March 2025

Change files for dismissal of 65 consolidated lawsuits | Over 300 groups urge Senate GOP to reject Medicaid cuts ()
Trump selects GOP staffer as Inspector General | HHS to cut 10,000 jobs as part of ‘dramatic’ transformation ()
Wearable AI comes of age | Partner voice | Newswatch: Great expectations for GenAI, disaster-ready AI, Dr. Oz on payer AI, more ()
Hospitals operating margins rise to 4.4% in 2025 | ISIS terrorism threats not credible, FBI confirms ()
Trump picks his CDC director | Study: Medicaid and SNAP cuts could eliminate 1M jobs ()
Injunction against DOGE firings appealed to SCOTUS | VA transplant program shut down following deaths ()
ChatGPT vulnerability a threat to healthcare | Telehealth prescribing rule delayed again | Serious FDA recalls after injuries ()
Cybersecurity: Snail-mail ‘ransomware’ | Insurer sues Change | DOD contractor fined $11M | 84% of healthcare attacked ()
FDA alerts providers to serious patient safety issues | Private equity's $27M investment in autism clinical support | more ()
AI agents grilled | Partner voice | Newswatch: California hopin’, the jagged frontier, agents bumping off bots, more ()
FDA issues Class I recall after patient injuries | Report: Elon Musk to cut HIV prevention program | more ()
VA, HHS to rehire 5K workers after court order | Veterans Affairs ends some transgender health services | more ()
Healthcare disparities and AI | Partner voice | Newswatch: Payer AI regulation, pharmacy AI, nurses v. AI redux, more ()
Hospitals sent ransomware notices in apparent hoax | Doctor sentenced to 2 years in prison for opioid prescriptions ()
PE buyouts increase physician turnover by 265% | Gallup: Mental, physical health on steady decline | Arkansas bans noncompetes ()
Economics: HHS $25K severance offer | $10B PE buyout of Walgreens | VA plans 83,000 layoffs | PE bankruptcies ()
Dr. Oz faces Senate as Warren asks for concessions | Arkansas bans physician noncompetes | more ()
States model AI regulation for feds | Partner news | Ambient AI costs, healthcare AI holdouts, 86-year-old AI innovator, more ()
HHS employees offered two months pay to quit | Change Healthcare sued for $900K by Maryland insurer ()
Patient disclosures | Partner news | AI newswatch: Trump-era healthcare AI, patient safety anxieties, more ()
Walgreens PE buyout financed with 83% debt | CMS ends special enrollment, changes ACA deadline ()
Nearly all HHS workers receive $25K resignation offer | Report: NIH pulling grants, in violation of federal courts ()
Private equity firm buys Walgreens for $10B | Maryland woman faces prison for $3.6M mental health scam ()
$700M opioid crisis judgement | Lawsuit over horrific injury to dementia patient | HHS cutting 80K jobs ()
Affordable healthcare AI | Partner news | Newsmakers: DEI defenders, tech-savvy physicians, clinical documentation pros, more ()
DOGE and VA planning 83,000 layoffs | Amazon One Medical CEO steps down | Hospital pays $3.5M after sharing patient data ()
Is there a hacker in the house? | Partner news | Newsmakers: Clinicians with questions, patient technology technicians, more ()
HHS spokesperson resigns after conflict with RFK | Walgreens set for $10B private equity buyout ()
University co-developing Epic AI feature | Hospitals pays $3.5M for sharing data with Facebook | HHS policy shifts ()
HHS ends public comment rule | Endoscope sheaths recalled after 26 injuries | FDA Class I recall on newborn resuscitators ()