Ascension narrows H1 operating loss to $139M
Ascension’s finances continued their upward trajectory in the quarter ended Dec. 31 as the nonprofit’s trimmed portfolio and “access-focused strategies”...
Payers sign pledge to join CMMI ACCESS Model
The Medicare ACCESS model will reach 165 million more Americans in other payer markets by 2028, according to an announcement...
Experience-centered AI will lead healthcare innovation
Artificial intelligence has become a fixture in healthcare. Yet, despite the excitement, most of what we call “AI innovation” today...
Hinge Health projects 2026 revenue to hit $732M
Hinge Health’s shares were up 13% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the digital health company reported a strong fourth quarter...
MultiCare pays $3.7M to settle unnecessary surgery allegations
MultiCare Health System has agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement with law enforcement to resolve allegations it ignored “numerous red flags”...
Employers, pharmacists cheer as Congress passes PBM reform
After years of conversation, legislators pushed key reforms to pharmacy benefit managers over the finish line, much to the chagrin...
Bhattacharya faces Senate grilling on NIH disruptions
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., spent much of a Senate committee hearing dancing around direct...
CMS could help improve public health data reporting
Quality data is critical to informing public health actions. That’s why every day, state and local health departments analyze and...
Federal judge determines Mangione will not face death penalty
A federal judge has tossed two of the federal government’s charges against the man accused of murdering a prominent insurance...
Elevance Health beats on profit, misses on revenue in mixed Q4
Elevance Health beat the Street on profit in the fourth quarter of 2025, though a revenue miss generated mixed results....
