Medical Groups: Page 5

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    Texas federal judge strikes down Biden-era nursing home staffing mandate

    A conservative judge blocked the policy from going into effect, saying the HHS had overstepped its authority to issue the rule.

    By • April 8, 2025
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    Judge permanently blocks NIH’s plan to cap funding, setting up appeal battle

    A district judge has again halted the agency’s unilateral plan to cut billions of dollars that support biomedical research, which has already created widespread disruption.

    By Ben Unglesbee • April 7, 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
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    Tariffs send healthcare industry into ‘unchartered waters’

    Provider groups and health systems warn tariffs will test healthcare’s fragile supply chain, threatening to disrupt patient care.

    By , Susan Kelly • April 4, 2025
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    Healthcare, medtech industries brace for tariffs

    Lobby groups like the American Hospital Association and AdvaMed have so far failed to get medical devices and critical supplies carved out from the Trump administration’s tariffs.

    By Susan Kelly , • April 3, 2025
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    Ardent Health names COO

    The Tennessee-based provider snagged Dave Caspers from the retail world, where he has held positions at Leslie’s and Walmart Health, according to a company spokesperson.

    By • April 1, 2025
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    Marathon Health CEO Jeff Wells on lessons learned 1 year post-merger

    Marathon Health has added approximately 100 health centers and integrated its technology platform as it looks to expand access to value-based care.

    By • April 1, 2025
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    AI scribes lessen clinician burnout, but financial impact unclear: report

    Early adopters of the documentation tools report positive impacts on clinician burnout and cognitive load, but their effect on productivity and financial performance is unclear, according to the Peterson Health Technology Institute.

    By • March 27, 2025
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    Physician sentiment survey shows returning optimism, decreased quit intentions

    A new survey from Athenahealth and the Harris Poll shows physicians are thinking less about quitting their jobs and are more favorable toward AI.

    By • March 26, 2025
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    Academic medical centers say funding cuts jeopardize health research

    Proposed cuts to National Institutes of Health funding threaten a critical pipeline of innovation and discovery necessary to fuel advancements in patient care, according to researchers and provider groups.

    By • March 21, 2025
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    Private equity firms are increasingly buying disability care centers

    Over 10 years, private equity firms acquired more than 1,000 disability care providers. But intense pressures to turn a profit could harm quality, according to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project.

    By • March 19, 2025
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    Hospital-at-home companies DispatchHealth, Medically Home to merge

    DispatchHealth CEO Jennifer Webster will lead the combined company once the deal closes, which is expected in mid-2025.

    By • March 19, 2025
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    MedPAC recommends Congress tie physician pay to inflation for 2026

    Industry groups mostly supported the proposal to link payment increases for physicians to the Medicare Economic Index minus 1 percentage point.

    By • March 17, 2025
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    FDA adds hemodialysis devices to shortage list amid B. Braun disruption

    The disruption is expected to impact patient care, may require adjustments to the management of hemodialysis patients and could continue through the early fall of 2025.

    By Nick Paul Taylor • March 17, 2025
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    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 • March 12, 2025
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    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
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    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 • March 11, 2025
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    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 • March 10, 2025
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    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 • March 10, 2025
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    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 • March 7, 2025
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    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 • March 6, 2025
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    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 • March 6, 2025
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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 • March 6, 2025
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    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 • March 5, 2025
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    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 • Updated Feb. 19, 2025
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    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