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06 Feb 2026
GenAI drives $119B cloud revenue in Q4
Q4 cloud infrastructure service revenues reach $119.1 billion, bringing the 2025 total to $419 billion. See how much market share AWS, Microsoft and Google hold.
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06 Feb 2026
HoloMem demos backward-compatible holographic storage
Holographic data storage has the potential to compete with existing magnetic tape drives for cold storage, and one company has a plan to make it commercially viable.
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06 Feb 2026
News brief: Ransomware trends show new twists to old game
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
Health IT News from the past 365 days
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05 Feb 2026
Abridge, Microsoft earn top spots for revenue cycle tech
KLAS released its list of top vendor solutions for health IT, including revenue cycle management technology and services.
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05 Feb 2026
Epic's AI Charting goes live
Seven healthcare organizations have implemented Epic's AI Charting tool since it was announced in August, with more going live in the coming weeks.
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05 Feb 2026
Press Ganey launches GenAI for patient satisfaction survey data
The generative AI tool, Narrative HX, makes it easier to get real-time patient satisfaction data summaries without the hassle of manual rules-based approaches.
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04 Feb 2026
SolarWinds RCE bug makes Cisa list as exploitation spreads
Exploitation of CVE-2025-40551, an RCE flaw affecting SolarWinds Web Help Desk, appears to be spreading, with defenders on high alert
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04 Feb 2026
OIG audit reveals web app security weaknesses at large hospital
Weak authentication and input validation controls made certain web apps at a large hospital in the Southeast vulnerable to cyberattacks, OIG said.
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04 Feb 2026
UK government must get its hands dirty on security, report says
As the UK government develops its National Cyber Action Plan, a report from the Rusi think tank urges Westminster to take a more interventionist approach
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04 Feb 2026
Nearly 45% of healthcare payments tied to APMs: Survey
The latest healthcare payments data shows stable participation in alternative payment models, although there was little growth in risk-based payments.
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04 Feb 2026
Study: DEI programs build healthcare workforce diversity
Research shows DEI programs helped improve healthcare workforce diversity. Will those gains go away under changing political rhetoric?
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04 Feb 2026
Telehealth, hospital-at-home waivers get years-long extensions
Telehealth flexibilities and the federal hospital-at-home waiver received two-and five-year extensions, respectively, after the House passed the 2026 funding package.
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04 Feb 2026
Telehealth, hospital-at-home waivers get years-long extensions
Telehealth flexibilities and the federal hospital-at-home waiver received two-and five-year extensions, respectively, after the House passed the 2026 funding package.
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04 Feb 2026
GLP-1 therapies set to top global drug sales in 2026
GLP-1 drugs are on track to dominate this year's global biopharmaceutical sales rankings, a recent report says, marking a shift in where the industry's biggest money-makers now sit.
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03 Feb 2026
Ransomware gangs focus on winning hearts and minds
Ransomware-as-a-service operations are increasingly seeking to forge connections with employees, contractors and trusted partners of their target organisations as an alternative to straight-up hacking, says NCC
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03 Feb 2026
VA to pour $1B into EHR upgrades
As part of a historic, nearly $5 billion investment in modernizing VA health facilities, the department will spend $1 billion to update its EHR systems.
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03 Feb 2026
Humana taps Google Cloud's agentic AI for member experience
Humana's Agent Assist uses agentic AI technology from Google Cloud to help member experience advocates manage high call volumes.
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03 Feb 2026
CGI’s artificial intelligence boss knows his job title won’t exist for long
IT service provider is using AI to increase throughput while applying it to ‘big ticket’ challenges externally
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03 Feb 2026
Kendall names Barnsley as UK’s first tech town
The UK government has named Barnsley as the nation’s first ‘tech town’, with initiatives to boost education, health and local businesses
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02 Feb 2026
ConcertAI unveils agentic AI tool to cut trial timelines, costs
ConcertAI has rolled out Accelerated Clinical Trials, an agentic AI platform that can cut trial timelines by 10–20 months and study design time by up to 50%, the company says.
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02 Feb 2026
Two-thirds of Epic hospitals have adopted ambient AI tools
Ambient AI adoption was widespread among hospitals that use Epic EHRs, with factors like size, operating margins and geographic location influencing adoption, a study found.
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30 Jan 2026
Partial government shutdown looms, threatens telehealth flexibilities
Telehealth and hospital-at-home waivers are once again on the brink of expiration as the Senate clashes over an appropriations package that would fund key federal health agencies.
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30 Jan 2026
Oracle launches AI data tool to expedite life sciences research
Oracle's new GenAI data platform was built to help pharmaceutical and life sciences companies speed up drug research and development using real-world health datasets.
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29 Jan 2026
AI-powered insurance platform breach impacts 3.1M individuals
HCIactive, a company that offers AI-powered administrative solutions, reported a multi-million-record breach to state regulators.
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29 Jan 2026
Fractyl Health's Revita reduces post-GLP-1 weight regain by ~70%
Fractyl Health's outpatient endoscopic procedure, Revita, reduces post-GLP-1 weight regain by ~70% after 6 months, midpoint cohort data shows.
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29 Jan 2026
Patients prefer speedy patient portal care over in-person visits
Consumer preferences for patient portal messaging warrants a second look at strategies for managing inboxes, including AI tools and billing for portal messages.
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29 Jan 2026
Security now one of the UK’s fastest-growing career paths
The number of people working in the cyber security field has almost trebled in the 2020s, with one cyber professional for every 68 businesses in the UK
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29 Jan 2026
Sonia Patel to become interim UK government chief technology officer
NHS England’s chief technology officer has taken on the same role for government on an interim 12-month fixed-term contract
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28 Jan 2026
Cyberthreat actors shift from ransomware to patient extortion: Report
As the healthcare attack surface rapidly expands, cyberthreat actors are now favoring triple extortion, service disruption and individual patient extortion, Trellix observed.
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28 Jan 2026
Orgs with more MA patients face more readmission penalties
Deeper Medicare Advantage penetration changes the risk pool for hospitals, leading to higher penalties in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, data shows.
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28 Jan 2026
Half of providers report revenue losses from credentialing delays
Credentialing delays are costing some hospitals over $1M annually as provider organizations face workforce challenges and manual processes.
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28 Jan 2026
Healthgrades: Half of patients live far from top hospitals
Healthgrades has unveiled the nation's 250 top hospitals for 2026, adding the caveat that 46% of patients live at least 25 miles away from top institutions.
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27 Jan 2026
Transfer learning and governance help bridge healthcare AI divide
Singapore researchers show how adapting pre-trained AI models can solve data scarcity issues in countries with limited resources. Separately, they have proposed forming an international consortium to build consensus on AI governance in medicine
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27 Jan 2026
Roche's top obesity drug outperforms Wegovy in phase 2 trial
Roche's leading obesity drug achieved up to 22.5% weight loss in a mid-stage trial, reinforcing its bid to challenge market leaders Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.
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27 Jan 2026
Wave of ShinyHunters vishing attacks spreading fast
The ShinyHunters hacking collective that caused chaos in 2025 is ramping up a new voice phishing campaign, with several potential victims already identified
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27 Jan 2026
Health systems urge TEFCA, Carequality to employ stricter privacy controls
In a letter to The Sequoia Project, dozens of health systems advocated for stronger privacy protections in nationwide health data exchange frameworks.
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27 Jan 2026
Broken decryptor leaves Sicarii ransomware victims adrift
A coding error in an emergent strain of ransomware leaves victims unable to recover their data, even if they cooperate with the hackers’ demands
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26 Jan 2026
Telehealth boosts preventive care in rural areas
Research shows that telehealth uptake was linked to a higher likelihood that rural residents would receive preventive care services.
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26 Jan 2026
Study: AI scribes boost physician productivity, increase revenue
A recent study revealed that physicians are gaining productivity benefits from AI scribes without a detrimental effect on claim denials.
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26 Jan 2026
More patients use AI chatbots. Is this a patient safety risk?
With leading AI chatbots creating more tailored healthcare instances for patient users, leading industry groups fear hazards to patient safety.
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23 Jan 2026
OIG calls on HHS to strengthen cybersecurity across divisions
In an annual report, OIG highlighted persistent healthcare cybersecurity challenges and urged HHS to unify its approach to cybersecurity across the department.
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22 Jan 2026
KLAS: Ambient AI tool delivers measurable ROI for health systems
Three large health systems that adopted an AI-powered clinical intelligence platform experienced reduced documentation burden, time savings and financial gain, KLAS found.
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22 Jan 2026
Medicaid improper payments increase, reaching $37.39B
Medicaid, CHIP and Medicare Advantage all saw increases in improper payment rates in FY 2025, while Medicare fee-for-service's rate remained below 10%.
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22 Jan 2026
Consumers turn to AI to fill in healthcare experience gaps
Patients are frustrated with healthcare access and insurance navigation. Is AI the tool that could fill in the gap?
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21 Jan 2026
Epic denies anticompetitive claims made in Texas AG's suit
In response to the lawsuit, Epic detailed its efforts to advance interoperability and its customizable software that enables health organizations to comply with state laws.
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21 Jan 2026
Enthusiasm for passwordless authentication grows, but adoption lags
More than 80% of surveyed health IT leaders view passwordless authentication as very important to healthcare, yet just 7% have fully implemented it.
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21 Jan 2026
Amazon One Medical unveils Health AI assistant for patients
Amazon One Medical's Health AI assistant is designed to help patients manage their healthcare experiences with the context of their digital medical records.
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21 Jan 2026
Study: Telehealth use doesn't increase healthcare utilization
The post-pandemic rise in telehealth adoption did not result in a concurrent increase in outpatient office visits, despite concerns about 'runaway utilization.'
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21 Jan 2026
AI slop pushes data governance towards zero-trust models
Organisations are implementing zero-trust models for data governance thanks to the proliferation of poor quality AI-generated data, often known as AI slop
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20 Jan 2026
UK public sector, CNI in Russian hacktivist crosshairs
Hacktivists aligned to the Russian state are ramping up their targeting of UK organisations with denial of service attacks
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20 Jan 2026
R1 adds prior authorization solution to new revenue cycle OS
R1 announced a new prior authorization solution as part of the Phare OS that seek to automate and scale the process for faster decisions with minimal human touch.
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20 Jan 2026
Healthcare leaders expect AI maturity this year, especially in RCM
A new report shows low AI maturity despite widespread adoption in the revenue cycle. Still, leaders expect to mature rapidly over the next year or two as they confront data constraints.
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20 Jan 2026
Novo expands diabetes partnership with Aspect Biosystems
Novo Nordisk and Canadian bioprinting company Aspect Biosystems build on their 2023 deal to develop cell-based treatments for diabetes.
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20 Jan 2026
KLAS: Ambient speech remains healthcare's top AI use case
Leaders are cautious about higher stakes, care-transformative applications, a new KLAS report shows.
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20 Jan 2026
Swedish government software developer counters poor health apps claim
As national election season approaches, political opponents of Sweden’s lead coalition party make hay of survey that claims unsatisfactory health apps deter doctor visits
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20 Jan 2026
NLP patient portal add-on helps docs read messages faster
NLP helped triage patient portal messages at 81% accuracy, speeding up provider response times by nearly 17 hours.
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16 Jan 2026
PharMerica settles data breach lawsuit for $5.2M
Long-term care pharmacy network PharMerica suffered a data breach in 2023 that impacted more than 5.8 million individuals.
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15 Jan 2026
University of Hawaii Cancer Center discloses ransomware attack
The University of Hawaii Cancer Center told state regulators that it paid a ransom to obtain a decryption tool and secure stolen patient data.
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15 Jan 2026
U.S. healthcare spending reaches $5.3T as utilization rebounds
New CMS data shows another year of accelerated healthcare spending driven by increased utilization, particularly of hospital and physician care.
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15 Jan 2026
Cyber body ISC2 signs on as UK software security ambassador
Professional cyber association ISC2 pledges support to UK government’s Software Security Ambassador scheme, part of the recently unveiled Cyber Action Plan
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15 Jan 2026
2025: Double the breaches, but less patient data compromised
A consistent barrage of small healthcare data breaches defined 2025, rather than the high-impact breaches that dominated prior years.
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14 Jan 2026
Revenue cycle leaders set sights on improving patient experience
Improving patient experience surpassed increasing revenue for the first time, indicating a shift in revenue cycle strategy in 2026.
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14 Jan 2026
Microsoft DCU uses UK courts to hunt down cyber criminals
Microsoft has taken down the RedDVS cyber crime-as-a-service network after obtaining a UK court order, marking its first civil legal action outside of the US
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14 Jan 2026
Patient portal 'techquity' elusive, digital divide remains
The patient portal digital divide might perpetuate disparities in certain health outcomes, researchers said.
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14 Jan 2026
Trust concerns hinder agentic AI adoption, orchestration
Despite significant investment, most pharmaceutical and life sciences companies are struggling to bring agentic AI into production, a new report says.
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13 Jan 2026
Microsoft patches 112 CVEs on first Patch Tuesday of 2026
January brings a larger-than-of-late Patch Tuesday update out of Redmond, but an uptick in disclosures is often expected at this time of year
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13 Jan 2026
Waystar adds agentic AI in move to 'autonomous' revenue cycle
The healthcare payment software vendor announced new agentic AI capabilities as part of its journey to make the revenue cycle autonomous.
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13 Jan 2026
Epic, health systems file lawsuit alleging HIE exploitation
The lawsuit details a scheme in which health organizations are using HIE interoperability frameworks to access and use patient health records for financial gain.
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13 Jan 2026
‘Dual-channel’ attacks are the new face of BEC in 2026
Business email compromise remains a significant threat as cyber fraudsters deploy a more diverse range of tactics against their potential victims, according to a report
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13 Jan 2026
2026 ACA enrollment lags by 1.5M signups amid subsidy fight
ACA marketplace enrollment decreased for the first time since 2020, potentially due to lapsed premium subsidies.
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13 Jan 2026
Medicaid work requirements to cause 1M missed cancer screenings
Medicaid coverage losses will impact how many people can access preventive care, resulting in a million missed cancer screenings.
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12 Jan 2026
Nvidia partners with Lilly to launch $1B AI drug discovery lab
Nvidia and Eli Lilly team up to invest $1 billion in a new AI lab to speed up drug discovery using Nvidia's BioNeMo platform and its next-gen Vera Rubin architecture.
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12 Jan 2026
Abridge partners with Availity for AI-powered prior authorizations
Abridge took its next step in powering prior authorizations with AI; this time, the company teamed up with Availity to use conversational intelligence for real-time prior authorizations.
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12 Jan 2026
Business leaders see AI risks and fraud outpacing ransomware, says WEF
C-suite executives are more concerned with risks arising from AI vulnerabilities and cyber fraud than ransomware, according to the World Economic Forum
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12 Jan 2026
Claude for Healthcare launches
The new platform supports various healthcare tasks, including prior authorization reviews, patient message triage and health record summarizations.
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09 Jan 2026
KLAS highlights top healthcare IoT security vendors in 2026
Healthcare organizations are seeking IoT security solutions that offer asset visibility, as well as robust segmentation and monitoring capabilities.
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08 Jan 2026
Anthem sues 11 hospitals over No Surprises Act disputes
Anthem accused Prime Healthcare hospitals of flooding the IDR process with ineligible claims, resulting in $15M more in payments for out-of-network care.
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08 Jan 2026
Like it or not, AI will transform cyber strategy in 2026
Bubble or no bubble, from cyber skills to defensive strategies to governance, risk and compliance, artificial intelligence will remake the cyber world in 2026
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08 Jan 2026
Patients send 2M messages to ChatGPT. How can docs respond?
Healthcare providers can adjust communication strategies to account for healthcare consumer use of AI tools like ChatGPT.
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07 Jan 2026
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health for consumer use
OpenAI said ChatGPT Health can integrate a user's medical records to provide more tailored answers to health queries.
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07 Jan 2026
FDA to ease healthcare wearables oversight
The agency will limit regulation of non-medical grade tools, such as healthcare wearables and software, that claim to encourage healthy lifestyles.
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06 Jan 2026
Benchmark prices under NSA far below actual median rates: Study
Qualifying payment amounts used under the No Surprises Act are, on average, a third of the payers' contracted in-network rates, according to a study.
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06 Jan 2026
Public unclear what CDC-backed shared decision-making is
Many patients misunderstand shared decision-making, a red flag as the CDC now recommends the practice before getting six previously endorsed childhood vaccines.
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06 Jan 2026
Fujitsu UK job cuts as staff pay the price for failures of top executives
Troubled IT giant’s staff are paying the price for senior management failures over Post Office scandal
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05 Jan 2026
UK government to spend £210m on public sector cyber resilience
The UK government unveils a £120m Cyber Action Plan to help reinforce and promote IT security resilience across the country's public services
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05 Jan 2026
Hospitals aren't ringing in a new 340B rebate program
Hospitals are applauding a federal court's ruling to halt the Jan. 1 implementation of a rebate model pilot in the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which they claim would cost north of $400M.
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05 Jan 2026
Novo's Wegovy pill hits the market with a $149 cash-pay price
Novo Nordisk has launched oral Wegovy in the U.S., with cash-pay pricing starting at $149 per month for the lowest doses and ranging up to $299 for higher doses.
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05 Jan 2026
Telehealth prescribing flexibility extended through 2026
The flexibility has been extended for the fourth time through 2026, allowing prescriptions of controlled substances via telehealth without a prior in-person exam.
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29 Dec 2025
Top 10 cyber security stories of 2025
AI dominated all tech conversations this year, but the concerns of cyber security professionals extend far beyond. From remote work to supply chains, quantum to identity, there were plenty of other topics for the industry to chew over in 2025.
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29 Dec 2025
Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2025
A new digital strategy, funding boosts and struggles to keep the lights on: here are Computer Weekly’s top NHS IT stories in 2025
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23 Dec 2025
HHS seeks info to guide AI regulation, reimbursement
HHS is seeking feedback from stakeholders on regulations, reimbursement models and research initiatives that will accelerate AI adoption and use in healthcare.
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23 Dec 2025
The FDA approves the first GLP-1 weight loss pill
The FDA has approved the oral version of Novo Nordisk's popular injectable obesity drug Wegovy, making it the first GLP-1 pill cleared for weight loss.
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23 Dec 2025
Trump administration ups payer price transparency requirements
The federal government proposed major updates to the Transparency in Coverage rule, including data disclosure changes for in-network rates and more robust consumer-friendly disclosure.
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22 Dec 2025
KLAS: Health data sharing improves, yet interoperability still lacking
KLAS' EHR Interoperability Overview 2025 highlights three areas in which challenges are holding back data sharing in healthcare.
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22 Dec 2025
Physicians' telehealth use varies across specialties, practice type
New AMA data reveals that telehealth utilization among physicians has only dropped slightly since 2022; however, factors such as specialty and practice ownership impact its use.
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22 Dec 2025
1 in 4 patients delay care, cite healthcare affordability issues
A new study takes a longitudinal look at healthcare affordability problems, finding the issue is more pervasive than previously thought.
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22 Dec 2025
CMS announces new ACO model as REACH ends
CMS unveiled the Long-Term Enhanced ACO Design, or LEAD, Model, that will run for ten years following the end of the popular ACO REACH Model.
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19 Dec 2025
Novo submits its next-gen obesity drug for FDA approval
Novo Nordisk has filed for FDA approval of its next-generation, combination obesity drug, CagriSema, with a review expected next year.
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18 Dec 2025
Lilly seeks FDA approval for its GLP-1 weight loss pill
Elli Lilly has filed for FDA approval of its oral GLP-1 therapy, orforglipron, after another successful phase 3 study.
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18 Dec 2025
OCR settles 54th HIPAA right of access case
Occupational health services provider Concentra will pay OCR $112,500 to resolve alleged HIPAA right of access failures.
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18 Dec 2025
Fortinet vulnerabilities prompt pre-holiday warnings
Analysts track exploitation of two vulnerabilities disclosed last week by Fortinet
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18 Dec 2025
MHRA seeks views on healthcare AI regulation
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) wants to know how to regulate AI technologies in the NHS while keeping patients safe
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17 Dec 2025
Most nurses say that virtual nursing does not reduce workloads
Not only did most nurses report that virtual nursing did not alleviate their workloads, but about 10% also believe that it increased their workloads, new survey results show.
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17 Dec 2025
What patients want to know about AI ambient scribing
UC Davis Health found patients want to know when AI ambient scribing is being used, that the tool is secure and that their information is transcribed accurately.