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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.

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    Premiums, out-of-pocket costs dominate Americans’ healthcare concerns: survey

    Respondents were split on who should solve the issues, with Democrats more likely to say the federal government and Republicans more likely to name insurers, according to the Commonwealth Fund.

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    5th Circuit strikes down No Surprises billing benchmark in win for providers

    The court ruled last week that insurers can’t include ghost rates or exclude bonus payments in calculating a metric used to determine reimbursement for out-of-network bills. That’s set to further inflate payouts to providers.

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    Cook Medical discloses cyber incident stemming from a scam

    An outside party gained access to some company systems, but the medical device maker found no evidence that sensitive or protected data was obtained and said its operations are running normally.

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    Rural communities bear the brunt of healthcare workforce shortage: report

    With the U.S. already facing a deficit of 86,000 physicians by 2036, healthcare cuts could push more rural hospitals to the brink of closure, according to a new study from staffing firm AMN Healthcare.

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    CHAI creates work group to counter frontier AI model cybersecurity risks

    CHAI plans to create playbooks to help organizations defend against — and leverage — these powerful systems.

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    ‘Way off the reservation’: Brookings researchers slam assumptions in CMS work requirements rule

    The rule made it harder for sick Medicaid enrollees to prove they’re exempt from work requirements than many expected. The CMS got sued. And now, the agency is being accused of fudging the data at the center of the rule.

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    Nonprofit hospital recovery may have peaked, Fitch warns

    Though the sector’s overall operating margin improved in 2025, some providers lost ground — a worry for underperforming organizations facing looming federal funding cuts.

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    Healthcare CFOs face decision readiness gap: Deloitte

    The findings could reflect a mismatch between expanding expectations for CFOs and the support systems available to finance teams, Deloitte said.

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    Trump administration cuts Medicaid funding for youth gender-affirming care

    CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz argues the rule will protect children from “irreversible harm.” LGBTQ+ advocates say it’s an attack on transgender youth.

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    New Cato report excoriates certificate of need laws

    The libertarian think tank analyzed almost 130 studies digging into the controversial laws, which require providers to get state approval before building facilities or adding new services. What it found wasn’t good.

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    Oracle launches AI-driven patient portal

    The company says its patient portal should help translate medical jargon into plain language. It’s Oracle’s latest move to stand out in the competitive EHR market.

    Updated Aug. 12, 2026
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    Cassidy, Sanders press DOJ on former Steward CEO’s contempt referral

    The Senate referred Ralph de la Torre for possible prosecution nearly two years ago after the former Steward Health Care CEO defied a congressional subpoena. Now, two senators are asking for an update.

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    Humana taps ex-Johns Hopkins exec as Medicaid leader

    James “J.P.” Holland is taking the reins of Humana’s Medicaid business, a key growth area for the company, starting this coming Monday. It’s part of a broader leadership transition announced late last year.