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Northwell Health awards $1.3 million for employee-led healthcare innovations
Three employee-led projects at Northwell Health, one of New York’s largest health systems, have been awarded a total of $1.3 million as part of the system’s 2025 Innovation Challenge, with the funding going to support scientific advancement in healthcare.
Michael Dowling stepping down as president and CEO of Northwell Health after 23 years
After leading Northwell Health for close to a quarter of a century, Michael Dowling is stepping down as president and CEO, effective October 1.
Dowling will transition to the role of CEO emeritus of New York’s largest nonprofit health system.
UnitedHealth Group CEO steps down, Hemsley appointed
UnitedHealth Group will be suspending its 2025 outlook and said CEO Andrew Witty will be stepping down from the company’s top post, citing personal reasons.
Trump order aims to lower drug prices with most favored nation policy
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that would effectively link drug prices in the U.S.to the cost of drugs abroad, and tasks Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to negotiate new prices for the dr…
Bill would expand access to digital therapeutics
Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) have reintroduced a bill that would expand access to software-based treatments and create a reimbursement pathway for software that treats medical conditions.
UCHealth to serve as Olympic medical center
UCHealth in Aurora, Colorado is extending a partnership with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, serving as a national medical center for athletes who live and train in Colorado Springs.
Hartford HealthCare teams with Memorial Sloan Kettering on cancer center
Connecticut-based Hartford HealthCare has collaborated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York to open a new cancer center in Fairfield, Connecticut, that’s being called the first of its kind in the area.
The 25,000-square-foot facility…
State attorneys general sue CVS Health for alleged Medicaid overpayments
Attorneys general from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oklahoma and Indiana have filed a lawsuit against CVS Health claiming that it submitted “false and fraudulent claims” to state Medicaid programs.
The AGs say CVS Health charged these programs higher pr…
Lawsuit claims UnitedHealth Group misled investors on finances
A new lawsuit filed against UnitedHealth Group claims the healthcare company misled investors about its financial outlook following the murder of then-CEO Brian Thompson, who in December was killed by a gunman while attending the company’s annual inves…
Trump administration nixes Harvard research grants
The Trump administration will no longer be providing federal research grants to Harvard University, with U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon informing Harvard in a letter, which was posted to X, that grants would be halted after a “comprehensive …
