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.

By Eric Geller • Aug. 20, 2026

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.

By Jill Hughes • Aug. 20, 2026

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Interoperability

Interoperability is a long term-challenge for the healthcare industry, but the Trump administration has big ambitions to improve data sharing and patient access — even though its plans so far have few details.

By Healthcare Dive staff

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.

By Jill Hughes • Aug. 19, 2026

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.

By Jill Hughes • Aug. 19, 2026

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.

By Jill Hughes • Aug. 18, 2026

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.

By Seema Verma • Aug. 18, 2026

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.

By Jill Hughes • Aug. 17, 2026

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.

By Susan Kelly • Aug. 13, 2026

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.

By Jill Hughes • Aug. 13, 2026

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.

By Jill Hughes • Updated Aug. 12, 2026

DentaQuest breach exposes data of 15M people, a record this year

In the aftermath of the breach, the dental and vision benefits administrator said it notified affected individuals and bolstered its security controls.

By Jill Hughes • Aug. 11, 2026

The next challenge for AI in healthcare isn’t adoption. It’s connection.

Healthcare organizations are moving beyond AI experimentation and focusing on operational value.

By Catherine N. Gaffigan, MD, President, Health Solutions, Elevance Health; and Ratnakar Lavu, Chief Digital Information Officer at Elevance Health • Aug. 10, 2026

Experts say healthcare faces cybersecurity crisis: ‘These are patient safety issues’

Regulatory failures, funding constraints and industry consolidation have created serious hacking risks.

By Eric Geller • Aug. 7, 2026

When does it make sense to build software instead of buy? One health system’s answer.

NYU Langone Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute built an oncology decision support tool to guide clinicians through treatment. Now, the institutions are commercializing the product so other health systems can use it too.

By Jill Hughes • Aug. 6, 2026

Hinge Health expands into gastrointestinal care with $105M acquisition

Hinge is purchasing Cylinder Health in a “logical extension” of the San Francisco-based company’s business, one analyst commented.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 6, 2026

10 AnMed facilities remain closed a week after cyberattack

AnMed is still operating in a limited capacity as the nonprofit health system recovers from a cyberattack. Prolonged recovery times have become a problem in the industry, one expert said.

By Jill Hughes • Aug. 5, 2026

DeepHealth gets FDA nod for AI tool that reads ultrasounds, creates reports

DeepHealth’s tool automates lesion detection, characterization and reporting from breast ultrasound scans.

By Elise Reuter • Aug. 4, 2026

Hackensack Meridian Health first to earn Joint Commission’s responsible health AI certification

Private consortiums have been attempting to put guardrails around the use of AI as federal regulations lag. HMH has been refining its AI governance structure for years, its medical informatics chief said.

By Jill Hughes • Aug. 4, 2026

Consider strategy over rushed implementation: Readying healthcare organizations for AI transformation

Healthcare leaders must modernize their digital foundations to scale AI investments for long-term success.

By Venky Ananth • Aug. 3, 2026

Every extra review cycle is a cost center; RAAPID OnePass removes the need

Why layered review cycles drain budgets and how OnePass delivers audit-ready coding in one review.

By Chris Lally, VP of Operations, RAAPID • Aug. 3, 2026

Siemens Healthineers, Cleveland Clinic form 10-year alliance

The deal to provide a range of imaging and therapeutic technologies to Cleveland Clinic extends the partners’ longtime relationship and follows a recent 10-year pact between Siemens Healthineers and Mayo Clinic.

By Nick Paul Taylor • July 31, 2026

Teladoc lowers revenue outlook amid BetterHelp demand headwinds

Demand for the mental health unit’s insurance offering accelerated faster than expected, eating into its cash pay business. The quarter marked an “unfortunate setback” for BetterHelp, one analyst said.

By Emily Olsen • July 30, 2026

FTC sues Hims & Hers over alleged privacy violations, deceptive billing practices

Regulators say the telehealth company illegally shared patients’ health data with advertisers and misled its customers. Hims & Hers hit back, calling the claims “baseless.”

By Jill Hughes • July 30, 2026

Is your healthcare data center actually ready for AI?

Is your healthcare infrastructure limiting AI potential? Modernize your data center for the speed, security and reliability AI workflows need.

July 27, 2026

Provider selection deserves better data than a Google search

Healthcare AI has poured into the exam room, but choosing the right provider remains untouched.

By Daniel Stein, MD, MBA, Founder and President, Embold Health • July 27, 2026