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Shield Blood Test: 90M Americans Covered
90 million Americans can now screen for colorectal cancer with a blood draw. ๐ฉธ This is the access story nobody is talking about enough. According to a September 1 announcement via Business Wire, Carelon Healthcare ...
Texas Hospitals Losing $27M/Day
A hospital CFO in Dallas sits down at his desk on Tuesday morning. ๐ฅ His balance sheet looks the same as Monday. His Medicaid funding does not. As of September 1, 2026, Texas hospitals are ...
Thyme Care $125M Series E
Cancer care just hit a $2B valuation. No hospital built it. A startup built on virtual navigation did. ๐ฏ Thyme Care raised $125 million in a Series E round this week, pushing its valuation above ...
NSCLC Post-Treatment Nodule Framework
55% of NSCLC patients can still recur after curative-intent treatment. ๐ฏ That number should stop every radiologist and oncologist cold when they see a new nodule in a survivor. According to BioSpace, published studies report ...
FQHCs grew 3.1% since OBBB passed
I read the new CMS data on FQHCs. The numbers surprised me. ๐ Everyone told me the One Big Beautiful Bill would hollow out the safety net. The National Association of Community Health Centers warned ...
Medicare Part D Premiums Rising in 2027
Are you ready for the bill your Medicare patients are about to get? ๐ Because it just got more expensive to be on Medicare. The Trump administration announced it will end the Part D Premium ...
FOBT Screening Cuts CRC Death by 43%
A stool test mailed to your home. That is the intervention. No clinic visit. No prep. No procedure. Just a kit in the mailbox and the choice to use it. New research published in JAMA ...
Non-Metastatic NSCLC Consensus Map
89 experts. 96 statements. Here is what they actually agreed on. ๐ง A modified Delphi process brought 89 thoracic oncology experts together for a 3-day in-person meeting in Barcelona last September. They rated 96 clinical ...
HRSA $102M FQHC Expansion Reality Check
FQHC CEO: Are you celebrating the $102M HRSA award or reading the fine print? ๐งพ Because the fine print is where your next two years live. On August 13, HHS announced $102 million in New ...








