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19 Oct 2026
Microsoft could hold an advantage with Copilot for Legal
While the vendor is not the first in the AI for legal market, the Microsoft environment is entrenched in many law firms.
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19 Oct 2026
Tenstorrent raises $1.5B to challenge Nvidia in AI servers and chip IP
AI chipmaker reaches $6.2B valuation as it expands server production and licenses processor IP, but it remains to be seen whether it can offer a viable Nvidia alternative.
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19 Oct 2026
Off the rails: Railway cyberattacks highlight infrastructure risks
Cyberattacks on Japanese rail operators Keio and Tokyo Metro reveal how corporate IT breaches expose passenger data and threaten operational technology systems.
Health IT News from the past 365 days
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19 Oct 2026
AI-based clinical intelligence is all the rage. But who is using it?
A new study finds that use of the OpenEvidence platform has soared since 2024, with early-career clinicians relying on it most for clinical decision-making.
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19 Oct 2026
Interview: Jakob Freund, the quiet founder behind software that banks run on
Camunda’s co-founder and CEO on bootstrapping in a city without a startup scene, learning to lead without pleasing everyone, and the day he broke down after a layoff call
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16 Oct 2026
Google AI chatbot performs well in primary care settings
Data from Beth Israel Deaconess and Google shows a low error rate and good patient satisfaction when deploying the AI chatbot in a primary care setting.
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15 Oct 2026
RFK Jr. gives CMS authority to ban individual providers
The head of the CMS can now exclude healthcare providers from receiving federal healthcare funds, an authority once reserved for the HHS OIG.
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15 Oct 2026
Epic unveils drug price transparency tool to compare pharmacy costs
The drug price transparency tool, Prescription Marketplace, lets clinicians and patients compare drug costs by pharmacy and with or without insurance.
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15 Oct 2026
ORCA launches PT-3 quantum computer in London datacentre
ORCA Computing unveils PT-3 in London, a room-temperature quantum system paired with Nvidia GPUs to boost AI-driven drug discovery yield and complex energy grid scheduling
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14 Oct 2026
How Medicare calculates site-neutral rates matters, research says
Site-neutrality is now a question of when, not if, and research shows that how Medicare calculates the rates could affect some service lines more, despite similar overall savings.
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14 Oct 2026
Does private equity ownership impact hospital AI adoption?
Nonprofit hospitals are keeping pace with AI investments at PE-backed hospitals, while independently owned, for-profit facilities trail significantly.
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13 Oct 2026
Microsoft CVE volumes on relentless upward trajectory
Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday drop breaks yet another record, with over 1,400 flaws listed
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13 Oct 2026
Microsoft CVE volumes on relentless upward trajectory
Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday drop breaks yet another record, with over 1,400 flaws listed
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13 Oct 2026
Medicare patients have good healthcare experiences, fueling universal coverage debate
The Commonwealth Fund found that Medicare enrollees have healthcare experiences similar to those of their peers abroad, calling into question how the federal program could improve experiences for all patients.
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13 Oct 2026
Hospital price transparency is clearer, but gaps persist
An analysis finds five persistent issues with hospital price transparency files that continue to hinder price comparisons despite new guidance aiming to clarify costs.
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13 Oct 2026
FDP programme must command trust to succeed, says data guardian
NHS national data guardian Nicola Byrne says the level of public opposition to FDP is ‘striking’ and decisions about its future must be supported by clear evidence
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13 Oct 2026
AI minister talks up tech independence
In a speech on Monday, AI minister Kanishka Narayan discussed his views on tech sovereignty and why AI firms need to be more cautious
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12 Oct 2026
HHS flags 340B spread pricing, consolidation concerns
An HHS report finds the 340B program has strayed from its original intent, favoring hospital profit over patients, as spread pricing drives soaring costs and participation.
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09 Oct 2026
NCSC and pals call out company that backed Chinese state hackers
The NCSC’s joint advisory names perennial offender Integrity Technology, accusing it of facilitating cyber attacks on behalf of Flax Typhoon, a Chinese state threat actor
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09 Oct 2026
AHRQ launches $8M health AI competition
The agency will dole out millions in prizes to automate clinical evidence synthesis and develop research apps, aligning with Trump's push to deploy "super intelligence" in government.
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08 Oct 2026
Medical coding, GLP-1s push BCBSMA spending up 12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts documents a rapid growth in healthcare spending after COVID-19 in a new study, which points to rises in medical and GLP-1 utilization.
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08 Oct 2026
Health AI offers solid ROI, but threatens workforce cuts
A new report shows health AI demonstrating strong ROI quicker than expected, with healthcare executives planning workforce cuts of 8-13% as a result.
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08 Oct 2026
Epic's pediatric sepsis model misses two-thirds of ED cases
Epic's pediatric sepsis model falls short in detecting cases, adding to the scrutiny the EHR vendor has been under for its sepsis clinical decision support tools.
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07 Oct 2026
New Cigna tool links member data for personalized health management
Cigna said its Health Sense tool will cut 10% of inefficient spending by synthesizing member and benefits data and providing personalized health management.
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07 Oct 2026
Healthcare affordability crisis sparks calls for better billing communication
Surveys show consumers need a better patient financial experience, flagging AI as a tool to improve price transparency and communication about medical bills.
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07 Oct 2026
Academics study impact of computer evidence presumption on lawyer perceptions
Study to delve into how 25 years of flawed legal presumption has affected perceptions of practitioners
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06 Oct 2026
FTC warns 24 large health systems of price transparency deficiencies
The FTC letters warn of deceptive pricing practices just as the Trump administration revamped healthcare price transparency requirements for payers.
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06 Oct 2026
UK government accepts AI healthcare recommendations
An AI sandbox will be used to enable developers, regulators and healthcare partners to test how AI devices can be safely monitored continuously
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05 Oct 2026
AKASA launches AI for autonomous mid-cycle coding
A new solution from AKASA promises to fully code inpatient cases with no human intervention as the company continues to apply advanced AI to the mid-cycle.
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05 Oct 2026
UK signs innovation and tech deal with Taiwan
Agreement builds on existing collaboration between the UK and Taiwan, and aims to drive development in several areas, including semiconductors and standards around artificial intelligence
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05 Oct 2026
Nucleus Network taps AI agent to screen clinical trial volunteers
The Australian clinical research organisation is using an AI agent built on Salesforce’s Agentforce to do early screening of trial volunteers, but its doctors still determine who can participate in a trial
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02 Oct 2026
Member engagement influences digital health spending, report shows
Providers, payers and employers are prioritizing member engagement in digital health investments, with low enrollment being a challenge for most organizations, a survey shows.
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02 Oct 2026
Neb. Medicaid work requirements yield 7% coverage losses
Since implementing Medicaid work requirements in May, Nebraska has also denied 14% of new Medicaid coverage applications.
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01 Oct 2026
CJR Model's $180M savings pave way for nationwide expansion
Medicare's bundled payment model for joint replacements cut costs by $180 million in its final three years without compromising care quality, according to a new CMS report.
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01 Oct 2026
Teen hacker arrested amid KillSec cyber gang takedown
A multinational operation targeting the KillSec ransomware gang has led to three arrests, including an unnamed 16-year-old
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01 Oct 2026
Texas AG opens prior auth probe into Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said his office has received reports about denied or delayed coverage for services that are medically necessary or urgent.
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30 Sep 2026
Site-neutral payments could save over $12B
A new analysis from EBRI finds significant cost savings for health plans and employers under site-neutral payments, although patients would have to wait for relief.
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30 Sep 2026
Access, not hesitancy, stymies flu vaccine rates
Surveying shows vaccine hesitancy isn't all that's dampening flu vaccine rates, as care access and mixed messaging keep people who want the shot from receiving it.
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29 Sep 2026
8% of hospital-insurer contract disputes go public: study
For-profit hospitals are more likely to publicly threaten to leave an insurer's network, although very few of these disputes end contractual relationships, according to a study.
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28 Sep 2026
Nurses dissatisfied with AI implementation, feel 'watched' by AI
Many nurses are dissatisfied with AI implementation, saying they feel surveilled and burdened with added workloads, which could hamper AI adoption in healthcare, a new survey shows.
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28 Sep 2026
Cigna, OpenAI partner on AI-driven personalized cancer care
OpenAI's technology will draw on Cigna's data and care management capabilities to produce individualized outreach and engagement.
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25 Sep 2026
Oracle Health adds ID.me digital verification capabilities
Digital identity verification is a key aspect of nationwide healthcare interoperability efforts, such as the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem initiative and TEFCA framework.
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25 Sep 2026
New analysis points finger at payers for IDR problems
Specialty medical groups submitted an analysis to Congress showing payers are responsible for most provider IDR wins despite their widespread complaints.
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24 Sep 2026
Athenahealth dials in on value-based care with AI-native capabilities
Athenahealth's AI-native capabilities will support value-based care through better data analysis, population-level reporting and risk stratification.
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24 Sep 2026
Oracle Health launches 5 AI revenue cycle tools to prevent denials
Oracle Health will roll out five embedded AI capabilities in its revenue cycle solutions that target prior authorizations, coding and charge capture to prevent claim denials.
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24 Sep 2026
AHIP: Medical costs, prescription drugs dominate premium dollar spend
The payer industry's primary lobbyist outlined a cent-by-cent breakdown of premium dollar spending, claiming hospital and prescription drug costs are the biggest expenses.
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24 Sep 2026
Interview: Frank Karlitschek is David to Microsoft’s Goliath
With 170 employees and European Commission endorsement, Nextcloud’s founder is building Europe’s open source answer to Microsoft 365
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24 Sep 2026
Netherlands designs sovereign cloud but concedes hardware dependency
A draft architecture published under the Dutch Digitalisation Strategy spells out what full software sovereignty requires and why full hardware sovereignty remains out of reach
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23 Sep 2026
Self-funded employers pay the price for IDR problems
A new report finds that self-funded employers are struggling to manage the volume and added costs of the federal IDR process.
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23 Sep 2026
Insurers deny less just to claw back more later: analysis
An analysis shows that claim denial rates are falling slightly, but providers aren't necessarily seeing an improvement in revenue as payers seek clawbacks.
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23 Sep 2026
AI chatbots don't replace online research for patients. They add to it.
More than half of patients using AI chatbots to learn more about their health use the tool alongside other online resources, like webpages managed by health systems.
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22 Sep 2026
VA deploys Abridge's AI scribing tool amid EHR modernization
Abridge's AI scribe is available in the VA's Oracle and legacy EHRs, offering ambient documentation and clinical decision support to clinicians across its medical centers nationwide.
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22 Sep 2026
Capita lacks the ‘capacity and ability’ to run GP pension scheme, BMA tells MPs
The British Medical Association (BMA) has written to MP committees calling for the Capita-run GP pension scheme to be brought in-house
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21 Sep 2026
Broadband deserts hinder telehealth access, especially in rural areas
Most Americans who could benefit from telehealth services to improve their access to healthcare live in rural areas with limited broadband availability, new research shows.
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21 Sep 2026
Bumrungrad turns to AI agents to clear patient email backlog
Bumrungrad International Hospital is using Salesforce’s Agentforce to summarise and route patient correspondence, with automated appointment booking and voice agents on the cards
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18 Sep 2026
Medical debt impacts 1 in 3 insured adults
Health insurance coverage doesn't protect everyone from incurring medical debt, with most debt totaling $2,000 or more.
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17 Sep 2026
Shadow AI prevalent, as 72% of health orgs deploy without IT approval
Security gaps, including shadow AI deployments, may hamper the use of agentic AI in healthcare despite leaders' confidence in the technology's transformative potential.
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17 Sep 2026
Zocdoc opens appointment scheduling architecture to health partners
Zocdoc said payers, providers, AI chatbots and online review sites can use its appointment scheduling architecture to embed provider search and booking on their own platforms.
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17 Sep 2026
New IDR portal sign-ups open for No Surprises Act disputes
The CMS has opened registration for the IDR Gateway, a centralized platform for parties to manage No Surprises Act disputes, which will formally open in late 2026.
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17 Sep 2026
R1 adds AI utilization management for denial prevention
The company's new Phare Utilization Management tool layers payer-specific intelligence onto a clinical AI engine to identify medical necessity denials in real time.
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16 Sep 2026
High healthcare costs force chronically ill patients to skip care, meds
Around half of people with one or more chronic illnesses have skipped or delayed care in the past year, and for a third of them, it was due to high healthcare costs.
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16 Sep 2026
Medicare cuts will jeopardize physician practices, groups say
Healthcare providers slammed planned reductions to Medicare physician reimbursement next year, while supporting more structural changes to how the program pays them.
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15 Sep 2026
Digital health tools for chronic kidney care ineffective: PHTI report
Digital chronic kidney disease tools are falling short on their goals of improving patient outcomes and reducing costs, adding to the mixed results of digital health technology.
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15 Sep 2026
Data dive: The revolving door between Whitehall and big tech
A Computer Weekly data analysis reveals a steady revolving door between Whitehall and major technology suppliers, mapping 63 moves by senior officials to AI and IT suppliers since 2010
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14 Sep 2026
Oracle Health expands Clinical AI Agent to nurses
Oracle Health's Clinical AI Agent for nurses will enable voice commands for chart documentation, AI patient summaries and voice-enabled charting.
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11 Sep 2026
Hospital price transparency compliance improves, but lags at 49%
Experts say clearer communication from CMS and stronger enforcement actions have led to improvements in hospital price transparency compliance.
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11 Sep 2026
AWS AI Symposium: Public sector must shape AI, use open source
As frontier models outpace cyber defences, two public sector voices set out different answers to the same security question – transparency and procurement leverage
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10 Sep 2026
ARPA-H selects 6 teams for agentic cardiovascular AI program
ARPA-H awarded six contracts to develop autonomous AI agents that can adjust cardiac care plans without human cardiologist oversight as part of its ADVOCATE program.
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10 Sep 2026
New 2027 CPT codes released as AMA faces mounting criticism
The 2027 CPT code set features new AI service codes and a maternity care framework, as the AMA defends its coding system against copyright lawsuits.
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10 Sep 2026
AWS AI Symposium: UHCW adds an operation a day with AI
UHCW added daily theatre capacity and got correct utilisation data using Proximie’s AI as part of what partners describe as the NHS’s largest surgical AI deployment
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10 Sep 2026
62% of young members use AI to choose a health plan
Health plans risk $3 billion in future member lifetime value if they continue to fall short on trust, opening the door for members to build relationships with AI.
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09 Sep 2026
Healthcare regs should include continuous AI monitoring
A new report provides four recommendations for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
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09 Sep 2026
Medical supply companies banned in $3.4B fraud takedown
Eleven medical supply companies will not receive Parts C or D payments following a CMS crackdown on potential fraudulent, wasteful and abusive billing.
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08 Sep 2026
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft updates address almost 1,000 flaws
Microsoft has released another record-breaking Patch Tuesday update with almost 1,000 flaws in scope
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08 Sep 2026
Less than 1% of FDA-cleared AI devices tested for clinical benefits
A recent study revealed that only three of 1,300+ FDA-cleared AI medical devices were evaluated for patient outcomes, exposing gaps in clinical evidence requirements.
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08 Sep 2026
Seasonal work risks Medicaid work requirement compliance
One in five adults at risk of noncompliance with Medicaid work requirements already work, with their hours just missing the 20-hour requirement set out by CMS.
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04 Sep 2026
US senator Bernie Sanders calls for ban on AI superintelligence
Two bills aimed at curbing the possibility of superintelligent AI systems, and regulating the use of agentic AI, are being introduced in the US
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04 Sep 2026
OpenEvidence launches 4 medical AI models
One of the company's latest models, Darwin, outperformed some of its top competitors by receiving a perfect score on the MedQA benchmark.
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04 Sep 2026
Data dive: Mapping NHS hyperscaler dependence
Mapping NHS DNS data reveals a heavy reliance on US hyperscalers, with Microsoft 365 routing email and infrastructure for the vast majority of trusts in a tangled web of connections
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03 Sep 2026
Medical groups continue to diverge from CDC on fall vaccine schedule
AAFP, AAP and peer groups' vaccine recommendations remain consistent with previous years, but they now diverge from the CDC's advisories calling for shared decision-making before annual COVID vaccination.
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03 Sep 2026
Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison called to testify over US health system overspend
The executive chair of Oracle and its CEO will be asked to justify why a project budgeted at $10bn is costing taxpayers $17bn more
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03 Sep 2026
Study: Emergency care costs fall up to 52% after No Surprises Act
A new analysis from HaloMD provides evidence that the No Surprises Act is working to cut costs, with data indicating about $1B in savings from out-of-network emergency care.
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02 Sep 2026
Study: More young women skip cervical cancer screenings
The number of women aged 21-29 having never gotten a cervical cancer screening nearly doubled between 2005 and 2023, researchers wrote.
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02 Sep 2026
OpenAI launches Epic integration with ChatGPT for Healthcare
Users will be able to use ChatGPT to query the Epic Systems medical record, helping streamline their care management workflows.
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01 Sep 2026
Digital ID challenges remain despite government U-turn, says NAO
While the government may have cancelled its digital ID scheme, challenges such as fragmented data, digital access to public services and public trust remain
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01 Sep 2026
200+ stakeholders push back on CMS plan to cut third-party RPM payments
Various groups, including trade associations, health systems and RPM companies, are raising the alarm over the potential fallout from the CMS proposal.
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01 Sep 2026
Medicare GLP-1 program sees rapid uptake among seniors
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz says 600,000 seniors have signed up for discounted GLP-1s through Medicare Bridge, projecting taxpayer savings through reduced hospitalizations.
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01 Sep 2026
Health disparities persist in patient portal signups, messaging
Racial health disparities in patient portals utilization still vex healthcare organizations, with racial minorities not getting the most out of the technology, studies show.
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01 Sep 2026
Chancellor unveils plans to entice UK tech startups
The UK government aims to build out home-grown research and development in artificial intelligence and cyber security
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01 Sep 2026
Interview: Haleon’s tech chief delighted for AI agents to feed SAP ‘clean core’
Haleon, formed from the consumer health units of GSK, Pfizer and Novartis, makes familiar brands like Sensodyne and Advil. Its chief digital and technology officer, Claire Dickson, tells its IT transformation story
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31 Aug 2026
Providers warn of another decade of 340B payment problems
Leading provider associations are urging the CMS to reconsider severe cuts to 340B reimbursements to hospitals, warning of another decades-long payment battle.
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31 Aug 2026
Docs say medical misinformation is on the rise, but AI isn't behind it
Physicians say social media is the biggest contributor to the rise in medical misinformation, not patient use of AI chatbots.
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27 Aug 2026
Cigna links supplemental benefits with medical plans
In 2027, employers can offer Medical with Smart Coverage, which allows them to connect supplemental benefits to high-deductible health plans.
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27 Aug 2026
$15.6B provider payouts fuel surge in No Surprises Act costs
Arbitrators awarded providers $15.6B from 2023-2025 under the No Surprises Act, with median payments at 445% of the QPA, which researchers say could drive up premiums.
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26 Aug 2026
UK government set to adjudicate on ‘risky’ tech purchases
Proposals for amendments to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill would enable the UK government to clamp down on purchases of technology from suppliers linked to hostile foreign countries
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26 Aug 2026
Waystar expands AI-powered agentic revenue cycle tools
The company said its AI agents can now tackle claim resolution, conversational performance intelligence, agentic clinical documentation and the patient financial experience.
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26 Aug 2026
How employers are rethinking benefits as healthcare costs soar
A new survey shows that employers are looking to value-based models, deeper vendor partnerships and potentially alternative health plans to control rising healthcare costs.
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26 Aug 2026
AI testing, validation common but inconsistent across healthcare providers
AI testing and validation approaches still vary widely as most healthcare providers adopt third-party solutions, creating what a recent report deems a patchwork of AI strategy maturity levels.
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26 Aug 2026
Hospital rate caps could slash health costs by $1T over a decade
A new Urban Institute study finds capping hospital rates at 100% over Medicare prices could reduce U.S. healthcare spending by $114.8B annually and over $1T in 10 years.
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25 Aug 2026
Average emergency department wait times reach 2.5 hours
Long emergency department wait times imperil patient access to care, leaving an average of 2.27% of patients giving up on the ED before they can even be seen.
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25 Aug 2026
Hospitals feel payer mix shifts as uncompensated care costs grow
New hospital financial performance data show higher uncompensated care costs and ED visits than two years ago, as healthcare coverage reform takes effect.
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24 Aug 2026
Employee health benefits to spike 9.5% in 2027
Researchers said employers will work on benefit design and overall employee wellness to try to cap the rising cost of employee health benefits.
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24 Aug 2026
Does low health literacy dampen the 21st Century Cures Act's impact?
Although two-thirds of patients look at their lab results immediately, nearly a third said their understanding of the results is fair at best.
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20 Aug 2026
AMA, DiMe launch AI framework for physicians amid rapid tech progress
The new framework outlines physicians' responsibilities in the AI era, emphasizing the importance of maintaining patient trust, clinical judgment and safe implementation.