First-Year Rural Health Fund Awards Range From Less Than $100 Per Rural Resident in Ten States to More Than $500 in Eight
On December 29, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced first-year state awards from the $50 billion...
CMMI proposes new models to lower drug prices in Parts B, D
The Medicare Innovation Center has proposed two drug pricing models that would lower the cost of certain drugs to reflect...
CMS unveils states’ Rural Health Transformation Program awards
Texas and Alaska will receive the largest amount of funding from the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program in fiscal...
Maimonides Health to merge with NYC Health + Hospitals
Brooklyn, New York-based Maimonides Health is merging with New York City’s public health system NYC Health + Hospitals, the organizations...
New Trump Administration Proposals Would Further Limit Gender Affirming Care for Young People by Restricting Providers and Reducing Coverage
On December 18, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two proposed rules that would further limit...
ChristianaCare, Virtua Health call off $6.3B merger plans
ChristianaCare and Virtua Health have pulled the plug on their merger plans, jettisoning a deal that would have created a...
80% of health systems moving forward on AI for rev cycle: survey
Health systems are eager to adopt generative artificial intelligence solutions for revenue cycle management, seeing the promise of the technology...
AHA President Rick Pollack to retire by end of 2026
Rick Pollack (American Hospital Association) Longtime American Hospital Association President Rick Pollack will retire by the end of 2026, the...
Aya Healthcare calls off $615M Cross Country Healthcare deal
Digital staffing company Aya Healthcare is walking away from a proposed acquisition of travel nursing company Cross Country Healthcare and...
How healthcare ransomware attacks are shifting in 2025
Healthcare organizations are facing evolving ransomware tactics as data extortion attacks are on the rise. Cyber attackers are taking advantage...
