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 ()
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 ()
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’ ()
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 ()
Mangione officially indicted for murder by federal grand jury ()
Leaked HHS budget reveals 30% cuts, elimination of many core services ()
Hospitals, Epic sued after clinician allegedly accesses nude photos of 400+ patients ()
UnitedHealth, Amedisys enter mediation with DOJ over block on $3.3B merger ()
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' ()
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 ()
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 ()
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 Magione ()
California ballot measure named after Luigi Mangione lands on AG’s desk ()