2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (320+ words) Mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter hit multi-year highs after providers pumped the brakes last year on deal-making due to financial stress and policy uncertainty from Washington. Hospital and health system M&A is trending upward, after a cooling…...

5+ hour, 11+ min ago  (471+ words) The agency showcased dozens of tools Thursday, about 8 months after the CMS first announced the initiative that aims to ease health data sharing and improve access to digital health and AI products. The ecosystem was originally launched with more than…...

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1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (331+ words) A group of 19 states and Washington, D. C. , sued over the department's sweeping layoffs and reorganization'last year. A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the HHS' bid to dismiss the lawsuit. The states, including New York, California, Washington, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (405+ words) About 2 in 10 said they at least sometimes use AI chatbots to get health information, but only 18% considered their responses highly accurate, according to a survey by Pew. AI isn't a major source of health information compared to other common resources,…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (277+ words) The health system claims the policy, which reduces reimbursement for some inpatient hospital stays, violates federal law and its reimbursement contract with Aetna. Aetna says its new policy, which went into effect at the start of the year, is meant…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1061+ words) Employers are turning to Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements to cut costs, but rising premiums and instability on the individual market pose challenges. Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements may represent a growth opportunity for insurers at a time when enrollment…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (439+ words) Digital health companies raised $4 billion in the first quarter, an increase of $1 billion over the prior year, according to Rock Health. 2026 has so far continued a trend of "haves and have-nots" in digital health funding, where some startups are quickly…...

3+ day, 55+ min ago  (362+ words) Last summer, major payers committed to pare back onerous prior authorization policies, to the skepticism of the provider industry. Now, AHIP and the BCBSA are providing an update. The move was heralded by the industry and by regulators in the…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1123+ words) Regulators locked in a 2. 48% average rate hike for next year, much higher than the 0. 09% that was originally proposed. The Trump administration finalized significantly higher Medicare Advantage rates for 2027 than it had proposed after a full-court lobbying press from the insurance…...