September 2026

Economy: Labs face 23% reimbursement cuts | Medicaid work requirement chaos | Hospitals lead in collections | $500 ACA checks ()
Medicare Advantage premiums to fall by 16% | MAHA opinions on healthcare AI | $4B valuation for housing-healthcare AI company ()
Steps for $450B in healthcare savings | CMS unveils Medicaid quality initiative | AI-driven patient engagement investment tips ()
AI RECAP: Youthful AI adoption, AI doomsday dismissal, 5 more must-see AI stories of the past 30 days ()
Health execs investing big in IT | ‘AI wars’ | OpenAI bots go rogue, again | Gold-plated Cybertruck | Burnout v. fulfillment ()
Weekly Update: Medicaid work requirements challenged | Medical debt collection leaders | Lab fee cuts | Mayo’s AI bet | more ()
States look to regulate AI | Industry insider criticizes tech doomerism | ACLM looks to establish consumer wearable database ()
Medicaid work requirements challenged by coalition of providers | Luminus sued after cyberattack | Lifestyle medicine database ()
CMS kicks 760K off ACA plans | Medicare lab fee schedule carries big cuts | 64% of Americans have medical debt | more ()
Legal: Pharmacies sue Cigna | Leapfrog files First Amendment appeal | Doc Senator sued 700+ patients | Ghost employees ()
Polls on lingering COVID anger of the public | Mayo Clinic, Thermo Fisher Scientific partner for AI early diagnostics company ()
OIG: Humana, UnitedHealthcare upcoded MA claims by $180M | Cigna's $3M dispute over No Surprises Act reimbursement ()
Weekly Update: 48% of young adults to lose Medicaid | RFK’s new appointments | Fraud leader imprisoned | Maternity wards close ()
Business News: GE HealthCare makes $1B buy | Cutting specialist wait times | UHC drops 1,700 prior auths | Adena expands ()
Kennedy appoints new members to PSTF, highlighting focus shift | 12 Arkansas pharmacies sue Express Scripts over drug payments ()
Work requirements to kick 2.3M off Medicaid | 58% of rural hospitals currently without maternity services | more ()
How specialists cut patient wait times | RCM giant Waystar seeking buyer? | Leader of $64M Medicaid fraud ring sentenced ()
Doc shortage a national security crisis? | VA watchdog using Microsoft Copilot for audits | $7M in Medicare fraud ()
GE HealthCare to buy radiopharma group for $1B | Senator charged patients 18% interest | Conti ransomware developer sentenced ()
Weekly Update: $500 payments to ACA enrollees? | PA single-payer care | Major merger | PCP workforce update | Leapfrog appeals ()
Trump to send $500 payments to 1M ACA enrollees—but why? | Leapfrog appeals ruling against its hospital safety grades ()
Policy: Health freedom rankings | HHS sends $77M to curb opioid abuse | AHA pressures insurance industry | Prior auth denials ()
Universal healthcare officially introduced to Pennsylvania House committee | Private equity firm looking to buy $5B Lyric AI ()
Fugitive charged as part of international Medicare crime ring | Drying of Great Salt Lake brings $2B in healthcare costs ()
Rebuilding PCP ranks | Adena buys Fairfield with FTC approval | Pakistani call center scams Medicare out of $419M ()
Cybersecurity: McKesson breach exposes millions | UHG sued over Change hack | OpenAI madness | Anubis attacks | more ()
Weekly Update: Single-payer Pennsylvania? | ChatGPT expands into healthcare | Postpartum depression | ‘Ghost employee’ scam ()
DaVita settles ransomware lawsuit for $15M | Postpartum depression death facts | Chicago nurses strike ()
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT integrations with Epic EHR, public databases | HHS announces $77M to curb drug abuse, prevent suicide ()
Top 10 Stories: Best hospitals | Epic antitrust | ‘Holy Trinity’ | UnitedHealth sued | 15M data breach | Mayo Clinic AI | more ()
McKesson hack leaks 284M records | Insurance affordability woes | UHC drops prior authorizations | Vertical integration study ()
Americans trust docs, distrust healthcare agencies | Optum director gets 3 years in prison | Doximity compensation report ()