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Humana has tapped Google Cloud for the launch of Agent Assist, a new AI-powered tool that aims to support its teams in addressing member questions.

Though Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings dropped by 21% from 2024 to 2025, increases in hospitals and senior care, plus looming headwinds, are still cause for caution, Gibbins Advisors warns.

Midi Health has grown rapidly in the past five years with a clinician network that spans 500 providers across 50 states serving more than 230,000 patients.

The program will fund targeted outreach, psychiatric care, medical stabilization and crisis intervention for individuals experiencing homelessness and substance use disorder. The department's announcement framed the efforts as a sharp turn from “misguided” policies of the Biden administration, such as a reliance on harm reduction strategies.

Living with a rare disease is easier with the right care team. This Rare Disease Month, see how Evernorth’s specialty model centers on patient needs.

SCAN Health Plan added 127,000 members during Medicare's annual enrollment period, making for 40.6% growth.

The early wind-down of a 20-year revenue cycle management contract and joint venture with Tenet's Conifer Health Solutions subsidiary will bring the for-profit a haul valued at $2.65 billion, CEO Saum Sutaria, M.D., said.

Pappalardo is considered a tech pioneer with a 56-year career that started when he founded electronic health record company Meditech in 1969, a company he steered to become one of the leading EHR companies.

As biotech and other sectors of the life sciences industry espouse cautious optimism for a stabler financing environment in 2026, the steady influx of new funds in the space suggests things are trending in a better direction so far. The latest firm to top up its venture capital coffers is Austin, Texas-based Santé Ventures, which on Monday announced its fifth and biggest fund to date.

A federal judge has tossed two of the federal government's charges against the man accused of murdering a prominent insurance executive, meaning he will no longer face the death penalty.

The time has come for CMS to implement performance measures—or quantitative metrics—for public health and clinical data exchange, writes Sheri Doyle of The Pew Charitable Trusts.

The Department of Labor has issued a proposed rule that aims to inject additional transparency in pharmacy benefit manager relationships.

Restrictions on "a Medicaid financing gimmick” through which states are able to secure greater funding from the federal government was targeted by the agency, budget hawks and Republican lawmakers during 2025, and has now been finalized.

The institute will serve as a platform for partnerships across academia and industry while expanding the scope of women’s and family health research, Maven Clinic says.

Nourish Labs will integrate blood testing into personalized nutrition care. The objective measurement will improve treatment plans and strengthen patient engagement, executives say.

A potential "Secure American Medical Supplies" designation and accompanying new payment streams for Medicare hospitals would improve emergency preparedness while promoting U.S. jobs and manufacturing, CMS officials said while calling for public feedback on the plans.

A new study shows that close to 53 million prior authorization requests were sent to Medicare Advantage plans in 2024, increasing from 2023 and far above the number required in traditional Medicare.

More than 75 health systems sent a letter to federal officials raising concerns about the integrity of nationwide data sharing networks, flagging issues with "bad actors" gaining access to patients' medical information.

The minute-long ad, which debuted online Thursday ahead of its broadcast premiere during the Feb. 8 game, starts with a stark claim: “Rich people live longer,” said by the ad’s narrator, the rapper and actor Common.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released new data on the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period, with sign-ups lagging the same time frame last year.