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Foreign national accused of operating fake company that billed Medicare for $90M—and now he’s on the run
Healthcare educators: Want to stabilize nurse staffing for years to come? Stand up for the Nurse Faculty Loan Program
FTC homes in on healthcare
AI-powered CCTA assessments show ‘close agreement’ with IVUS
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Moral distress in physicians: New study measures prevalence, offers interventions

Almost two in five physicians suffered moral distress in the two weeks leading up to their being asked about it by researchers. That was a markedly larger slice than the team observed in the general U.S. working population. 

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More than 80% of clinicians have had to correct AI-supplied misinformation during patient visits: New patient + provider survey

Meanwhile members of Gen Z are twice as likely as other generations to get sneaky about their use of medical AI. 

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CMS leaves the ’80s behind with shift away from snail mail correspondence, fax machines

In a Final Rule revealed last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services outlined its plan to exchange medical records, diagnostic images and clinical notes electronically using secure protocols. Once the rule is published in the Federal Register, any HIPAA-covered entity that interacts with Medicare will have two years to follow CMS into the modern age.

FDA issues emergency alert after reports of 5 serious injuries connected to exploding cryoprobes

The devices are manufactured by Erbe USA. They’re used to deliver pressurized cold therapy to tumors, blood clots, and more. A manufacturing defect can cause a rupture, exposing anyone in the vicinity to a dangerous blast and deafening sound.

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TriZetto confirms year-long hack of its network exposed records on 3.4M people

The company confirmed the number of victims in filings with the federal government and the state of Maine. The data breach was discovered in October 2025, but it began in November 2024. Hackers were siphoning protected health information for roughly a year.

Anders Gilberg, senior vice president, government affairs at Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), explains numerous changes in federal healthcare policy since the start of 2026, including extending telehealth, rural health payments, possible solutions to prior authorization burden in Medicare Advantage.
MGMA outlines healthcare policy progress in Congress for 2026

The Medical Group Management Association explains some positive federal healthcare policy movement since the start of 2026, including extending telehealth and rural health payments, and possible solutions to the prior authorization burden in Medicare Advantage.   

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Public trust in US health agencies falls under Trump—confidence in AHA still quite high

The public has more confidence in the American Heart Association than it does in the FDA, CMS or any other federal health agencies. 

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Nearly half of all surgeons have considered leaving the profession due to burnout

Burnout remains one of the biggest issues in modern healthcare. More than 1,500 surgeons, including many from the field of cardiac surgery, provided feedback for a new report on that very topic. 

money business cash flow dollar. Kingsway Financial Services, a Chicago-based holding company with subsidiaries in several industries, has acquired New Jersey-based Digital Diagnostics Imaging (DDI) for $11 million. The transaction was funded with $5.4 million in cash and $5.6 million in debt financing.
Medtronic to acquire medtech company Scientia Vascular for $550M

Scientia Vascular, a Salt Lake City-based medtech company focused on developing new vascular devices, was founded in 2007 and has more than 300 employees.

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Cardiologists use endovascular device for brain aneurysms to treat high-risk heart patients

A multidisciplinary research team has found a new use for a reliable medical device. Multiple heart patients have already benefited for the group’s outside-the-box thinking.