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Missouri just voted to let doctors prescribe groceries. Not vitamins. Not supplements. Actual food. The Missouri House just passed bipartisan legislation creating a Medicaid "Food is Medicine" program. Doctors can now prescribe tailored meals, fresh ...

"We're ready to replace radiologists with AI tomorrow." That bombshell came from Mitchell Katz, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, at a recent healthcare panel. His plan? Let AI handle first reads of mammograms and ...

CMS just handed Medicare Advantage a 5% raise. Here's what it means. The final numbers are in: Medicare Advantage plans will see a 5.06% payment increase for 2026, jumping from CMS's initial 2.23% estimate. That's ...

Medicare just opened the door to CBD. This changes everything. On April 1, 2026, CMS quietly dropped a bombshell: Medicare pilots will now cover hemp and CBD products in certain alternative payment models. Think about ...

The White House just proposed the biggest HHS cut in recent memory. $15.8 billion slashed from HHS in the FY 2027 budget proposal released April 3rd. That's a 12.5% reduction from current funding levels. Here's ...

CVS just deployed 100,000 AI twins to solve medication non-adherence. And they're achieving 85-95% accuracy in predicting patient behavior. Here's what makes this revolutionary: These aren't generic AI models. CVS built "agentic twins" using real ...

A handheld ultrasound just changed everything for pregnant women. Butterfly Network got FDA clearance last week for something remarkable: AI that estimates gestational age from blind ultrasound sweeps. No specialist needed. No complex training required. ...

18.3 billion patient encounters at your fingertips. Game changer? Advocate Health just plugged into Epic's Cosmos platform, and the numbers are staggering. 300 million patient records. Real-world data. Instant access. Here's what this means for ...

Medicare just created payment codes for AI. Everything changes now. We've been waiting for this moment since ChatGPT launched. CMS announced new CPT codes for AI-augmented care, and it's bigger than most realize. Starting this ...