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Medicaid is being reshaped. Here's what nobody is saying. Most of the conversation around the House reconciliation bill has focused on work requirements. But the structural changes buried inside that legislation deserve just as much ...

Healthcare AI just had one of its biggest funding weeks of 2026. And most healthcare executives still have no idea what was just funded, or why it matters for their organizations. Here is what the ...

Doctors spend 45 hours a week on prior auth. AI is ending that. Let that number sink in. The American Medical Association found that physicians and their staff spend an average of 45 hours per ...

Millions may lose Medicaid, not for being unemployed, but for paperwork. Nebraska launched the country's first federally mandated Medicaid work requirement on May 1, 2026. Covered expansion adults ages 19 to 64 now must document ...

Radiology just got its first-ever rulebook for AI. 🧠 For years, hospitals and imaging centers have been adopting AI tools with very little structure around how to evaluate them, monitor them, or hold them accountable. ...

CMS just froze $1.3B in Medicaid payments to California. And if you lead a health center, run a clinic, or oversee Medicaid billing for any provider organization, this story should be on your radar right ...

Medicaid work rules are now live. Here is what that means. On May 1, 2026, Nebraska became the first state in the country to enforce Medicaid work requirements under the federal reconciliation law. Here is ...

Why are pharma companies betting big on AI clinical trial networks? Iterative Health just closed a massive $77M Series C, led by Google Ventures and Intrepid Growth Partners. The numbers tell an interesting story: → ...