Q&A: Virtual primary care | Healthcare CEOs scolded by Congress | Ransomware accidentally deletes data | AI not ‘game over’

During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth provider HealthTap began to emphasize its ability to deliver primary care services. Now, Co-Founder and CEO Sean Mehra says, long-term patient care delivered from anywhere has become its central focus, as advancements in technology made it a reality.

A handful of health-system CEOs took withering fire this week at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee. 

Check Point Research revealed in a new report that VECT 2.0—advertised as a powerful, secure ransomware service—contains a fatal coding error that wipes victims’ data instead of encrypting it. 

Certain corners of the healthcare AI industry continue hyping the notion that their technology will render physicians unneeded. Young people, including potential medical students, might believe the claim. Here’s help. 

Earlier this year Congress extended CMS’s hospital-at-home waiver for five years via the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026. With that bold stroke, ‘HaH’ services became eligible for Medicare reimbursement through September of 2030. 

Washington Physicians Health Program (WPHP), a contractor with the state health department, is accused of trapping two physicians into mental health treatment as a condition of maintaining their medical residency jobs. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit are seeking class action status. 

Federal regulators alleged that U.S. Anesthesia Partners—a portfolio company of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowes—engaged in a “roll-up scheme” in Texas that effectively eliminated the competition. The company denies the allegations, but has agreed to undisclosed terms that would see the lawsuit resolved. 

The nonfiction book market is flooded with titles mentioning AI or artificial intelligence. Here’s a new work that will shake your world whether you’re an AI lover, loather or someone in between. 

The shift comes after a federal court struck down sweeping changes to the pediatric vaccine schedule that went into effect in 2026. The committee of medical experts, which advises on policy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will have to focus on a cost-benefit analysis in its future analyses.

Harvard researchers put 21 state-of-the-art large language models through their paces. The results are in. 

The Mosaic Neo mitral bioprosthesis can be implanted through sternotomy, minimally invasive cardiac surgery or robotic access. 

Corresponding with the change, the Chicago-based imaging manufacturer is combing two of its radiology-related business lines into a new segment worth $14.6 billion.