June 2025

Can HHS win back trust? | Medical humanities | Obamacare Supreme Court redux ()
Weekend lookback: The vaccination recommendation wars | AMA’s threat list | False claims to cost Caremark $95M | more ()
Medical humanities and healthcare AI | Partner voice | Aggressive AI spenders, backend AI in healthcare, life-saving AI, more ()
Vaccines: Who to listen to? | $95M False Claims decision | AMA leader’s threat list ()
Economics: Claim denials hit poor | Rural hospitals in danger | Trump vs drug prices | Rite Aid closed | Mental health decline ()
Medicaid cuts could cause 1.2M lost jobs | States settle with Purdue Pharma for $7.4B | AMA pushes back against Trump ()
AI-averse aficionados | Partner voice | Bipartisan policy guidance, AI claims denials, LLM brain rot, more ()
HHS rehires another 1,200 workers fired by DOGE | FDA issues emergency recall of Medtronic device after 33 injuries ()
Report: Rural hospitals will close if Medicaid is cut | Two Class I FDA recalls affecting patient safety | CVS sued ()
Aflac hit with ‘sophisticated’ cyberattack | CVS sued for alleged ‘political manipulation’ | OCR investigating Michigan system ()
Weekly Update: UnitedHealth subsidiary hacked | VA denies political bias | Major FDA recalls | Kettering sued ()
UnitedHealth subsidiary breached, 5.5M patients exposed | ‘Gender’ papers restored after ruling | Exclusive AMA interview ()
Management science meets hospital AI | Partner voice | Senate arguments, aging infrastructure, ‘elastic’ jobs, more ()
Legal News: DEI grants | Fraud expert charged | PBMs sue Arkansas | Hospital construction chaos | Wegovy lawsuits ()
VA denies report that it discriminates based on politics | Ascension Health scoops up Amsurg for $3.9B ()
Judge rips Trump over grant bans | Serious FDA recalls announced | Kettering sued by patients after ransomware attack ()
AI for mental healthcare | Partner voice | Dangerous LLMs, self-training AI—and is AI good for what ails healthcare? ()
Marketing firm linked to massive data leak of 8.8M records | FDA issues Class I recall on infusion pumps with faulty software ()
Q&A: Healthcare price transparency | Doctor on the run after conviction in $1.5M scheme | Fraud expert charged with fraud ()
Weekly Update: RFK’s vaccine panel | UnitedHealth sues newspaper | CDC rehires 400 | PBMs sue Arkansas | FDA recalls ()
Cybersecurity: Kettering Health attack ongoing | Epic sued for data blocking | Google Ads leak data from 4.7M | Huge data trove ()
AI that uplifts | Partner voice | JCAHO–CHAI teamwork, what patients everywhere want ()
RFK’s vaccine panel includes prominent COVID skeptics | UnitedHealth sues The Guardian | CDC rehires 450 people fired by DOGE ()
OIG accuses Medicare Advantage insurer of $7M in upcoding | Florida substance abuse center fined $1.9M for deceptive ads | more ()
PBM lobby sues Arkansas over new law | Poll: Medicaid cut fears split down party lines | Exclusive AMA President interview ()
Rise of the e-patient | Partner voice | AI code of conduct, iffy FDA oversight, Dr. AI for the wealthy, more ()
RFK fires entire CDC vaccine committee | Study: Patients making under $50K less likely to have denied claim reversed ()
Stolen Kettering data for sale on dark web | Serious FDA recalls: anesthesia kits, infusion pumps and tracheotomy tubes ()
Weekly Update: Big FDA recalls | HHS workers sue DOGE | UnitedHealth CEO’s $60M pay | Major COVID trial | RFK medical journals ()
AI-savvy patients | Nurses want in, transcriptionists on the way out, blockchain going up, more ()
AI-savvy patients | Nurses want in, transcriptionists on the way out, blockchain going up, more ()
Health execs and the Big Beautiful Bill | Medical misinformation | Class I recall ()
Fired HHS workers file new lawsuit | Class I FDA recall | Leaked UnitedHealth ‘talking points’ memo ()
Healthcare AI must-haves | FDA’s AI plan ‘ahead of schedule and under budget,’ AI fears vs. comforts, AI ROI, more ()
Landmark COVID malpractice lawsuit begins | Report: Hospitals spend $18.3B annually thwarting violence | AMA policy recap ()
UnitedHealth CEO’s $60M compensation | Hospital sues contractor over bumpy floors | Ascension likely to buy Amsurg for $3.9B ()
Top Stories in May: UnitedHealth investigation | States sue CVS | Tom Price interview | Aetna withdraws | Kettering ransomware ()
PBMs sue to block state law | RFK floats starting own research journal | AMA study: Small practices declining ()
Weekly Update: Class I FDA recall | COVID vaccine approval changes | MAHA report | Musk out | Wegovy lawsuits ()