing disclosures could violate federal consumer protection laws.
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Utah approves slew of health AI pilots for drug management, women’s health
The state has expanded its controversial healthcare AI program with three new pilots that could ultimately see the technology provide care plans and medications without human review.
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Top healthcare conferences to attend in 2027
These are the best industry events for digital health, provider and payer leaders to attend next year.
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Trump administration revamps insurer price transparency reporting
On Monday, the HHS and Labor and Treasury Departments finalized a rule meant to strip out junk cluttering cost disclosures, among other reforms. Employers cheered the changes, which are a mixed bag for insurers.
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Trump pledges to send $90 Medicare Part B rebates to seniors
About 20.8 million beneficiaries will receive a direct deposit or check this month, the latest in a growing list of cash payments promised by the White House in advance of the November midterm elections.
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FDA to prioritize guidance on AI, surgical robots next year
Over the coming year, the agency will look to finalize guidance for artificial intelligence-enabled devices and draft generative AI advice.
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Governors ask HHS for more time to implement Medicaid work requirements
The governors of Oregon, California, Maine, New York and Virginia don’t think it’s possible for states to meet the Jan. 1 deadline to stand up work requirements while protecting beneficiaries.
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Independence Blue Cross to pay $22.5M to resolve MA fraud allegations
Independence Blue Cross will pay to settle allegations it defrauded Medicare by inflating diagnosis codes for MA beneficiaries. The payer cited “industry-wide challenges” in applying MA risk adjustment standards.
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HRSA discloses manufacturers approved for revised 340B rebate pilot
Ten pharmaceutical companies will start paying after-the-fact rebates instead of upfront discounts on 21 drugs in 340B at the start of next year, more than in the Trump administration’s first attempt at a rebate program.
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Insurers say their 2027 Medicare Advantage offerings preserve benefits. The data tells a different story
A Leerink Partners analysis of Medicare Plan Finder shows how the largest MA carriers are cutting dental allowances and premium givebacks next year as they continue to prioritize margin recovery.
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Data privacy concerns could hold patients back from using AI
Although artificial intelligence has quickly become integrated into Americans’ daily lives, patients say they’re becoming increasingly concerned about their health data, according to a new survey.
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Cigna unveils $3B productivity initiative, including use of AI
The company will focus on automating and modernizing processes, better managing suppliers, partners and vendors and making employees more efficient, executives said during a Wednesday investor day.
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Elevance cracks down on hospital billing for off-campus care
The insurer said it’s trying to restrict hospitals from charging higher rates for services at off-campus outpatient departments. Hospital groups say the reimbursement cuts could threaten access to care.
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GE HealthCare hires new global chief AI officer
Rodolphe Katra has joined from Medtronic to lead GE HealthCare’s efforts to connect devices, software and data.
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Essentia, HealthPartners seek to combine amid wave of Minnesota hospital mergers
Three major health system mergers have been proposed in the state over the past six months, kicking off a rush of public hearings and regulatory reviews. Essentia and HealthPartners hope to close their deal early next year.
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Here’s how much insurers are cutting Medicare Advantage plans for 2027
Newly released CMS data shows that insurers continue to adapt to pressure in the privatized Medicare program by culling plans. A press release stressing “stability” didn’t soften the blow.
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TrackerTracking healthcare data breaches
Washington, D.C.’s Medicaid agency experienced a data breach impacting nearly 400,000 beneficiaries.
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Oura delays IPO
Citing market uncertainty, the smart ring maker plans to delay a public offering that it had expected to raise up to $2.2 billion.
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UnitedHealthcare names new president in latest leadership shuffle
Robert Hunter will focus on UnitedHealthcare’s “modernization agenda” in the new role. It’s the latest in a slew of leadership changes at UnitedHealth as the company works to restore its image.
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Clinician shortage to double by 2040
The U.S. is on the brink of a healthcare workforce crisis, according to a new report from healthcare education company Covista. But it’s not too late to try to mitigate the impact.
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Insurers say AI could add billions in health costs. Billing companies disagree
Studies from insurers say AI-backed billing tools used by providers raise health costs. But the companies making those tools say the problem isn’t with AI — it’s with the healthcare billing system.
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Healthcare workers battle persistent long COVID: study
Long COVID represents another blow to a healthcare workforce already grappling with burnout and staffing shortages, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
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340B hospitals lag behind peers in charity care spending: report
The findings add new fodder for critics who say 340B has ballooned out of control with no corresponding benefit to patients. One hospital group called the report “another in a long line of misleading studies.”
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Threat groups ramp up social-engineering attacks against healthcare sector
Hackers linked to high-profile cybercrime groups have used voice-phishing tactics to trick workers into giving up their credentials.
