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 ()
HHS to cut 10,000 jobs during 'dramatic restructuring' ()
Trump selects GOP general counsel for HHS Inspector General ()
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 ()
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 ()
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 ()
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 ()
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 ()
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 ()
Private equity firm to buy Walgreens for $10B, report says ()
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 ()