Healthcare News and Headlines
Healthcare News and Headlines
Approximately 2% of the nation’s 6,093 hospitals have earned Magnet designation five times or more, placing 136 facilities in an elite group. The American Nurses Credentialing Center has recognized 657 hospitals worldwide, with 136 achieving five or more designations and 24 adding a fifth or higher award in 2025‑26. These repeat winners span more than 30 states, from Cedars‑Sinai in California to Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, highlighting sustained nursing excellence across the country. The list underscores Magnet status as a benchmark for quality and workforce stability.
Peter Thompson has been appointed vice president of revenue cycle management business support at UF Health in Gainesville, Florida. He previously served as vice president of client services at BuoyFi, a medical‑debt‑management firm, and as executive vice president of business...
Health system executives are placing artificial intelligence at the forefront of their technology roadmaps, with 57% naming AI‑based clinical solutions as their top priority for 2026‑27. This surge follows a steep rise from 19% last year, even as 41% of...
An international consortium of more than 200 families carrying dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s mutations, the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Network (DIAN), has been pivotal in uncovering the disease’s pre‑clinical brain changes and accelerating amyloid‑targeting drug trials. Researchers leveraged the certainty of genetic...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has demanded that Danco Labs, the maker of mifepristone and misoprostol, turn over any internal communications it has had with the FDA, telehealth providers, pharmacists, patients, state medical boards, and attorneys general concerning the safety of...
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is a Gartner‑originated framework that shifts healthcare cybersecurity from periodic, patch‑centric vulnerability programs to real‑time, threat‑informed risk mitigation. CrowdStrike’s field CTO Cristian Rodriguez highlights that CTEM correlates exposures with exploitability, adversary behavior, and business impact,...
CMS Innovation Center’s AI and technology chief expressed strong confidence that the upcoming ACCESS payment model, built around outcome‑aligned payments (OAPs), will quickly gain traction in Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers. He emphasized that the model’s focus on aligning payments...
Doctors for America met with bipartisan lawmakers to flag several regulatory concerns at the FDA. The group warned that “America First” provisions in the upcoming PDUFA negotiations could increase user fees and hinder drug access, while the agency’s reliance on...
Researchers analyzing 773 patients in the PARADIGM registry found that larger epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volumes measured by coronary CT angiography were strongly associated with both any plaque progression and rapid plaque progression over an eight‑year follow‑up. While high EAT...
Mobile devices have become essential in healthcare, but attacks on Android devices have surged 244%, exposing critical vulnerabilities. A recent Imprivata survey shows 44% of organizations lack formal mobile device policies and 55% have no visibility into device usage. Without...
BBC World Service’s "Tech Life" program examines how artificial intelligence can enhance health professionals’ workflows, enable earlier disease detection, and reshape global self‑care practices. Host Shiona McCallum interviews a female entrepreneur focused on making women’s health technology more affordable and accessible....
HR 1 requires states to redetermine Medicaid expansion beneficiaries every six months and enforce an 80‑hour work, volunteer or education requirement before renewal, dramatically increasing staff workload. Experts advise leveraging existing ex parte automation—already used for income‑based renewals—to incorporate work‑requirement data...
Nineteen Senate Democrats sent a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urging him to stop obstructing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Kennedy has canceled or postponed three USPSTF meetings since summer 2025 and has not appointed replacements for members...
A new AJMC study examined more than 26,000 U.S. cardiologists and found that industry payments are linked to higher Medicare costs. Every $10,000 in payments corresponded with an additional $14.10 in spending per beneficiary. The research, presented on the Managed...
The federal Vacancies Act triggers a 210‑day deadline tomorrow for naming a permanent CDC director, ending the acting tenure of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. The Trump administration has been rotating temporary leaders since Susan Monarez’s dismissal in August, and now must...
Danielle Peterson, a nonbinary dermatology resident, filed a federal lawsuit against NYC Health + Hospitals alleging they forced her to conceal her gender identity, subjected her to harassment, and terminated her contract despite independent medical clearances. The complaint details directives...
On March 20, 2026, a federal judge in Ohio dismissed all five ERISA claims brought by Progressive employees challenging tobacco‑free and COVID‑19 vaccine premium discounts. The court held that Progressive’s wellness program satisfied the “full reward” requirement without retroactive reimbursements...
Operation Stork Speed, the FDA’s new initiative launched in March 2025, convened an expert panel in June to overhaul U.S. infant formula regulations. The panel’s three‑part report recommends updating nutrient specifications, establishing a centralized formula database, and replacing outdated safety...
A JAMA Network Open study of 196,536 Medicare decedents with advanced cancer found that continuous enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) produced the highest hospice use (74.8%) compared with traditional Medicare (TM) at 68.5%. Switching between MA and TM added 2‑3...
The HIMSS26 Global Health Conference convened leading health‑IT innovators, policymakers, and newcomers to discuss the future of digital health. Sessions highlighted artificial intelligence, business intelligence, and workforce transformation, while regulators from the FTC and the White House presented emerging policy...
Several states are weighing legislation to cap hospital charges relative to Medicare rates. Maine’s original 200% Medicare cap was softened to limit price hikes for specific insurance plans, while Delaware proposes a 250% cap that could trim $413 million from hospital...
Vascudyne’s acellular tissue‑engineered vessel with external support (ATEV‑ESS) demonstrated early promise as an off‑the‑shelf conduit in a first‑in‑human study. Three patients with multivessel coronary disease received the device; two implants remained patent at 12 months with no thrombus or major...
New analysis by the e61 Institute shows that people who join Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) work roughly two extra hours per week and earn about $50 USD more each fortnight within four years of entry. Participants also report a...
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) selected Jefferson Health as one of four participants in its Advanced Primary Care pilot, aimed at shaping standards for data‑driven, team‑based care. Jefferson’s primary‑care network spans roughly 150 sites, 1,000 clinicians, and one...
Priority Health announced the appointment of Brian Steele, DO, as senior vice president and chief medical officer, effective April 6, 2026. Steele will oversee the health plan's clinical, pharmacy, and population‑health programs, aiming to deepen value‑based care and improve member...
Three patients developed fungal keratitis after laser eye surgery at a New York clinic in December 2024, with Purpureocillium lilacinum confirmed in two cases. The infections prompted the clinic to halt procedures and triggered a health‑department review that uncovered incomplete...
A JAMA Network Open study examined 64 pharmaceutical kickback settlements from 2000 to 2025, uncovering $10.25 billion in penalties. The drugs at the center of those cases generated $458.6 billion in U.S. sales, meaning fines represented just 2.2 percent of related revenue. The...
UC Davis has been named ENR West’s 2026 California Owner of the Year, recognizing its expansive capital program across academic and healthcare facilities. The university’s $7.5 billion Vision 2030 plan will culminate in the 14‑story California Tower, adding 909,000 sq ft and 334 new...
The Munich Local Division dismissed Emboline’s infringement claim against AorticLab, confirming that a medical device can still infringe a patent if the patented use is technically possible. However, the court added that for medical devices the infringing use must align...
A Neurology study of 3,910 former college athletes found that those with three or more lifetime concussions exhibited significantly higher anxiety, depression, and related symptom scores five years after graduation. About 36% of participants reported at least one concussion, and...
CVS Health announced a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission concerning its insulin pricing practices. The agreement, negotiated by CVS’s pharmacy benefit manager Caremark, is modeled after the FTC’s recent deal with Express Scripts, a Cigna subsidiary. While the...
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued version 3 of its outpatient COVID‑19 treatment guideline, focusing on antiviral therapy for high‑risk patients and retiring the guideline’s living status after four years of continuous review. It recommends nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) and molnupiravir...
Researchers analyzed real‑world claims data from 12,245 Crohn’s disease patients treated between 2016 and 2022 to compare safety outcomes across five advanced therapies, including TNF antagonists, vedolizumab, ustekinumab, risankizumab, and upadacitinib. Incidence rates for serious infections, major adverse cardiovascular events,...
Digital health company CaryHealth announced a strategic partnership with digital pharmacy services provider HealthDyne to reinforce its direct-to-patient platform. The collaboration leverages CaryHealth’s AI-driven prescription intake and patient support with HealthDyne’s nationwide, cold-chain‑enabled pharmacy infrastructure, creating a redundant, scalable fulfillment...
Kintor Therapeutics announced that its oral JAK inhibitor KX-826 successfully met both primary and key secondary endpoints in a pivotal Phase III trial for alopecia areata. The double‑blind study enrolled 620 patients and showed statistically significant hair regrowth compared with...
The FDA sent a March 13 warning letter to ImmunityBio, a company controlled by biotech magnate Patrick Soon‑Shiong, after finding multiple false and misleading statements about its bladder‑cancer drug Anktiva. The agency highlighted that television ads and a podcast claimed the...
A randomized trial of 22 oncologists and primary‑care physicians showed that eight weeks of using the Knowtex AI scribe increased average daily patient visits from 16.6 to 18.4 and boosted total fees per day by roughly $800. Clinicians reported an...
‘Armchair Anonymous’ aired an episode where anonymous first responders recounted some of their most intense field calls, ranging from a helicopter crew treating a traumatic amputation to a Canadian firefighter rescuing a man trapped under a car. The stories highlighted...
Ocugen announced that its investigational gene therapy for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of vision loss in age‑related macular degeneration, will move into a Phase 3 clinical trial. The company reported mixed Phase 2 results, showing a favorable safety profile but inconsistent...
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has introduced Aria, an AI‑driven mental‑health platform, to give staff 24/7 confidential support. The app aims to curb burnout‑related sickness absence, a major driver of lost workdays in the NHS. Early usage shows...
Farzad Mostashari, former US national coordinator for health IT, reflects on the chaotic rollout of electronic health records (EHR) and draws parallels to today’s AI hype in healthcare. He argues that the last health‑tech revolution exposed systemic flaws—interoperability gaps, clinician...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is weighing a policy that would automatically enroll seniors into a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, shifting the default from traditional fee‑for‑service Medicare. CMS officials say beneficiaries could still opt out or select a...
The Defense Health Agency’s Military Medical Malpractice Claims Appeals Board denied the family’s lawsuit over the death of Specialist Maria Martinez, ruling the Pentagon bears no liability. The board concluded that even a five‑month earlier diagnosis would not have altered...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to ImmunityBio after a television ad and a podcast featuring billionaire biotech entrepreneur Patrick Soon‑Shiong suggested that the company’s bladder‑cancer drug Anktiva could cure or prevent all cancers. The FDA said...
Researchers at HU School of Pharmacy found that the non‑psychoactive cannabinoids cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabigerol (CBG) can remodel liver metabolism, enhancing energy storage and lysosomal function. In mouse models of metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), both compounds lowered...
University of California, San Diego researchers introduced a physics‑based model that quantifies the sensitivity limits of competitive lateral flow assays (cLFAs). By applying the model, they engineered fentanyl test strips that are roughly 100 times more sensitive than existing commercial...
The article provides a practical checklist for patients seeking a dental implant specialist who leverages digital tools such as 3D imaging, AI‑driven treatment planning, and guided surgery, with a focus on Miami practices. It highlights the importance of advanced imaging,...
The Academy of International Mobile Healthcare Integration announced the winners of its 2026 Excellence in EMS Integration Awards. Recipients include Sonoma County Fire District EMS, Rep. Mike Carey, Medic Keep the Beat Foundation, Prisma Health Ambulance Service, Justin Duncan, and...
Karyopharm reported mixed results from its Phase 3 SENTRY trial of selinexor in myelofibrosis, achieving a statistically significant reduction in spleen volume but raising safety concerns. The data fell short of expectations for overall survival benefit. Meanwhile, Rezolute announced it will...
T‑cell engagers are bispecific antibodies that redirect T cells to destroy cancer cells and are being explored for autoimmune disorders. Seven companies are leading the field: Adaptin Bio secured FDA IND clearance for APTN‑101 in glioblastoma; Candid Therapeutics merged with...
