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

ECRI warns insufficient AI governance threatens patient safety

ECRI, a nonprofit focused on healthcare safety and quality, also said cybersecurity breaches can delay care and diagnostic errors can lead to improper treatment.

By Nick Paul Taylor • March 11, 2025

Explore the Trendline➔

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

Lawmakers move to allow Medicare pay cut, drawing rebuke from physicians

The continuing resolution left in place a physician pay cut from Jan. 1, despite lobbyists’ hopes lawmakers would reverse it.

By Susanna Vogel • March 11, 2025

Cano Health CEO Mark Kent steps down

Kent, who took on the chief executive role in 2023, shepherded the primary care chain through its bankruptcy restructuring.

By Emily Olsen • March 10, 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

Walgreens to be acquired in $10B take-private deal

The struggling retail pharmacy chain entered an agreement to be purchased by private equity firm Sycamore Partners, which could end its nearly 100-year run as a public company.

By Emily Olsen • March 7, 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

Amazon One Medical CEO to step down

Trent Green will step down in April, less than two years after he took on the chief executive role at the Amazon-owned primary care provider, according to a spokesperson.

By Emily Olsen • 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

Humana plans to add up to 30 more primary care centers this year

The new centers are being built or acquired in 11 of the 15 states where Humana’s primary care network already has a presence.

By Rebecca Pifer • Updated Feb. 19, 2025

A new, non-opioid pain drug is here. Getting it to patients could be agony.

After decades of research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals now has an approved pain medication. Can one of the world’s most powerful biotechs contend with a healthcare system that’s long favored opioids?

By Jacob Bell • Feb. 11, 2025

Walgreens offloads more Cencora shares

The sale netted about $300 million for Walgreens and shrinks the company’s stake in Cencora to approximately 6%, down from 10%.

By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 7, 2025

Why health systems should be ‘clear-eyed’ about business goals for AI tools

Caroline Pearson, the executive director of the Peterson Health Technology Institute, discusses the institute’s new task force studying the financial, efficiency and workforce effects of AI products.

By Emily Olsen • Feb. 6, 2025

Healthcare supply chain, pharmacy costs to rise in 2025: report

Tariffs and price inflation for specialty medications will increase costs, according to research from Vizient. 

By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 3, 2025

Bankrupt Prospect Medical says it has tentative deal to sell Crozer Health

Prospect Medical Holdings said Friday it has a deal to sell Crozer Health to a consortium of nonprofit healthcare operators. However, the system offered few specifics about deal terms.

By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 3, 2025

Large blood center chain hit by ransomware attack

The Greater New York Hospital Association said it's been in close contact with its member hospitals and it hasn't heard of any blood supply delays.

By Emily Olsen • Jan. 31, 2025

Healthcare’s outlook in 2025: New administration spells uncertainty, but hope remains

Although experts predict payers, providers and health technology companies will grapple with uncertainty in a second Trump administration, some hope that yearslong headwinds could begin reversing course in 2025.

By Sydney Halleman • Jan. 29, 2025

Judge halts Trump freeze on grants as states report healthcare payment portals back online

States and providers regained access to a key healthcare payments portal amid widespread backlash over the Trump administration’s decision to halt federal aid.

By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 29, 2025

Lawmakers report states shut out of Medicaid payment portals following Trump funding freeze

Other payment systems also appear to be offline, suggesting a broader shutdown of federal portals related to grants and funding.

By Rebecca Pifer • Updated Jan. 28, 2025

Healthcare bankruptcies declined in 2024: report

Still, bankruptcy filings remained elevated, with the sector reaching the second-highest amount in the past six years, according to healthcare restructuring advisory firm Gibbins Advisors.

By Emily Olsen • Jan. 28, 2025

Trump freezes federal grants with big potential impact on providers, Medicaid

Federal agencies must stop disbursing financial assistance starting at 5 p.m. today under a new budget directive, threatening funding for providers and creating significant uncertainty for Medicaid payments to states.

By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 28, 2025

Americans mixed on potential Trump healthcare priorities: KFF poll

About half of respondents said the nation should spend more on Medicaid and Medicare — a potential challenge for the Trump administration looking to cut costs.

By Emily Olsen • Jan. 22, 2025

Providers to target efficiency, supply chain resilience in 2025

Health systems will work to expand their supply chains and ink nontraditional partnerships in 2025, while trimming excessive AI programs and nonclinical staff.

By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 22, 2025

DOJ sues Walgreens for allegedly filling millions of illegal prescriptions, including opioids

Walgreens countersued the government the same day. Analysts said a settlement is likely.

By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 21, 2025