WVU Health System takes next step toward buying Independence Health
An acquisition of Independence would further expand West Virginia University Health System into southwestern Pennsylvania.
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ScionHealth sends 8 community hospitals to Lifepoint Health
The deal between the nationwide sister systems grows Lifepoint Health to a network of 68 community hospital campuses, and allows ScionHealth to increase focus on its core business of specialty hospital services.
Read full article →Georgetown study: 2M children have dropped out of Medicaid, CHIP since January 2025
There are 2 million fewer children enrolled in either Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program compared to January 2025, according to a new report.
Read full article →Senators question tobacco firms on lobbying in wake of new FDA policy
A group of six Democratic senators sent letters to two tobacco companies on Thursday, asking for details on their dealings with the Trump administration in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) easing restrictions on vapes. Last month, the FDA granted marketing authorization to four flavored vaping products and issued new guidance allowing...
Read full article →Acting CDC director says US Ebola response more justified than COVID measures
Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Jay Bhattacharya defended the Trump administration’s response to the Ebola outbreak Thursday, writing in The Wall Street Journal that the measures being taken are scientifically stronger than those implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bhattacharya said the COVID-19 public health response measures such as “lockdowns,” school closures, and mask...
Read full article →Trump cuts funding to Hawaii's Medicaid fraud unit
The Trump administration is cutting off $3 million in federal funding to Hawaii’s Medicaid fraud control program after it failed to bring a single indictment or conviction over the past four years. In a letter sent to Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez, Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General March Bell said his agency would not recertify the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU),...
Read full article →Cassidy slams RFK Jr. over resurgence in vaccine-preventable diseases
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) directly blamed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for a resurgence in vaccine-preventable illnesses Thursday. On the social media platform X, Cassidy shared a New York Times article reporting on hospitals seeing a resurgence in vaccine-preventable illnesses, with doctors telling the outlet they're frequently seeing illnesses they...
Read full article →Gabbard says husband's surgery was successful: 'Now the recovery begins'
Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation as director of national intelligence after her husband was diagnosed with bone cancer, said he underwent successful surgery and is recovering. “My husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare sacral chordoma,” Gabbard wrote on the social platform X. “The surgery to remove bone and surrounding tissue lasted almost...
Read full article →USAID's closure led to 'entirely preventable' deaths, latest Ebola outbreak: House Dem report
The Trump administration’s decision to kill the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) likely contributed to 600,000 “entirely preventable” deaths, left the globe faltering in responding to the latest Ebola outbreak and let U.S. adversaries increase their standing in the developing world, a report from House Oversight Democrats finds. The report, issued Thursday, offers one...
Read full article →Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women's health worldwide
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women’s health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives aimed at middle-aged women, including further study of menopause. The new funding announced Thursday pushes French Gates’ donations for women’s health over $600 million in the past...
Read full article →The Generational Inversion in Employer Health Costs That Most CFOs Aren’t Seeing
Millennials and Gen Z are more likely to engage earlier, seek care proactively, and continue treatment over time. A mental health diagnosis is more likely to represent active management, not a late-stage recognition of a problem that has already compounded. The post The Generational Inversion in Employer Health Costs That Most CFOs Aren’t Seeing appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →Kill the Clipboard Tax
Replacing a paper clipboard with a QR code on your phone doesn’t kill the clipboard; it’s just a better clipboard. Why? The burden is still on the patient. It’s the digital version of carrying a manila folder of records across town. This is a half-measure. It’s not true interoperability. The post Kill the Clipboard Tax appeared first on MedCity News .
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