April 2025

Optum names pediatrician and healthcare policy veteran as new CEO ()
Blue Shield’s advertising integration exposes data on 4.7M members to Google ()
The Latest from our Partners ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: Bill Gates detractors, structured medical timelines, helpful China tariffs, more ()
Industry watchers call healthcare AI a ‘double-edged sword’ that ‘cannot function in isolation’ ()
Sen. Warren fears $10B private equity buyout of Walgreens will create ‘pharmacy deserts’ ()
Supreme Court sides with HHS in hospital payment dispute ()
Trump’s pharma tariffs could raise prices by 12.9%, report shows ()
Cyberattack on Yale New Haven Health exposes 5.6M patients ()
HHS sued over RFK’s $11B cuts to infectious disease control ()
Mangione enters plea of 'not guilty' as federal trial moves forward ()
Gov. DeSantis accused of diverting $10M in Medicaid funds to charity run by wife ()
UPS Healthcare acquires Canadian supply chain company for $1.6B ()
Newswatch: AI for Medicare folk, AI uncertainty at the FDA, generative ghosts, more ()
FDA issues Class I recall on dangerous infusion bags ()
Owner of home healthcare company gets 14 months for defrauding COVID programs ()
Supreme Court likely to uphold ACA preventive care provision, analysts say ()
DOJ sends letter to medical journals asking about bias and ‘misinformation’ ()
The future of AI in nursing is already here yet still on the way ()
Newswatch: AI-eager doctors, AI-reticent buyers, AI cost worriers, more ()
7 pointers for AI-driven quality control in medicine ()
Walgreens settles DOJ opioid crisis case for $300M ()
FDA issues alert on intravascular catheters after 10 serious injuries ()
White House to end civil service protections for 50,000 federal workers ()
Proposed HHS budget would close NINR, cut nursing programs ()
AI newswatch: Lifecyle AI oversight, data matters, AI vs. animals, more ()
Mangione officially indicted for murder by federal grand jury ()
Leaked HHS budget reveals 30% cuts, elimination of many core services ()
AI has come a long way in healthcare, still has a long way to go: Research recap ()
Hospitals, Epic sued after clinician allegedly accesses nude photos of 400+ patients ()
UnitedHealth, Amedisys enter mediation with DOJ over block on $3.3B merger ()
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Newswatch: AI researchers weigh in, AI humanizes healthcare, ‘the worst AI will ever be,’ more ()
How generative AI for healthcare is similar to—and different from—its conventional older cousin ()
DaVita kidney care clinics hit by ransomware attack ()
Trump orders changes to Medicare drug price negotiations ()
Doctor gets prison time, $20M fine for fraudulent telehealth prescriptions ()
UnitedHealth garnishing claims to recoup ‘loans’ from Change Healthcare hack ()
FDA takes first step toward ending animal testing as part of ‘3.0 modernization' ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: RFK Jr. for animal-saving AI, Dr. Oz’s big plans for AI at CMS, more ()
GenAI adopters tentative now but confident soon: Survey ()
Consumers nudge providers to improve patient engagement—personally and digitally ()
Trump lifts most tariffs, promises ‘major’ levies on pharmaceuticals ()
UMMC sued after pharmacist allegedly hacked computers to spy on women ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: Silent AI threats, overeager clinical AI, trustworthy AI therapists, more ()
Ambient scribe technology all the rage despite uneven interest and ‘still imperfect’ performance ()
Nurses developing mysterious brain tumors ()
Supreme Court lifts Ninth Circuit order that reinstated federal workers ()
CMS boosts Medicare Advantage reimbursement as Dr. Oz takes over ()
Judge halts HHS’s $11B cuts to state healthcare programs ()
Q&A: Rising cancer rates in young people exacerbated by provider shortage ()
Rural America lost 3,300 medical practices in five years, report shows ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: Fail-fast AI skunk works, writerly doctors avoiding AI scribes, more ()
Epic, Microsoft lead the AI vendor charge into healthcare: KLAS ()
FTC halts case against PBMs, citing lack of commissioners ()
Dr. Oz confirmed by Senate to lead CMS in a 53-45 vote ()
Oracle Health denies cloud breached as second attack confirmed ()
Report: Elon Musk stepping down from DOGE in ‘coming weeks’ ()
HHS ‘dramatic restructuring’ begins as employees turned away by security ()
DOJ seeking death penalty in murder case against Luigi Mangione ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: Apple’s AI Doctor, AI’s expectant medical specialties, AI-watching teens, more ()
5 ways AI can help a hospital’s discharge department ()
California ballot measure named after Luigi Mangione lands on AG’s desk ()