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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 ...
CHAI launches AI adoption support for public health agencies
As public health agencies fall behind in AI adoption, CHAI has launched the PULSE program to bring public health practitioners ...

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...
Civil rights groups: ACA, Medicaid cuts exacerbate health disparities
Of the nearly 15 million people slated to lose ACA or Medicaid coverage, 60% will come from minority groups, which could worsen ...

23andMe settles multistate data breach lawsuit for $18M
A coalition of 43 attorneys general resolved allegations against 23andMe stemming from a 2023 data breach that impacted 7 million...
Abbott discloses cyberattack on cancer diagnostics business
The cyberattack follows Abbott’s recent $21 billion purchase of Exact Sciences. Abbott did not disclose what kind of information ...
Healthcare ransomware attacks surge 14% amid growing cyberthreats
A new report shows that healthcare organizations have faced 410 ransomware attacks in the first half of 2026, as regulatory ...

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