Providers contend with changes in Washington in 2025

The nation’s leading for-profit health systems are closely monitoring changes to Medicaid funding and bracing for possible cuts to state supplemental payment programs this year.

By Susanna Vogel • 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 • March 13, 2025

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Payer/provider relationships

As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.

By Healthcare Dive staff

Medicaid expansion cuts could hit provider revenue, spike uncompensated care: report

If states end their expansion programs in response to funding cuts, spending on healthcare services would fall by nearly $80 billion and uncompensated care costs would rise by $19 billion in 2026, according to new research.

By Emily Olsen • March 12, 2025

Florida-based hospital operator Landmark Holdings files for bankruptcy

Landmark, which operates six hospitals across three states, will kick off a marketing process for its facilities in the coming weeks as it seeks new capital or owners.

By Susanna Vogel • 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 • March 10, 2025

The importance of maintaining commercial foodservice equipment and ice machines

In the healthcare sector, faulty foodservice equipment can risk patient safety. Regular maintenance ensures quality, safety and patient satisfaction.

By Andrea Lorenzo • March 10, 2025

EHR vendors turn to artificial intelligence to modernize health records

Software companies like Epic and Oracle say they’re weaving AI into clinicians’ workflows to meet client demand, keep up with competitors and improve the productivity of a swamped healthcare system.

By Rebecca Pifer • March 6, 2025

DOJ drops lawsuit seeking to protect emergency access to abortion in Idaho

The Justice Department dropped its Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act case against Idaho on Wednesday. However, one health system will continue the legal fight to preserve emergency abortions in the state.

By Susanna Vogel • March 6, 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 • 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 • March 5, 2025

Prospect, Yale New Haven hospital deal appears dead in the water

After months of litigation, Yale New Haven called a deal to buy Prospect’s three Connecticut hospitals “impossible.” The bankrupt health system is reportedly looking for new buyers.

By Susanna Vogel • 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 • March 4, 2025

Novant and Duke Health partner to deliver care in North Carolina

The health systems plan to open an unspecified number of campuses in the coming months to expand care access and reduce wait times for services.

By Susanna Vogel • March 4, 2025

Trump administration policies could create headwinds across healthcare: Fitch

The credit ratings agency is most concerned about Medicaid cuts and how government layoffs will affect device approvals.

By Susanna Vogel • 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 • Feb. 28, 2025

UHS’ income soars in 2024 on behavioral health volume

Still, executives addressed concerns about potential changes to federal healthcare policy that could impact the provider’s bottom line, including cuts to Medicaid.

By Susanna Vogel • 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 • Feb. 28, 2025

Trump doubles down on price transparency in new executive order

President Donald Trump called upon three federal agencies to enforce a 2019 order requiring hospitals to post prices for services.

By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 27, 2025

Physicians say prior authorization stands in the way of medically necessary care

Physicians surveyed by the American Medical Association say prior authorization can cause care delays or force patients to abandon treatment. Denials could also increase as insurers adopt AI to review claims.

By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 25, 2025

Orlando Health to close derelict Florida hospital, citing ‘years of neglect’ under Steward

Orlando Health, which bought Rockledge Hospital out of bankruptcy from Steward Health Care in October, said repairing the once bat-infested facility would be too costly.

By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 21, 2025

CHS’ losses widen in 2024

The hospital operator said divestitures, medical specialist fees and payer denials pressured the system last year.

By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 20, 2025

Hospitals are more packed post-pandemic

Hospital occupancy rates were higher in 2024 than 2019. If occupancy rates trend up, the nation could face a bed shortage by 2032, according to researchers.

By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 19, 2025

Novant Health reshuffles leadership team

The reorganization formalizes a regional reporting structure and further integrates Novant’s business incubator across the organization.

By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 19, 2025

How St. Joseph’s is putting its data to work to improve patient experiences

How a hospital with one of the busiest ERs in the nation is integrating data across sources to improve care.

Feb. 18, 2025

GOP calls for $1.5T in cuts, much of which could come from healthcare

House Republicans unveiled their budget wish list last week, which directs the Energy and Commerce Committee — which oversees Medicare and Medicaid — to find $880 billion in savings.

By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 13, 2025