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Everyone calls FQHCs resilient. The numbers say something else. 📊 Synergy Billing just released The FQHC Benchmark Report, a national analysis combining HRSA Uniform Data System data with verified IRS Form 990 filings from 1,139 ...

CMS just removed 189,000 people from ACA coverage. Here is what that means. This is not a small audit finding. It is a signal that the rules of federal healthcare enrollment enforcement are being rewritten ...

A surgeon in Rome removes the lower lobe of a pope's right lung. 🫁 The Vatican calls the surgery successful, no complications, cancer caught at a very early stage. That news traveled around the world ...

193 counties will have zero Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan options in 2027. 😳 That number was 123 counties in 2026, and it will keep climbing. According to reporting by Quartz and KFF data published ...

Revenue up 10x. Sequoia and First Round both said yes. 🔬 When I read that Healthleap's revenue grew more than tenfold over the past year, I sat with that number for a minute. That is ...

Most radiation oncology programs missed the most expensive coding change of the decade. They are still reading the 2026 Medicare fee schedule. The real threat lives in commercial payer contracts that have not caught up. ...

Could a ballot measure close hundreds of California clinics right when they need every dollar to survive? 🤔 California's Proposition 44 is on the November ballot. On its face, the pitch sounds reasonable: require nonprofit ...

AI just turned a routine MRI into a full body composition report. 🧠 No new scanner. No technologist manually measuring tissue slices. Five minutes. AIRS Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance this week for SwiftSight Body ...

A law meant to protect patients is now funding a $1.3B arbitration machine. 🔍 Picture a 2021 hospital discharge. A patient gets their explanation of benefits, no surprise bill in sight. The No Surprises Act ...