RFK Jr. Overhauls USPSTF Leadership: 5 Things to Know
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force this week, completing the 16-seat panel amid ongoing tension over its leadership.
CMS Broadens ACCESS Model to New Chronic Conditions
CMS will expand its ACCESS model starting in spring 2027 to cover heart failure, COPD, substance use disorders and tobacco cessation. The outcomes-based payment model, which launched in July with 160 participating providers, will now make roughly three in four Medicare beneficiaries eligible for at least one track.
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Automation Didn’t Dehumanize Care. Bad Systems Did.
We have the opportunity to design systems that give people greater capacity for the work where human presence matters most: listening, understanding, reassuring, deciding, and caring.
How a Cancer Diagnosis Shaped This VC’s Precision Health Thesis
After a near-miss with her own breast cancer diagnosis, Ariel Ganz co-founded Arben Ventures, a precision health and longevity fund that has backed 83 early-stage startups in three years.
As MA Denial Rates Rise, Hospitals Are Betting on Traditional Medicare Instead
As Medicare Advantage denial rates climb, health systems are dropping plans and steering patients back to traditional Medicare. Pearl Health CEO Michael Kopko thinks the original Medicare Advantage bargain has broken down — and that the model may never have been as efficient as policymakers assumed.
Hospital Margins Fell This Summer Amid Outpatient Slowdown, Data Shows
Hospitals' operating margins fell to 1.4% in July, down from 2.2% in May and June, according to new data from Kaufman Hall. The margin decrease was driven largely by a seasonal slowdown in elective surgeries and payer mix pressures.
Inspiren Rakes In $70M to Scale Its AI-Powered Senior Living Platform
Inspiren, a company selling an AI-powered senior living platform, raised $70 million in Series C funding led by NewView Capital. The platform uses ambient sensors and computer vision to predict falls before they happen.
Why Pharma Companies Should Look To Social Media For Better Patient Insight
Healthcare decision-makers, especially at pharmaceutical companies, must prioritize patient input. Data collected from social media listening is a significant step in the right direction.
Nutromics Nabs FDA Breakthrough Status for Antibiotic Monitoring Patch
Nutromics earned FDA breakthrough device designation for its wearable patch that tracks vancomycin levels in real time. The device aims to replace the periodic blood draws currently used to dose the tricky-to-manage antibiotic.
Imprivata CEO: AI Agents Need the Same Scrutiny as an Unvetted Contract Nurse
Imprivata CEO Fran Rosch said AI agents should be treated similarly to the way hospitals treat a new contract nurse — vetted, monitored and then cut off as soon as the job is done.
How Lifepoint Health Is Using AI to Give Nurses Their Time Back
Michelle Watson, Lifepoint Health's chief nurse executive, believes ambient listening and AI-powered patient prioritization are helping nurses reclaim time on tasks that don't require clinical judgment. The goal is to free nurses up for the work that actually requires their expertise.
This Startup Wants to Make Glaucoma Surgery Recovery Easier
LEP Biomedical is developing a dissolvable implant that replaces weeks of self-administered eye drops after glaucoma surgery, aiming to fix the compliance problems that drive surgical failure rates as high as 40%.
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Closing the Quality-Affordability Gap in Workplace Mental Health
In an interview, Kyan Health Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Konstantin Struck discussed how Kyan gives mid-market and enterprise employers access to premium workforce mental healthcare, at a price point that is affordable.
Oracle Health Execs Subpoenaed After VA Contract Costs Nearly Triple
The House VA Committee voted 19-0 to subpoena Oracle Health executives Larry Ellison and Mike Sicilia after learning the VA's EHR contract ballooned from $10 billion to $27 billion — despite Oracle's promise to Congress that it would absorb any costs beyond the original cap.
7 Hospital Mergers from Summer 2026
A roundup of the seven most notable hospital mergers and acquisitions announced or completed this summer, including Prisma Health’s acquisition of Erlanger Health and Sanford Health’s purchase of North Memorial Health
This Device Could Prevent Lung Biopsy’s Most Common — and Costly — Complication
Selio Medical developed an FDA-cleared hydrogel device that seals CT-guided lung biopsy punctures before they can cause pneumothorax — a collapsed lung complication that affects up to a third of the 800,000+ such biopsies performed annually in the U.S.
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs
August has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, Humana, Merck and Mayo Clinic named new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including MaineHealth, Cellares and Sharp HealthCare.
Hospitals Are All In on AI, but Testing and Oversight Haven’t Caught Up
A new report found that while more than 90% of health systems have deployed third-party AI tools, less than half have the infrastructure to properly test and validate them before they become embedded in patient care.