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Meet the 6 vendors participating in the CMS WISeR Model
The vendors selected to lead a new CMS model will apply their technologies leveraging AI to streamline the Medicare prior ...
Democrats introduce bill to repeal Medicare prior authorization pilot
The lawmakers argue the CMS innovation center model, which will implement AI-backed prior authorization for some services in six ...
Survey: Most providers not ready for TEAM bundled payments
Despite new requirements coming in January, 77% of providers don't feel prepared for new TEAM bundled payments as they continue ...

Low-income kids less likely to get all childhood vaccines
The Commonwealth Fund said that 62.3% of low-income kids have gotten all early childhood vaccines compared to 77.9% of ...
Leapfrog: Health system affiliation linked with patient safety
In its fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, The Leapfrog Group flagged a link between health system affiliation and A-ratings in ...
Why nurses are key to building patient health literacy about AI
Nurses could effectively help build patient health literacy about AI, but they themselves must be empowered with information ...

Survey: AI, digital health key to expanding health system capacity
Health system leaders emphasized the crucial role that AI and digital health technology play in enhancing health system capacity,...
Consortium aims to ease tensions among nurses over AI
The Nursing and AI Innovation Consortium has formed to unite clinicians, educators and industry leaders in a strategy to ...
How health systems can build an AI-ready data infrastructure
Cedars-Sinai's chief AI officer shares strategies health systems can employ to create a robust data infrastructure that supports ...

Akira ransomware poses imminent threat to critical infrastructure, CISA says
A joint cybersecurity advisory published by CISA, the FBI, HHS and international authorities detailed recent Akira threat actor ...
HSCC previews upcoming AI cybersecurity guidance
The AI cybersecurity guidance will focus on the interdependencies between several critical AI workstreams, including governance, ...
Conduent faces mounting financial losses from data breach
The business associate data breach is expected to cost Conduent millions through the first quarter of 2026, the company said in ...

Telehealth flexibilities reinstated through January 2026
The newly passed continuing resolution extends telehealth flexibilities and the CMS hospital-at-home waiver through Jan. 30, 2026...
Telehealth flexibilities expired. Here's how providers are coping.
Telehealth flexibilities ended on Sept. 30, forcing providers to halt new virtual visits, risk financial losses or drive hundreds...
Omada Health to prescribe GLP-1s
The virtual care provider said it will add a prescribing capability to its GLP-1 care track to offer comprehensive support to ...

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