The future of pharmacy benefits: The shift to insourcing PBM services

The pharmacy benefit landscape is shifting. With rising costs, limited transparency, and rigid structures imposed by legacy pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), organizations are considering a bold move—bringing their PBM operations in-house.

March 24, 2025

DEA, HHS delay telehealth buprenorphine prescribing rule again

The final rule, which allows registered clinicians to prescribe up to an initial six-month supply of the drug used to treat opioid use disorder via telehealth, will now go into effect Dec. 31.

By Emily Olsen • March 21, 2025

Explore the Trendline➔

Artificial intelligence

Amid mounting interest and investment in the space, it's clear AI’s applications in healthcare will only continue to grow.

By Healthcare Dive staff

Veradigm releases long-awaited financial results

The health IT vendor hadn’t filed quarterly or annual reports since November 2022. Veradigm was delisted from Nasdaq for failing to comply with financial reporting requirements last year.

By Emily Olsen • March 20, 2025

Quest, Google team on gen AI; GE Healthcare plans autonomous imaging

GE Healthcare, Synchron and robotics companies were among the medtech firms that used Nvidia’s GTC 2025 conference to share updates on their work with the AI computing leader.

By Nick Paul Taylor • March 20, 2025

Hospital-at-home companies DispatchHealth, Medically Home to merge

DispatchHealth CEO Jennifer Webster will lead the combined company once the deal closes, which is expected in mid-2025.

By Emily Olsen • March 19, 2025

Congress extends Medicare telehealth flexibilities for 6 months

Telehealth groups celebrated the extension, but added that the short-term reprieve means continued uncertainty for providers.

By Emily Olsen • March 18, 2025

Navigating the 2024 proposed HIPAA security rule amendments

A new proposed rule aims to significantly amend the HIPAA security rule — these are the key updates to know.

By Steven W. Teppler and Carly Rothstein • March 14, 2025

Google Cloud’s head of healthcare on the state of AI

Aashima Gupta leads health tech projects for the massive cloud computing company. Here, she shares why she’s excited about advances in artificial intelligence and what’s coming down the pike for Google’s AI products.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • March 13, 2025

Virtual physical therapy company Hinge Health files for IPO

The digital health IPO market has slowed to a crawl in recent years, but it could be poised for a turnaround in 2025, experts say.

By Emily Olsen • March 12, 2025

Healthcare tackles AI oversight with no aid from Trump administration

The president’s deregulatory bent means more responsibility rests on the shoulders of healthcare stakeholders to get artificial intelligence right.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • March 10, 2025

VA to roll out Oracle EHR at 9 additional sites in 2026

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it plans to complete all deployments of the Oracle electronic health record by as early as 2031. 

By Emily Olsen • March 10, 2025

This healthcare AI use case will grow 320% by 2026, survey finds

Learn more about how this next generation of AI use cases could add new value in the nick of time.

March 10, 2025

Could artificial intelligence increase clinician burden?

Vendors say their AI scribes and assistants will save doctors time. But the need for careful oversight, along with hospitals’ inclination to see as many patients as possible, could mean clinicians’ schedules won’t be freed up by AI tools.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • March 6, 2025

The top 3 impacts of Trump’s health data purge

Interrupted access to health-related data has already led to worse outcomes and could undermine faith in the U.S. healthcare system, experts say.

By Michael Brady • March 6, 2025

Notable’s CMO on building trust in agentic AI

Don’t ask Aaron Neinstein for the accuracy rates of Notable’s AI — he won’t tell you. Here, the executive explains why, and discusses the company’s expansion plans, federal oversight (or the lack thereof) and competition in the AI space.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • March 5, 2025

How rural hospitals, Silicon Valley can head off the AI digital divide

Experts at HIMSS say the adoption of futuristic artificial intelligence products doesn’t necessarily mean leaving smaller, cash-strapped providers behind.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • March 4, 2025

Amwell names Amazon vet to chief product and technology role

Dan Zamansky, who previously led AWS Health AI, will now oversee the telehealth vendor’s product and research organizations.

By Emily Olsen • March 3, 2025

Microsoft unveils new AI-backed clinical assistant

The tech giant is trying to differentiate its new assistant, called Dragon Copilot, by billing it as an all-in-one tool for clinicians drowning under administrative work.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • March 3, 2025

Google’s clinical search-and-answer tool can now query images

It’s a step forward on multimodal AI, or algorithms that understand non-text inputs, and should make Vertex AI Search faster and more helpful, Google said.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • March 3, 2025

Salesforce launches library of ready-made AI tools for healthcare

The tech company is banking that healthcare companies will turn to highly autonomous AI assistants to take on time-consuming tasks.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Feb. 28, 2025

CHAI launches registry for health AI model cards

The goal of the registry is to make it easier for healthcare companies to evaluate and shop between validated AI tools, the standards consortium said.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Feb. 28, 2025

Teladoc posts $1B loss in 2024 as BetterHelp lags

The direct-to-consumer mental health segment’s adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization was down 43% last year from 2023.

By Emily Olsen • Feb. 27, 2025

Lawmakers call for updated VA Oracle EHR cost estimate

Government watchdogs say older projections don’t include the many changes to the program in recent years.

By Emily Olsen • Feb. 26, 2025

Veradigm changes up board of directors

The health IT vendor was delisted from trading on Nasdaq last year for failing to file timely financial reports. Last month, the company ended a strategic review without finding a buyer.

By Emily Olsen • Feb. 24, 2025

We’re not there yet, but we’re headed in the right direction: The promise of AI in clinical medicine

AI is transforming medicine: A doctor’s perspective on its impact and future potential.  

By Gregg Miller, MD • Feb. 24, 2025