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

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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.

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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

Welsh Carson agrees to pare back anesthesia market power to avoid new FTC suit

Antitrust regulators have reached a deal with Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe that doesn’t penalize the private equity firm for rolling up the market for anesthesia services in Texas, but tries to prevent it from happening again.

By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 17, 2025

UnitedHealth reaches record revenue in 2024, though profit falls

UnitedHealth’s net income plummeted to its lowest level since 2019 amid hefty costs, including some from the Change cyberattack. CEO Andrew Witty also remembered slain executive Brian Thompson on a Thursday morning call.

By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 16, 2025

Walgreens makes progress on turnaround in Q1, though losses grow

Despite a $265 million net loss, investors saw reason for optimism in the quarter, including renegotiated pharmacy contracts and the closure of 70 underperforming stores.

By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 10, 2025

States curb CON laws to boost bed capacity

The COVID-19 pandemic and population growth have led many states to scale back or eliminate Certificate of Need laws, which require providers to get regulatory approval before expanding or adding healthcare facilities.

By Michael Brady • Jan. 3, 2025

Biden signs funding bill extending telehealth flexibilities, but no relief for doctors — or PBM reform

Physician groups slammed Congress for allowing a 2.8% cut to their Medicare pay to go into effect.

By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 23, 2024

7 bold policies to reshape rural healthcare

The CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians argues for policies to incentivize growth in the rural primary care workforce.

By R. Shawn Martin • Dec. 20, 2024