September 2026

Long COVID: 28% of healthcare workers experience symptoms after six months, study finds ()
What MAHA rooters said about AI—and other hot topics—at this week’s ‘open data’ summit in Washington ()
Housing AI company hits $4B valuation as it expands into healthcare ()
CMS projects over 16% drop in Medicare Advantage premiums as open enrollment begins on Oct. 15 ()
How to save US healthcare $450B per year in 23 sensible steps ()
CMS teams up with 37 states for Medicaid, CHIP quality metrics initiative ()
Q&A: Successful patient engagement with AI requires ‘human in the loop’ ethos ()
OpenAI bots attempt to hack government websites, steal Census data: Report ()
Mental health scammer buys gold-plated Cybertruck with $17M stolen from Tricare ()
Healthcare executives are still investing in tech as AI’s bill comes due, survey finds ()
Some physicians not only avoid burnout but also find fulfillment. Here’s how they do it. ()
AI war heats up between payers and providers ()
State AGs call for federal AI regs without further ado; Big Tech insider suspects cynical motives behind AI doomsday warnings ()
Lawsuit from Medicaid enrollees, provider advocacy groups challenges ‘Big, Beautiful’ work requirements ()
Patients of Luminis Health file class action lawsuit following August cyberattack ()
Major medical association seeks to build national digital infrastructure to support lifestyle-medicine practice ()
Hospitals lead the league in bill collections, but it’s not lonely at the top of that hill ()
New Medicare fee schedule for laboratory services brings cuts as high as 23% ()
CMS kicks 760,000 people off ACA plans in crackdown on ‘unauthorized’ broker-supported enrollments ()
Physician left to pay hospital’s $313K legal tab after lawsuit over peer review process fizzles ()
During COVID, public health officials were ‘canaries in a backlash coal mine.’ Today they’re out of the mine but still taking heat ()
Mayo Clinic, Thermo Fisher Scientific launch new AI-supported diagnostics company ()
Federal judge declines to intervene in Cigna’s refusal to pay $3M No Surprises Act award ()
HHS-OIG audit finds that major Medicare Advantage insurers engaged in $180M of alleged upcoding ()
Kennedy appoints new members to Preventive ‌Services Task Force, as committee departs from primary care emphasis ()
Independent pharmacies sue Express Scripts over alleged violation of Arkansas PBM law ()
Work requirements to kick 2.3M young adults off Medicaid, reduce enrollment by 48%, report shows ()
Rural hospitals are losing maternal health services at an accelerating rate, with 58% now lacking obstetrics ()
$5.2B healthcare RCM giant Waystar seeking buyer, report reveals ()
3 ways to cut specialists’ wait times without adding more specialists ()
Leader of $64M healthcare fraud enterprise sent to prison ()
Physician shortage a looming national security crisis, researcher says ()
Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General uses Microsoft Copilot to guide reviews of care sites ()
$7M in Medicare fraud results in prison term for eye doctor ()
Report: GE HealthCare to buy Sofie Biosciences for $1 billion as part of pharmaceutical diagnostics expansion ()
Doctor-turned-senator sued 700+ patients for medical debts, often charging 18% interest ()
Ukrainian national linked to Conti ransomware attacks on U.S. hospitals gets 4-year sentence ()
Trump to send $500 payments to 1M ACA enrollees—but why? ()
Leapfrog appeals ruling against its hospital safety grades, citing its First Amendment right to free speech ()
Proposal to bring universal single-payer coverage to Pennsylvania enters House committee ()
Lyric AI catches eye of private equity buyer as potential valuation reaches $5B ()
Georgian national charged with laundering $1.3B stolen from Medicare as part of international crime ring ()
Evaporation of Great Salt Lake could bring $2B a year in costs to Utah healthcare system, study finds ()
Fairfield Medical Center joins Adena Health after FTC pushback on OhioHealth merger ()
Call goes out for 3-year medical schools—and other ideas for building back the PCP workforce ()
Pakistani call center scam allegedly steals $419M from Medicare using AI voices ()
DaVita settles ransomware attack lawsuit for $15M ()
Postpartum depression linked to babies’ deaths—albeit by natural causes ()
Nurses at Chicago Prime Healthcare hospitals strike after firings ()
ChatGPT for Healthcare unveils Epic integration as part of data consolidation strategy ()
HHS announces $77M in grants to curb drug addiction, prevent suicide ()
3 things AHA is asking of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ()
UnitedHealthcare eliminates prior authorization requirements linked to 1,700 procedure codes ()
New research: For lower costs without worse outcomes, vertically integrate healthy health systems with certain health plans ()
Hackers say McKesson data breach exposed records from tens of millions of patients ()
Americans trust their doctors while second-guessing distant intermediaries—now more than ever ()