HRSA discloses manufacturers approved for revised 340B rebate pilot

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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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  How to slash the multi-billion dollar RCM Tax™: Leveling the playing field against payer AI

  Discover how proactive clinical-financial workflows can protect your practice's bottom line.

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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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  Tracking healthcare data breaches

  Washington, D.C.’s Medicaid agency experienced a data breach impacting nearly 400,000 beneficiaries.

  Updated Sept. 29, 2026

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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.

  Updated Sept. 29, 2026

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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.

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  FDA nominee Overton parries vaccine questions at Senate hearing

  Pressed by lawmakers on Thursday, Trump’s pick as the next FDA chief said she’d “follow the law” on key decisions and work to speed early drug research.

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  AI will inflate healthcare costs before lowering them, Oz says

  AI will “turbocharge” medical billing and drive up costs in the short term, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz warned. But he said the pain is worth it for long-term savings.

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  Health execs want strong returns on IT investments

  Tools that target revenue cycle management are attracting attention — and investment dollars — from providers, while payers are buying tech focused on utilization management, according to a new survey.

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  MedPAC chair defends Medicare Advantage overpayment analysis at insurer lobby event

  Amid growing public debate over how best to analyze spending in MA versus traditional Medicare, Dr. Amol Navathe, the leader of the group behind the most-cited estimate, stepped into the lion’s den to support its work.

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  UnitedHealth names first chief administrative officer

  Jodee Kozlak, a veteran of major multinational corporations, joins UnitedHealth to modernize and align the healthcare behemoth’s operations across its various businesses.

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  Telerobotic surgery is advancing around the world. Will the US embrace it?

  Medtech companies are preparing for a day when telesurgery, performed by a surgeon often hundreds of miles from the patient, could become a viable option for more people.

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  Oz: Medicare Advantage a garden ‘vulnerable to weeds and overgrowth’

  The CMS administrator’s comments Tuesday at an MA industry event suggest that the Trump regime remains interested in tougher oversight of the program, despite watering down or scrapping some of its biggest proposed reforms.

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  Colorado judge: Doctor’s burnout wasn’t a disability

  The Americans with Disabilities Act and related federal laws define disability broadly, but recent federal court decisions demonstrate the statute’s limits.

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  Trump administration sets preliminary cuts to Medicare lab reimbursement rates

  The American Clinical Laboratory Association warned the steep annual payment cuts threaten patient access to critical lab testing services.

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  CMS freezes new ACA broker registrations for 2027, culls ‘unauthorized’ enrollees

  The agency said the pause would help crack down on fraud among new brokers on the exchanges. It also announced on Tuesday it would cancel the enrollments of more than 760,000 people.

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  New lawsuit targets Medicaid work requirements’ medical frailty rules

  The new lawsuit, filed on behalf of five Medicaid enrollees and a swath of provider groups, says the CMS narrowed exemptions for those too sick to fulfill upcoming work requirements in the safety-net insurance program.

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  Hackensack Meridian Health CEO to retire next year

  The board of New Jersey's largest health system will begin a national search for its next CEO, with plans to name a successor by the end of the first quarter of 2027.

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  Texas hospitals sue Independence Blue Cross over denied claims

  Despite a $2.8 billion settlement over BlueCard program disputes, five HCA-affiliated hospitals say the program still traps them in red tape.

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  A hidden tradeoff in Trump’s MFN drug deals

  The government has announced pricing agreements with 26 pharma companies. But the deals could stymie other plans to lower the country’s drug spend.

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  Judge approves CVS unit Omnicare’s bankruptcy plan

  The plan should make all Omnicare creditors, including the Department of Justice, whole.

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