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32+ million patients. One budget line. One vote away from a crisis. Federally Qualified Health Centers are the backbone of primary care for America's most vulnerable populations. Rural families. Uninsured workers. Medicaid enrollees. Immigrants. People ...

AI just found heart disease hiding in your chest CT scan. And now, for the first time, hospitals can actually bill Medicare for it. As of April 1, 2026, CMS created a reimbursement pathway for ...

Rural hospitals are finally getting radiologists. Just not human ones. Across the United States, roughly 60 million people live in rural communities where access to a radiologist on staff is nearly impossible. Recruiting is brutal. ...

Hospital price transparency just got real. And hospitals are not ready. When CMS first rolled out price transparency rules in January 2021, most health systems complied on paper, buried machine-readable files no patient could ever ...

5.2 million people may lose Medicaid. Not from cuts. From paperwork. The Senate is advancing a reconciliation bill that includes mandatory work requirements for Medicaid recipients. On the surface, it sounds reasonable. Work to receive ...

GLP-1 drugs work better with AI. Here is the proof. Semaglutide and tirzepatide are already rewriting the rulebook on obesity treatment. But the real story in 2026 is not just the drug. It is what ...

America's safety net clinics can't afford the AI revolution. And that should alarm every healthcare leader reading this. FQHCs serve more than 32 million patients across the United States. Over 90% of those patients are ...

Telehealth saved millions of patients. Congress could end it. Here is something that does not get enough attention in healthcare boardrooms right now. The telehealth flexibilities that have been in place since 2020 are still ...