March 2025

Data breach at Oracle Health leads to extortion of hospitals ()
Change Healthcare files to have federal lawsuits dismissed ()
300+ groups urge Senate GOP to reject Medicaid cuts ()
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HHS to cut 10,000 jobs during 'dramatic restructuring' ()
Trump selects GOP general counsel for HHS Inspector General ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: Great expectations for GenAI, disaster-ready AI, Dr. Oz on payer AI, more ()
When health accessories grow up, they want to be wearable AI ()
ISIS is not launching terrorist attacks against hospitals, FBI says ()
Hospitals operating margins stand at 4.4%, the highest in over a year ()
Medicaid and SNAP cuts may eliminate over 1M jobs ()
Trump nominates Susan Monarez for CDC director ()
Heart transplants at VA medical center shut down after patient deaths ()
DOJ asks Supreme Court to lift injunctions, approve DOGE firings ()
ChatGPT exploit could cause data breaches in healthcare, experts warn ()
DEA, HHS postpone permanent telehealth prescribing rule—again ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: California AI hoping, the jagged AI frontier, agents bumping off bots, more ()
Next-generation AI agents are headed for healthcare. What will they do once they get here? ()
FDA issues two serious patient safety alerts ()
Clinical support tool for pediatric autism earns $27M from private equity ()
FDA announces Class I recall on defective ports used for vein access ()
Report: DOGE to cut federal HIV prevention program ()
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Healthcare AI newswatch: Payer AI regulation please, pharmacy AI, nurses v. AI redux ()
Will AI help or hurt the cause of healthcare equality? ()
Veterans Affairs ends gender-affirming care for new trans patients ()
HHS, VA rehiring 5,000 workers after court halts DOGE purge ()
Doctor gets prison for prescribing unnecessary opiates ()
Hospitals snail-mailed ransomware hoax; FBI investigation ongoing ()
Private equity buyouts increase physician turnover by 265%, study finds ()
Americans' mental, physical health in steady decline since COVID-19 pandemic ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: Ambient AI costs, healthcare AI holdouts, an 86-year-old AI innovator, more ()
What federal regulators can learn from the states about AI oversight ()
Arkansas bans noncompetes for all physicians ()
Ahead of Senate confirmation hearing, Dr. Oz asked to abandon ‘conflicts of interest’ ()
Maryland insurer sues Change Healthcare for $900K ()
HHS employees offered two months of pay to quit their jobs ()
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Healthcare AI newswatch: AI-armed patients vs. big medical bills, Trump-era healthcare AI, patient safety anxieties, more ()
To tell or not to tell: Do patients really need to know who—or what—writes their doctor’s notes? ()
CMS ends ACA special enrollment, changes deadline for signing up ()
Walgreens $10B private equity buyout financed by 83% debt ()
Report: NIH continues to pull research grants, in violation of court orders ()
HHS sends 80K workers a $25K ‘voluntary’ resignation notice ()
Walgreens confirms $10B sale to PE, as part of $24B transaction ()
Maryland woman faces prison for concocting $3.6M mental health scam ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: Does healthcare AI need DEI? | Insider AI risk | 2025 Turing Prize | more ()
5 ways AI can help make healthcare more affordable for everyone ()
More than 1,000 hospitals earn $700M opioid crisis judgment ()
Nursing home sued after horrific wound found on dementia patient ()
CEO of Amazon’s One Medical steps down ()
VA planning 83,000 layoffs as part of restructuring ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: Regulatory sparring partners, AI nutrition labels, agentic AI basics, more ()
Private equity firm to buy Walgreens for $10B, report says ()
HIMSS survey report: Beware insider threats to cybersecurity involving AI ()
HHS spokesperson abruptly resigns, reportedly after clash with RFK ()
Hospital faces $3.5M settlement after sharing patient data with Facebook ()
Academic health system working on AI dictation feature for Epic ()
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