May 2025

RFK floats starting new medical journal for administration scientists ()
Number of physicians working for small practices drops below 50% for the first time, AMA says ()
Cigna, CVS sue to block Arkansas' PBM regulation ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: MAHA’s AI stumble, OpenAI’s healthcare offensive, Mayo’s AI startup support, more ()
Research brief: Cybersecurity threats inherent to AI-aided remote patient monitoring ()
Elon Musk and his business partner abruptly leave DOGE ()
Walmart launches AI tool to steer Medicare Advantage members toward ‘healthy’ foods ()
HHS 'Make America Healthy Again’ commission releases report on childhood chronic illness ()
Study: 19% of home care providers discontinued telehealth post-pandemic, citing limited reimbursement ()
Neurosurgeon awarded $5.8M in whistleblower retaliation lawsuit ()
AI vs. medication errors, Health Tech Investment Act preps, employment apocalypse fears, more ()
Q&A: Universities, tech collaborate to predict opioid overdose with wearables ()
How to let AI simplify the complexities of care (rather than allowing it to do the opposite) ()
CDC drops COVID vaccine recommendation for children and pregnant women ()
FDA issues Class I alert on emergency use esophagogastric tubes ()
Over a dozen lawsuits claim Ozempic and Wegovy caused patients to go blind ()
CMS outlines policy shifts for ACO REACH model to align with MAHA ()
AI newswatch: OpenAI goes to the UAE, patients get cyberchondria, more ()
4 digital-health skillsets today’s medical educators should give tomorrow’s medical doctors ()
Report: UnitedHealth rewarded nursing homes for delaying hospital transfers ()
CMS vows to ramp up audits of Medicare Advantage plans ()
Ransom demanded, emergency care diverted as Kettering Health reels from cyberattack ()
Nursing homes fined $15M for staffing fraud after guilty verdict ()
FDA outlines stricter ‘evidence-based approach’ to COVID vaccinations ()
Tom Price: Medical residency slots need to expand to combat physician shortages ()
AI newswatch: American AI in the United Arab Emirates, healthcare AI investment, med schools embrace AI, more ()
Vocal AI can sub for professionals to give and grade elderly cognitive exams ()
Patient sues surgeon and Allina Health for allegedly removing the wrong organ during surgery ()
Cyberattack on nonprofit health system triggers scam calls to patients ()
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Lavish kickback scandal costs California health system $32M ()
Rite Aid sells over 1,000 pharmacies to competitors, including CVS and Walgreens ()
Small pharmacies stockpile drugs as tariff fears grow ()
Upcoding on the rise across all outpatient settings, study finds ()
CVS, Kroger among bidders for Rite Aid stores and prescription data ()
Former HHS Secretary Tom Price: Immigration reform could alleviate healthcare staffing crisis ()
5 things to know about AI-toting healthcare ‘unicorns’ ()
Newswatch: Trump’s AI extraversion, FDA’s first CAIO, healthcare AI’s true value, more ()
AdvaMed CEO warns Senate that tariffs threaten medtech innovation ()
Report: UnitedHealth under investigation by DOJ for criminal fraud ()
UnitedHealth agrees to $1.8M settlement over robocall complaint ()
DOJ halts enforcement of updated Mental Health Parity Act ()
Epic sued over alleged 'scheme to destroy' managed care company ()
Rite Aid closing distribution center and 68 stores ()
Amazon One Medical employees viewed health data of man in wrongful death case ()
UnitedHealth CEO resigns 'effective immediately' as board chair takes over ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: FDA’s ‘rush’ to the AI altar, AI and Medicare Advantage, OpenAI benchmarks healthcare AI ()
Patients size up GenAI for mental healthcare one way, for physical healthcare another ()
Pentagon ends healthcare for transgender service members ()
Judge halts some ‘dramatic restructuring’ at HHS as legal challenges pile up ()
Trump issues sweeping executive order to reduce drug prices ()
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Independent provider group hit by cyberattack, delays patient care ()
CVS Health sued by coalition of states alleging Medicaid fraud by pharmacies ()
UnitedHealth, Amedisys offer divestitures as $3.3B merger advances ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: FDA’s AI gambit, FDA’s blind spot, everybody’s agentic AI, more ()
Private equity firm Deerfield earmarks $600M for healthcare investments ()
FDA rolls out AI across all departments, hires new leadership ()
UnitedHealth sued by shareholders over concealing fallout of CEO's murder ()
Report: Former TV writer exploiting ACA to sell bare-bones insurance plans ()
Republicans in Congress back off proposal to cut Medicaid ()
Researchers identify ‘universal determinants of AI acceptance’ among healthcare workers ()
Florida hospitals sue nonprofit over ‘pay-to-play’ safety rankings ()
Rite Aid seeking buyout as it files for bankruptcy—again ()
Michigan sues PBMs, alleging unlawful collusion created ‘pharmacy deserts' ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: UnitedHealth hearts AI, agentic AI again, healthcare AI dependency, more ()
First, do no AI: How not to help the world’s struggling healthcare systems ()
19-state coalition sues HHS over restructuring, mass firings ()
Nurse charged with severely injuring several babies on NICU ward ()
FDA reverses course on some layoffs, rehires FOIA staff ()
White House releases 2026 ‘skinny budget’ calling for $33B in cuts to HHS ()
HHS, NIH announce new ‘universal’ vaccine standard for broad-spectrum protection ()
DOJ sues Aetna, Humana and Elevance for allegedly paying illegal kickbacks ()
Healthcare AI newswatch: Devices of unknown generalizability, promises of uncertain keepability, more ()
Patient portal messages can train AI to support personalized care in endocrinology (and beyond) ()
Phoenix-based addiction treatment facility operated out of motel with no running water ()
AHA warns ‘perfect storm’ threatens hospitals with rising costs, reimbursement cuts ()
CVS Health’s Aetna to withdraw from ACA insurance marketplaces next year ()
Patients sue Alabama regulators for access to medical marijuana ()