July 2026

Top 5 ECONOMICS stories of the past 30 days: Drug prices, FTC v. Caremark, GLP-1 non-coverage, 2 more ()
Replacing doctors with chatbots | Judge rejects Medicaid work requirement challenge | Part D subsidies to end | ICU overhaul ()
Cybersecurity: OpenAI model escapes? | Ongoing fallout from Cerner hack | Medical equipment supplier breach | Medtronic attacked ()
Ransomware attack impacts 1.3M | PCPs wrestle with autonomy vs. employment | Major telehealth merger | Healthcare AI refresher ()
American Red Cross issues dire blood supply warning | Docs in Canadian ERs are burned out | Hospital CEO tradeoffs | more ()
Intermountain expands with $795M deal | Hospital mass casualty drills | Maine doc denied US entry | Health literacy woes ()
Healthcare target for retirees hits $185K | Hospital-at-home facts | Drug vs. hospital costs | $17M malpractice judgment ()
AI prior authorizations continue | UHC’s lawsuit against Guardian dismissed | ER nurse distress | Kalshi | OpenAI update ()
10 things you didn't know about male nurses | OpenAI’s GPT Health, IPO launch and cybersecurity chaos | Gambling on the FDA ()
Top 5 AI stories of the past 30 days: Vulnerable jobs, Mayo whistleblower, big breach, 2 more ()
CMS appeals Medicare Advantage ruling | Kalshi opens markets to FDA drug development bets | Why insurers don't cover GLP-1s ()
Tempus buys cancer diagnostic group for $1.5B | Top 3 AI stories | Female ER docs order more tests? | $17M malpractice lawsuit ()
Top BUSINESS INTEL stories: Payer wellness accounts, billion dollar buyout, frustration at the pharmacy, more ()
UnitedHealth defamation lawsuit tossed | ER nurses face ‘moral distress’ | War funding | Med school leader gets 20 years ()
Push to block WISeR AI fails | Mental health lobbying up 30% | Netflix actress pleads guilty | Switched babies sue hospital ()
Weekly Update: FTC settles with PBM | Hospital law firm breached | Trump's $5.6B crackdown | $18M judgment | Psych emergency ()
Legal News: MA star rating challenges continue | Mangione trial delayed | $18.2M judgment | $440M settlement | Pixel chaos ()
The 340B debate | States where health insurance is the most expensive | 'Regenerative' hospital plans | ‘Holy Trinity’ lawsuit ()
CMS sued by more insurers over Medicare Advantage ratings | 5 questions for healthcare policymakers | $18M malpractice award ()
FTC settles with Caremark | Med school dean success | Trump's fraud crackdown update | more ()
HHS fraud crackdown reclaims $5.56B | Psychiatric emergency calls | Hospital law firm breached | Disruptive ER patients ()
Street medicine update | Doc to pay $100K over alleged CSA violations | UHC reveals new fitness benefit | Pharmacy delays ()
Weekly Update: ‘Deceased’ child lives | Kaiser faces $13M lawsuit | AHA’s ‘immediately addressable’ | Cerner breach fallout ()
CVS to pay DOJ $440M | Mayo Clinic sued over AI adoption | Atrium settles Meta Pixel lawsuit for $1.8M | Healthcare champions ()
Top 10 POLICY stories: National fraud ‘takedown,’ Medicaid work requirements, mental health money, more ()
AdaptHealth cloud-breached | AHA's affordability to-do | Kaiser faces $13M toenail lawsuit | MAHA looks to hospital food ()
Ascension expands with $1B hospital acquisition | Luigi Mangione’s federal murder trial delayed | Nurses’ AI use skyrocketing ()
Healthcare's 'Sacred Moments' | Pennsylvania hospitals merge | AI changing jobs | Elevance sues CMS over MA ratings ()
OIG defunds New York Medicaid fraud unit | ‘Deceased’ child found alive in morgue | Hospital sued over 2025 Cerner hack ()
Top 5 of the Week: GLP-1 prescription data | Healthcare in the midterms | Elevance pays CMS $342M | Hiring tips | States sue ()
Best of June: ER doctor departures, payer employee buyouts, Medicaid work requirements, more ()
Elevance pays CMS $342M | Compliance officer hiring tips | Healthcare in the midterms | Two sentenced over $800K fraud ()
26 states sue CMS | Drug resistant fungus threat | Dire cybersecurity report | ACA enrollment tumbles | Whistleblower lawsuit ()