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.@Humana exits $900M position in end-of-life provider Gentiva. @gentivahospice #Healthcare #BusinessNews #Hospice #Humana #Gentiva #HomeCare #PatientCare #PrivateEquity #PE #KindredHealthcare #Kentucky ow.ly/Q5aX50Zblhs

Humana exits $900M position in end-of-life provider Gentiva

The Kentucky-based insurance giant had owned a 40% stake in the hospice company, stemming from its 2021 acquisition of Kindred Healthcare. Humana said a “consortium of investors" is making the buy,...

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For #nurses, maybe #COVID’s added burdens were a case of the last straw meeting that overburdened camel’s back. Emphasis on maybe. @UMichMedScience @UMichResearch @PublicHealth ow.ly/h93150ZbaR1

COVID pandemic’s effect on nurse staffing confounds linear expectations

Many or most who left their jobs in the early 2020s—whether for other nursing jobs or entirely new work—were thinking about doing so prior to the pandemic. 

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House committee votes unanimously to block AI-enabled Medicare prior authorizations. #AIinHealthcare #AI #Healthcare #Policy #Congress #Bipartisan #EFF #Lawsuit #CMS #DrOz #WISeR #HHS ow.ly/QukK50Zb5Gc

House committee votes unanimously to block AI-enabled Medicare prior authorizations

A pilot program to use artificial intelligence to approve or deny traditional Medicare claims is currently active in six states. If successful, an amendment from the U.S. House of Representatives...

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Florida residents charged in Medicare fraud conspiracy said to involve 6,000 beneficiaries. ow.ly/eACP50ZayyT

Florida residents charged in Medicare fraud conspiracy said to involve 6,000 beneficiaries

The grand jury indicted two individuals for their alleged roles in a scheme to steal data on Medicare patients and re-sell that information for a premium to nefarious actors for the purpose of...

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6 opportunities to encourage wavering doctor trainees to chin up and soldier on ow.ly/H5YS50Zaylb

6 opportunities to encourage wavering doctor trainees to chin up and soldier on

Last month saw the release of research showing a small but nontrivial number of physicians quit the job soon after completing residency training. Now comes a separate study suggesting the reasons for...

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.@AECFNews: ‘Our country is facing a #childhealth crisis marked by high rates of #chronicillness, #mentalillness and #avoidabledeath.’ ow.ly/OOIt50Zatjh

Where children thrive, according to measures of general health and overall wellbeing

Going by four markers of health risk, four neighboring U.S. states are the best places to raise children with high chances of living long, healthy lives. 

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Nurses file class-action lawsuit against Ascension, Prime over hospital staffing. #Staffing #Healthcare #Ascension #PrimeHealthcare #PatientSafety #Nursing #Lawsuit #LegalNews #ClassAction ow.ly/m7Sm50ZaemY

Nurses file class-action lawsuit against Ascension, Prime over hospital staffing

A lawsuit claims that nurse staffing levels at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Illinois were too low to meet minimum safety thresholds, resulting in medical errors. Plaintiffs in the case are seeking...

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Anubis ransomware gang claims credit as Mississippi hospital reveals attack impacted 54K patients. #Anubis #Cybersecurity #Ransomware #Mississippi #Hack #Healthcare #HIPAA #PHI #DataBreach #Privacy ow.ly/pHvZ50Z9X8v

Anubis ransomware gang claims credit as Mississippi hospital reveals attack impacted 54K patients

The data breach on Singing River Health System occurred in December 2025 and resulted in sensitive medical information being stolen by cybercriminals. If a post on the dark web is to be believed, an...

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Patients may enjoy the convenience of automated texting while cursing its curtness ow.ly/JrXo50Z9ROL

Patients may enjoy the convenience of automated texting while cursing its curtness

Many patients mistake auto-text messages from providers as opportunities to interact with the sender. When this happens, the patient often tries to communicate about more than just appointment...

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Lawsuit: Inclusion of ‘catastrophic plans’ on marketplaces a ploy to undermine the ACA. @DemocracyFwd @mainstreetweets #ACA #Insurance #Coverage #CMS #Trump #Lawsuit #HHS #DrOz #RFK #Policy ow.ly/p3qv50Z9FWN

Lawsuit: Inclusion of ‘catastrophic plans’ on marketplaces a ploy to undermine the ACA

A coalition of municipalities and nonprofits is challenging the changes to the Affordable Care Act, arguing that low-cost, low-value coverage options flooding the market will ultimately cause 3...

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Ascension, FTC reach deal as $3.9B acquisition of Amsurg is finalized. @ascensionorg @amsurgcorp #FTC #Amsurg #Ascension #Healthcare #MandA #Mergers #Buyout #Policy ow.ly/nIRb50Z9rt4

Ascension, FTC reach deal as $3.9B acquisition of Amsurg is finalized

The buyout, announced last summer, drew the attention of federal regulators at the Federal Trade Commission, concerned that competition for ambulatory surgery services would be stifled by the merger....

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.@timsandle @digitaljournal: ‘A defining feature of the #Microsoft–#MayoClinic effort is its reliance on #multimodaldata integration.’ ow.ly/42ET50Z9lVG

New Mayo–Microsoft collaboration may mean much for AI in healthcare

When Mayo Clinic and Microsoft announced last week that they’re partnering to develop a frontier AI model for healthcare, observers could see where Mayo’s expertise in advanced digital medicine would...

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Hospital execs exhorted to lead the affordability movement from the front ow.ly/y2Oz50Z91gW

Hospital execs exhorted to lead the affordability movement from the front

The American Hospital Association is out with a set of strategies for making healthcare more affordable—not only within hospitals but also across U.S. healthcare as a whole. The gameplan walks...

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Number of children enrolled in Medicaid, CHIP slides by 2M since Trump took office. @georgetownccf #Policy #Healthcare #CHIP #Medicaid #Trump #OBBBA #Vance #Economy #Inflation ow.ly/HiqV50Z8YOX

Number of children enrolled in Medicaid, CHIP slides by 2M since Trump took office

The numbers from the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families, a nonprofit academic research group that is drawing from recent enrollment data gathered...

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#EmergencyMedicine researchers: ‘The distinction between #burnout and #moralinjury is critical because solutions to address each differ.’ @serenasound @DrMichelleLin @mamtani_mira @JAMANetworkOpen ow.ly/nFZ450Z8TzG

Emergency physicians lead the league in burnout—but when they quit, it’s often for another reason

Among all medical specialties, emergency medicine is the single most likely to burn out its practitioners. 

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Used car salesman scams $1.5M from buyers of wheelchair-accessible vehicles. ow.ly/BA2550Z8NjJ

Used car salesman scams $1.5M from buyers of wheelchair-accessible vehicles

Edward Scott Rock, 50, was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay back the disabled and elderly customers who bought the customized vehicles only to realize they were never going to be...

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Personal data on mental health patients stolen in provider group hack. #Cybersecurity #DataBreach #Healthcare #MentalHealth #BehavioralHealth #Acadia #Cybercrime #Hack ow.ly/J8gx50Z8fGs

Personal data on mental health patients stolen in provider group hack

In what’s being called a “data security incident,” Acadia Healthcare confirmed a compromised email account led to sensitive patient data being accessed by hackers. The full number of victims is being...

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.@commonwealthfnd calls for greater #transparency—along with expansion of appeal rights and standardization of #utilizationreview processes—among all #privatepayers. ow.ly/44e850Z8aIS

Survey findings show how health insurance denials affect Americans

Patients who have their claims turned down by private insurers often incur debt they need months to pay off, according to an analysis of 4,589 survey responses. More than half the field reported such...

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New report from @WittKieffer: Healthcare organizations that continue to treat #CFO development as informal and episodic are fated to ‘remain dependent on external, ready‑made #leaders.’ ow.ly/4qXb50Z839t

Ascendant healthcare CFOs are not what they used to be: Report

It was once a given that hospital chief financial officers would be first in line to fill CFO positions in multi-hospital health systems when those bigger jobs opened up. That’s no longer necessarily...

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.@wallethub’s key variables included state-by-state costs of #doctor, #dentist and #optometrist visits as well as the prices of #ibuprofen and #Lipitor. ow.ly/1WKA50Z7Mfb

Most and least expensive states for out-of-pocket healthcare spending

Utah, Virginia and California vs. Alaska, Oregon and Maine: Guess which trio’s residents spend the most on healthcare and which spend the least. 

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