Ambience Healthcare launches AI copilot for nurses
Ambience Healthcare rolled out Chart Chat for Nursing, touting it as the first electronic health record-integrated artificial intelligence conversational tool...
A look at 3 years of Blue Shield of California’s Virtual Blue
Blue Shield of California’s Virtual Blue plan continues to see positive results for enrolled members, including an overall 7% to...
White House floats 12.5% budget cut for HHS in FY2027
The White House is asking Congress for a $15.8 billion fiscal year 2027 discretionary budget cut for the Department of...
GAO audit outlines CMMI’s limited scale-ups, draws new criticism
A Government Accountability Office audit of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center’s historical spending and the outcomes of...
Hospitals want Congress to refine long-term care hospital pay
Hospital associations have laid out their policy wish list for Congress regarding long-term care hospitals (LTCH), calling for refinements to...
Providence trims 2025 operating loss to $132M, notches Q4 gain
Providence made another substantial dent in its annual operating losses as it pared back non-core service, reduced its headcount and...
3 more drugs in the pipeline Optum says payers should watch
A new oral GLP-1 therapy and the first preventive option for COVID-19 are among the pipeline drugs that payers and...
OpenEvidence rolls out AI medical coding feature
OpenEvidence released an artificial intelligence-powered medical coding feature embedded in its clinical AI assistant. The new feature, called Coding Intelligence,...
Cencora acquiring EyeSouth Partners’ retina business for $1.1B
Cencora announced Monday it has a definitive agreement in place to purchase a retina specialist network for $1.1 billion, the...
CMS final rule aims to ax the fax machine, phase out paper mailing
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule that aims to phase out fax machines and paper...
