Category: Healthcare Finance News

Rite Aid again files for bankruptcy as it pursues a buyer

Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy for a second time as it seeks a buyer.
Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey to pursue a sale of its prescriptions, pharmacy and front-end inventory, and other assets, th…

Bill would make violence against healthcare workers a federal crime

U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Angus King (I-Maine) have introduced legislation that would establish federal criminal penalties for assaulting hospital employees.

GE HealthCare gets FDA clearance for AI-powered image technology

GE HealthCare has announced that the Food and Drug Administration has granted clearance for its Aurora nuclear medicine system and Clarify DL, an AI-powered deep learning image reconstruction technology for radiation therapy.

GE HealthCare gets FDA clearance for AI-powered image technology

GE HealthCare has announced that the Food and Drug Administration has granted clearance for its Aurora nuclear medicine system and Clarify DL, an AI-powered deep learning image reconstruction technology for radiation therapy.

HCA Florida adding diagnostic cardiology

HCA Florida JFK North Hospital in Palm Beach is expanding its Interventional Services Department, adding diagnostic cardiology to its offerings.
Along with the new diagnostic cardiology capabilities, the department will now feature interventional radio…

Trump releases executive order to speed domestic drug production

President Trump has signed an executive order to speed domestic manufacturing of prescription drugs.

19 states file lawsuit to block Trump administration’s restructuring of HHS

Nineteen states and Washington D.C. have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration’s restructuring of the Department of Health and Human Services, claiming the federal government’s push to reshape the agency is “unconstitutional and ill…

Evernorth expanding GLP-1 presence with EnReachRx

Cigna’s Evernorth is signaling that it will expand its GLP-1 medication offerings through the creation of a new program called Evernorth EnReachRx, a new patient support model for pharmacies that want to provide enhanced clinical services alongside the…

Trump’s budget would cut a quarter of HHS discretionary funding

President Donald Trump released a 2026 proposed budget on Friday that would cut $33.3 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, a 26.2% reduction from 2025.
A proposed $674 million would be cut from the Centers f…

Democrats introduce resolutions to keep public input in rulemaking

Democratic senators and representatives have introduced companion resolutions  calling upon the Trump Administration to reverse course on a decision to no longer require public input on changes to public programs and policies overseen by the Department…