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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: → ...

50 states just got marching orders from CMS. Are you ready? Dr. Mehmet Oz, the new CMS Administrator, just dropped a directive that's about to shake up Medicaid provider networks nationwide. All 50 states must ...

72 hours to approve or deny. CMS just rewrote the rules. Starting this year, health plans must respond to prior authorization requests within 3 days for urgent cases. Seven days for standard requests. No more ...

The U.S. just captured 76% of ALL global digital health funding. $5.34 billion in Q1 2026 alone. But here's what's really happening beneath the surface: Deal volume is DOWN, yet average deal sizes MORE THAN ...

Healthcare AI just pulled in $100M+ this week. Here's who got funded. $77 million to Iterative Health (Series C) $12 million to Lungpacer Medical (Convertible Note) $3 million to TietAI (Seed) $1 million to Depth ...