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    Flipping the script on payer denials and downcoding

    Tired of skyrocketing payer denials? Here is how medical practices can finally fight back with AI.

    By Rob Ware, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Revenue Cycle Management, ModMed • July 13, 2026
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    Physicians’ wearable data use hampered by reimbursement, workflow barriers: survey

    “We have all this data that’s available, but it’s actually not actionable because we don’t have a way to get it into clinical workflow,” said American Medical Association CEO Dr. John Whyte.

    By Emily Olsen • July 8, 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
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    Resmed to sell software business MatrixCare to private equity firm

    Selling the unit, which provides an EHR for post-acute care, will allow the respiratory device maker to shift more resources to faster-growing parts of its portfolio.

    By Susan Kelly • July 8, 2026
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    AdaptHealth discloses patient data was stolen in cyberattack

    The medical device supplier said that a threat actor accessed company systems through a social engineering attack.

    By Ricky Zipp • July 7, 2026
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    Epic president to step down this summer

    Sumit Rana’s departure could be a significant leadership shakeup for Epic, as the president was viewed as a potential successor to the EHR vendor’s 82-year-old CEO.

    By Emily Olsen • Updated July 8, 2026
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    KLAS Emerging Company Spotlight: Enhancing risk adjustment coding defensibility through neuro-symbolic AI solutions

    See the grades RAAPID's customers gave in the 2026 KLAS Emerging Company Spotlight.

    By Chris Lally, VP of Operations, RAAPID • July 6, 2026
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    Fewer health information exchanges say they experience info blocking

    Fewer companies appear to be impeding the flow of digital health information, but some could be doing so frequently, the ONC said.

    By Emily Olsen • July 2, 2026
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    Medtronic starts to notify people affected by cyberattack

    The medtech giant said it currently has no evidence that the accessed data has been posted to the internet.

    By Ricky Zipp • July 2, 2026
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    ONC rolls out new TEFCA oversight efforts

    The health IT regulator awarded a new contract to oversee the framework’s rules for data sharing as the number of health records exchanged through TEFCA balloons. 

    By Emily Olsen • June 29, 2026
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    A more connected approach for AI in healthcare

    AI in healthcare is here. Learn how Dragon Copilot equips 100,000+ clinicians with tools that improve outcomes and streamline workflows.

    June 29, 2026
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    Quality should guide care, not just grade it

    How aligning on provider-level quality measurement becomes healthcare's best cost lever.

    By Daniel Stein, MD, MBA, Founder and President, Embold Health • June 29, 2026
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    HHS details takeaways from sweeping AI request for information

    The healthcare sector wants the HHS to coordinate its AI strategy across agencies, provide implementation and governance support, and offer help in evaluating AI tools, leaders said.

    By Emily Olsen • June 26, 2026
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    Patient messages to providers have skyrocketed, study finds

    Between 2020 and 2025, patient-written messages increased 153%, according to the study in JAMA. But office visits also rose, suggesting messaging doesn’t replace in-person care.

    By Emily Olsen • June 25, 2026
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    BD’s Bilal Muhsin talks AI in connected care

    Muhsin discussed BD’s new medication dispenser and how the medtech firm is trying to improve alert fatigue among clinicians.

    By Elise Reuter • Updated June 25, 2026
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    FDA drops Whoop warning letter over blood pressure feature

    Whoop made changes to its blood pressure insights feature that satisfied the FDA’s requirements for wellness devices.

    By Elise Reuter • June 24, 2026
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    Democrats push for more data on Medicare AI prior authorization pilot

    The letter to the CMS from Democrats is the latest salvo from lawmakers concerned that WISeR is delaying care to Medicare beneficiaries.

    By Emily Olsen • June 24, 2026
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    Why payer contracts matter long after negotiations end

    AI is turning payer contracts into revenue intelligence. Here is how.

    By Susan Becker, Icertis, Director, Product Marketing, HLS • June 22, 2026
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    Can certification help solve healthcare’s AI governance gap?

    Joint Commission leaders explain how the standards group’s new AI certification is designed to work for everyone from major health systems to small rural clinics.

    By Emily Olsen • June 18, 2026
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    IRhythm discloses data stolen from third-party applications in cyberattack

    The cardiac monitoring company said that a threat actor has demanded payment in exchange for not publicly releasing the stolen data.

    By Ricky Zipp • June 16, 2026
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    How healthcare AI is closing the revenue gap

    Discover how healthcare organizations are moving from early experimentation to broader AI adoption, connecting clinical improvements to financial impact.

    June 15, 2026
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    CMS creates office dedicated to health technology

    The Office of Health Technology and Products is the latest technology development from the CMS as it doubles down on digital tools.

    By Emily Olsen • June 12, 2026
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    Abridge partners with Eli Lilly, Nvidia as AI scribe eyes expansion

    The company is working with Nvidia to build a foundation model for clinical conversations, and it scored a strategic investment from drugmaker Eli Lilly, Abridge announced during a sweeping keynote.

    By Emily Olsen • June 12, 2026
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    Health plans say AI is pushing healthcare costs higher

    Nearly 70% of surveyed health plans said providers’ use of AI documentation and coding tools was a top three trend inflating commercial healthcare costs next year, according to a new report from PwC.

    By Emily Olsen • June 11, 2026
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    House committee takes step toward blocking Medicare AI prior authorization pilot

    It’s another sign of lawmakers’ concern about the pilot, which has been lambasted for delaying care to seniors.

    By Emily Olsen • June 10, 2026
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    VA deploys Oracle EHR to 4 medical centers in Ohio, Kentucky

    The rollout marks the second wave of deployments in 2026 after the VA largely paused the project for years to fix technical issues and errors.

    By Emily Olsen • June 9, 2026