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Friday’s RFI sets a March 19 deadline for stakeholders to weigh in on what the government should consider when putting together its second attempt at a 340B rebate test run.

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan has agreed to a settlement with the Department of Labor that resolves multiple investigations into access for mental health and substance abuse services.

"What we're announcing today with MCP provides foundational capabilities for medication workflow automation," Wolters Kluwer health tech executive Christian Hartman said.

A new framework report identifies appropriate policies that support ongoing health equity initiatives and offers a framework for maintaining patients' ability to access healthcare without variation in quality because of personal characteristics.

While Generation Z and millennial workers still account for fewer claims than their baby boomer counterparts, claims in these populations are rising fast, according to a new report.

Healthcare's 81,900 added jobs were well above last year's monthly average of 33,000 and represented about 60% of January's economywide net gain of 130,000.

Al company Anterior has banked a $40 million funding round as it looks to continue scaling its platform.

The sector bounced back from a November slip with steady margins and volumes, though some underlying performance metrics suggest "an eroding payer mix, likely a higher proportion of government vs. private payers and more uninsured patients" on the horizon, according to advisory firm Kaufman Hall.

Talkiatry closed a $210 million series D to expand telepsychiatry services.

The partnership’s goal is to expand access to oncofertility care, helping patients of childbearing age going through the cancer journey to understand and preserve their fertility options.

The findings suggest the more a patient engages with Tia, the better their outcomes are. The report analyzed outcomes across preventive care, mental health, cardiometabolic health and quality of life, which consistently outperformed national benchmarks.

Specialty care company Lantern revealed that it will expand its cancer care navigation platform through a new partnership with AccessHope.

At Birches, Cynthia Grant, Ph.D., is tasked with developing care pathways, from group to family therapy, plus focusing on peer support and training providers.

North Star Health Alliance attributed its financial shortfall to payment delays related to the transition of one of its hospitals into two co-located facilitie as well as increasing costs and multiple cyberattacks.

The for-profit hospital and ambulatory surgery center operator described strong acuity and payer mix in its most recent quarter, as well as continued expectations of earnings growth even as it predicts a $250 million hit to adjusted EBITDA in 2026 due the the expiration of marketplace subsidies.

At the 2026 Annual Meeting for the health IT office at HHS, officials announced a massive spike in the number of health records shared through the government-backed TEFCA initiative. The number seems to reflect the heavy focus Trump's HHS has put on digital health and interoperability in its first year.

High-cost biologics are reshaping dermatology and driving drug spending higher. This episode looks at how the specialty reached this point and whether a value-based care model could rein in costs without compromising care.

Humana CEO Jim Rechtin acknowledged the noise around the latest Medicare Advantage rate notice and said that while the flat proposal is a concern, the company will continue to push forward on its performance improvements.

Hinge Health's shares were up 13% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the digital health company reported a strong fourth quarter and a bright outlook for 2026.

While states’ proposals for the $50 billion fund are broadly “innovative” and should “positively impact healthcare in rural communities,” the program and its money likely won’t be enough to reverse rural hospitals’ current or future financial realities, Chartis wrote in a new report.