Kaiser Permanente, Renown Health unveil insurance, outpatient JV
Integrated nonprofit health systems Kaiser Permanente and Renown Health have announced a joint venture giving the former an entry into...
Google unveils AI health coach for Fitbit—Health Tech Roundup
Fitbit app gets AI upgrade with personal health coach As fitness trackers get artificial intelligence updates, Google developed an AI-powered...
Immigration raids push patients into telehealth
Jacob Sweidan has seen his patients through the federal immigration raids of the 1990s, a sitting governor’s call to abolish...
Athenahealth rolling out AI-native version of EHR platform
Athenahealth is rolling out new artificial intelligence features for ambulatory providers as part of a larger upgrade to an “AI-native”...
HHS finalizes rule for prescription drug cost transparency
The health IT arm of the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule this week that federal leaders...
CMS floats 2.4% annual outpatient, ASC pay bump for CY2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ annual pay rate proposal for outpatient and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) includes a...
Providers prepare contingency plans amid regulatory shifts
Hospitals, health systems and physician practices are shifting their operational and financial strategies in the face of rapidly changing federal...
Astrana Health closes $708M acquisition of Prospect Health
Astrana Health (formerly Apollo Medical Holdings) has closed its deal to acquire the assets of Prospect Health, which include a...
House votes 218-214 to send reconciliation bill to Trump’s desk
The House has voted 218-214 to send Republican’s Senate-passed spending bill to President Donald Trump’s Desk, ensuring that the healthcare...
Senate bill cuts Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood
The Senate version of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” which narrowly passed Tuesday, includes a provision that would prohibit...
