Indiana University Health Affiliated Covered Entity (IU Health) said last week that it detected unusual activity linked to a team member’s email account, which resulted in some information being compromised, specifically a limited number of Social Secu…
Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans.
Citing lower retail sales, Walgreens said it has lost $265 million in its first fiscal quarter, which ended November 30 – a sharp decline
Duke Health is the latest health system to partner with Abridge on generative AI for clinical documentation.
Duke Health, headquartered in North Carolina, and Abridge signed an enterprise-wide agreement in late December to deploy the AI platform to 5,0…
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital plans a major expansion at its Liberty Campus, which will double inpatient capacity and add surgical operating rooms as part of a $365 million project.
The project will also include construction of a large medical office …
Health is unlikely to be a top priority for the new GOP-led 119th Congress and President-elect Donald Trump. But it’s likely to play a key supporting role, with an abortion bill already scheduled for debate in the Senate. Meanwhile, it’s unclear when and how the new Congress will deal with the bipartisan bills jettisoned from the previous Congress’ year-end omnibus measure — including a major deal to rein in the power of pharmacy benefit managers. In this “catch up on all the news you missed” episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
Blue Shield of California is undergoing a corporate restructuring, and as part of that effort has tapped Lois Quam to serve as its new chief executive officer. Quam, who joined the company in 2024, becomes the first woman in the health plan’s 86-year h…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reports that close to 24 million people have selected a health plan for 2025 during the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period.
Healthcare technology company H1 has acquired data management software company Ribbon Health for an undisclosed sum with a mix of cash and stock, the company said this week.
Ribbon’s platform facilitates how patients find the right doctor across digita…
Transcarent, an employee healthcare navigation company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire health benefits platform Accolade for about $621 million, or $7.03 per share in cash.
The Boards of Directors of both companies unanimously appro…
