If confirmed by the Senate, Heidi Overton, MD, PhD, would replace Marty Makary, MD, who resigned in May. Overton, who is associated with the America First Policy Institute, is an outspoken opponent of the abortion drug mifepristone.

Pennsylvania-based UHS expands into the virtual behavioral health space with the acquisition, though Talkspace will keep its branding and current CEO. 

The prosecution has until Oct. 9 to respond to the defense's motion to dismiss. Attorneys representing Luigi Mangione, the man who confessed in federal court to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, argue that a second trial would violate their client’s civil rights.

A new survey from the nonprofit research group the Commonwealth Fund found that the cost to access healthcare was the top concern across political divides. Americans disagree, however, on how to solve the problem.

Many nurses have spent untold hours at the bedsides of frail and fading inpatients who, despite having blood relatives in the vicinity, rarely receive visitors. In these scenarios, it’s only human for a healthcare worker to feel some measure of resentment toward the absentee family.

The agency is looking into claims that the EHR vendor is blocking data access to its over 300 million patient records. If true, such actions would violate federal regulations. 

Medicare Advantage plans were the least likely to deny standard requests but still did so about 12% of the time. Medicaid managed care insurers rejected standard prior authorizations 14% of the time on average. KFF used 2025 payer data on 71 million Americans for its analysis.