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AHA: Hospitals spent $43B chasing pay from denials, prior auths
Hospitals are spending precious resources on administrative burdens as expenses continue to rise significantly, the AHA reports.
Agentic AI powers revenue cycle technology news at HIMSS26
A common theme at HIMSS26 is using agentic AI to coordinate tasks across the revenue cycle, pushing a more autonomous state of ...
As financial standing improves, physicians worry about sustaining it
Most physicians are confident in their practice's financial footing, but those in independent practice still have an overwhelming...

Microsoft joins the AI chatbot market with Copilot Health
Microsoft is framing Copilot Health as a complement to patient–provider relationships, but the company's own data suggest it's ...
Amazon expands Health AI chatbot to all customers
Amazon's move to expand its Health AI chatbot could help it gain greater traction in a growing consumer-facing health AI market.
Leapfrog must remove safety grades from 5 Tenet-owned hospitals, judge says
Poor grades assigned by the nonprofit watchdog to the Tenet hospitals in Florida were based on methodology that “has no ...

Oura expands AI-driven capabilities with new acquisition
The wearables developer has acquired a Finland-based company that offers gesture recognition technology powered by AI, biometrics...
AI ROI, agentic innovation in spotlight as HIMSS approaches
CVS, Humana, Waystar and other healthcare companies announced new agentic AI capabilities or demonstrated ROI for existing ...
OpenEvidence launches audio telehealth feature
The AI-based clinical search engine now includes a feature that allows clinicians to call, message and fax patients.

OCR director defends HIPAA updates: "The cost of doing nothing is very high"
OCR Director Paula M. Stannard addressed concerns about proposed HIPAA Security Rule updates, but said OCR has yet to decide ...
Stryker experiencing widespread outage due to cyberattack
The medtech company confirmed on Wednesday that it was experiencing a global network disruption to its Microsoft environment.
Managing shadow AI risks as healthcare embraces innovation
At HIMSS, experts spoke about managing shadow AI risk with governance, education and technical safeguards.

Study: Telehealth did not boost mental health access in rural areas
Telehealth adoption resulted in incremental increases in mental health visits among patients in rural and underserved areas, a ...
UHS to acquire Talkspace for $835M as hospital operator pursues behavioral health growth
Shortages of behavioral healthcare providers have been a bottleneck to UHS’ growth. Monday’s acquisition of Talkspace for $5.25 a...
Omada Health reports Q4 profit, offers new GLP-1 cash-pay option
The digital health provider reported a profitable fourth quarter with strong revenue and membership growth in 2025, and a new ...

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