Healthcare

CMS moves to codify limits on Medicaid provider taxes
The rule is meant to prevent states from guaranteeing that providers will be refunded for their tax costs, and should save ...
Trump administration pauses $1B in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota
Federal regulators are pausing more Medicaid funds to the states, citing suspicious payments and concerns about fraud.
Aetna: Docs trust payers more even as administrative burden persists
Although providers are trusting payers more, there's an opportunity for health IT to ameliorate administrative burdens, including...

Cigna expands AI capabilities to intervene earlier in chronic care
Cigna announced plans to expand its care management programs using AI and predictive analytics to identify chronic conditions ...
Optum, Anthropic team up on AI, but impact on healthcare is still unclear
Optum's partnership with AI giant Anthropic signals enterprise AI's momentum in healthcare, but sparse details leave the ...
AWS' Allyson Fryhoff on how health systems are using AI to analyze complex data
In a Q&A, AWS' managing director of healthcare and life sciences, Allyson Fryhoff, discussed how providers are using agentic AI ...