December 2025

Best of December: $20M verdict against Mayo Clinic | Nurses march against AI | 'Black box' warning | Morgue manager jailed ()
Economy: Big hospitals overpaid by relief fund | ACA enrollment high | Drug discounts | Optum reimbursed more by UnitedHealth ()
AI: Nurses protest | Forecasting without hype | States vs. Trump | HHS adoption | 2026 predictions | AI in advertising ()
Business News: Neuralink success | Mark Cuban, Humana partner | Cencora buys oncology network for $5B | Texas sues Epic ()
Cybersecurity: New York’s big $309M investment | $200K ransom | Russian group hits PBM | Nebraska vs. Change | Thwarted attack ()
Healthcare Policy: Trump’s FDA head moves to UnitedHealth | ACLU sues over FOIA silence | GOP bill | Halted hep B vax | more ()
Replaceable, online-only doctors | Lawsuit: Hospital offered $25 gas card for error | Done CEO convicted in $100M scheme ()
Telehealth company indicted in $100M fraud scheme | Regional merger axed | Holiday news | Mayo Clinic sued over donor heart ()
Weekly Update: Trump reschedules marijuana | GOP healthcare bill advances | All things AI | 20 AGs sue over $100K visas | more ()
Legal News: Texas sues Epic | 20 states challenge $100K visa fee | Morgue manager gets 8 years | 36 AGs push for AI regulation ()
AI: Hype-less forecasting, new use cases | Trump reschedules marijuana, opening door for medical | NY invests $300M in EHRs ()
House passes new act as ACA subsidies slapped down | Positive highlights of 2025 | Med school morgue manager gets 8 years ()
AI scribe opinions | Cencora buys OneOncology for $5B | Cyberattack impacting 533K settled for $3.5M | Organ tourism ()
Twenty states sue Trump over $100K H-1B policy | Top news in healthcare politics | Pediatricians sue nonprofit hospital ()
FDA to add ‘black box’ warning to COVID shots? | AI regulation wars ramp up | $32M for family of infant fed cow’s formula ()
Weekly Update: Change breach overpayment | Texas sues Epic | ACA enrollment spike | Halted hep B vaccine | HHS’ AI strategy ()
Texas sues Epic | CDC: Data shows pediatric COVID vaccine 76% effective | News gems: Capping costs, hospitals not child-ready ()
ACA enrollment tends higher than last year | Healthcare AI news roundup | Large hospitals overpaid by Change relief program ()
How to repair broken trust | Why an opioid lawsuit stalled | more ()
Hepatitis B vaccine dustup | AI good for what ails healthcare? | more ()
HHS reveals ‘bold’ AI strategy | Mark Cuban, Humana partner to lower drug prices | Neuralink users move robotic arms ()
Weekly Update: Nurses march against AI | Mangione arrest video | FDA recall after 113 injured | CVS pays $38M to DOJ | more ()
Kaiser settles $46M data breach lawsuit | Labcorp buys diagnostic assets for $194M | Bipartisan support for ACA tax credits ()
Drug discounts at mercy of courts | FDA recall on Olympus devices after 113 injuries | Patient comms AI earns $65M in PE funds ()
November Highlights: Deadly errors | 'Doctor' defined? | 2026 physician fee schedule | UnitedHealth ends RPM reimbursement ()
CVS settles DOJ insulin lawsuit for $38M | AI advertising in healthcare | Hospital to pay family of ‘violent’ patient $4.2M ()
Special annoucement | Nurses march against AI | Alaris modules recalled after 2 injuries | New Mangione evidence revealed ()
GLP-1s do not slow Alzheimer’s | FDA recalls full line of Baxter ventilators | Mayo Clinic hit with $20M malpractice verdict ()