April has seen a slew of executive hires, promotions and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, Aledade, Humana and Zimmer Biomet named new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Novo Nordisk and UnityPoint Health.

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In this episode, we’re joined by Meghan Doyle, CEO of Partum Health. We discuss the company’s new partnership that offers 24/7 access to doula support at University of Chicago Medicine Family Birth Center – Hyde Park.

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The first major update to HIPAA in more than a decade will eliminate the distinction between “required” and “addressable” safeguards, making key cybersecurity and physical security measures mandatory for all healthcare providers. This shift will expose gaps in hospitals’ fragmented security systems, though, according to Kumar Sokka, CEO of cybersecurity platform Acre Security.

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Nvidia and Hoppr are betting that healthcare AI will scale not through standalone applications, but through a new infrastructure layer that lets providers develop and deploy their own imaging models.

The post Why Healthcare AI Still Can’t Scale — and How Nvidia & Hoppr Are Trying to Fix It appeared first on MedCity News.

The evolution of patient-matched medical devices represents more than just innovation in manufacturing and design. It marks a shift in clinical philosophy. Instead of shaping patients to fit implants, clinicians and device developers are harnessing technology to shape treatments around the individual.

The post How Recent Changes in ‘Patient-Matched’ Technology Are Reshaping the Future of Surgical Care appeared first on MedCity News.

Midstream Health is taking a bit of a different approach to healthcare AI by focusing on reducing hospitals’ costs rather than boosting their revenue. The startup uses AI to identify savings opportunities across fragmented spending data, which helps health systems like Mount Sinai and CommonSpirit quickly improve their purchasing decisions.

The post Why Some Hospitals Are Betting on Midstream Health to Help Eliminate Waste appeared first on MedCity News.

Healthcare has solved for the hard part. The science, the surgery, the diagnosis: by global standards, we’re exceptional.
What we haven’t solved for is what happens when the patient goes home.

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OSHA and NIOSH recommend that all hospitals develop comprehensive violence prevention programs. Here are some action items that provide a framework for building a legally defensible program.

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Care delivery doesn’t have to be binary — in-person or virtual, old model or new. It can be adaptive, team-based, and deeply human.

The post How Team-Based and Virtual Nursing Models Are Redefining Care Delivery appeared first on MedCity News.

These day-to-day issues are directly responsible for rising rates of clinician burnout, exacerbating the serious shortage of doctors and nurses facing the US in the next decade.

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The question is where will healthcare see the greatest value? Here are five use cases that define the greatest ROI for leveraging agentic AI for clinical supply chain operations.

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Hospitals are still on quite fragile financial footing if you look beneath the surface, according to new Kaufman Hall data. Rising costs, uneven patient volumes, and ongoing reimbursement and payer mix pressures continue to limit the sector’s financial recovery.

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The Department of Justice has sued both OhioHealth and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital this year, alleging that they use contracting tactics that limit competition and keep healthcare prices high. The cases mark a broader push by regulators to scrutinize how health systems use “all-or-nothing” contracts to shape insurance networks and patient access.

The post Inside The DOJ’s Hospital Contracting Crackdown: What Message Are the Feds Sending? appeared first on MedCity News.

Some of the most powerful scenes aren’t the dramatic saves, but the quiet moments when clinicians connect with patients amid the chaos. Healthcare teams deserve access systems that allow for more of those moments.

The post What ‘The Pitt’ Gets Right About Emergency Medicine — and What It Reveals About Healthcare IT appeared first on MedCity News.

The Social Security Administration’s move onto the TEFCA interoperability framework is beginning to streamline disability determinations by enabling faster exchange of medical records from hospitals. Dr. David Kaelber, chief health informatics officer at MetroHealth System in Ohio, said the shift is replacing a months-long, fax-driven process with near real-time data sharing.

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Luminai raised $38 million in Series B funding to scale its AI platform that automates healthcare administrative workflows. The company is working with Cleveland Clinic to expand the use of its system across high-volume processes, starting with referral management.

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This is not a debate about care models or physician preferences. It is a contest over who will control the referral pathways and the revenue streams that originate at the front door of healthcare.

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Jefferson Health in Philadelphia is suing Aetna over a new Medicare Advantage payment policy that hospitals say unfairly reduces reimbursements for legitimate inpatient stays. The case highlights a broader clash between providers and Medicare Advantage plans over “downcoding” short hospital stays and controlling costs.

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Rural health organizations cannot afford to get dazzled by AI demo candy. There is no such thing as “FixHealthcareGPT,” and investing in the wrong technology for the future isn’t going to do anything to improve patient outcomes today.

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Healthcare leaders can’t tell whether value-based care and Medicare Advantage are truly lowering costs. Some see promise in these models and ongoing innovations, while others say the programs haven’t delivered measurable savings and point to direct contracting as a more transparent way to control spending.

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When revenue cycle partners wait to be asked, or rely on “tell us what you need” as a default, they miss critical opportunities to deliver meaningful performance, support their client organizations, and ultimately serve patients better. In today’s healthcare environment, partnership requires anticipation, not reaction.

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Resource-sharing across large networks of hospitals allows people to receive a higher quality of care across the country, regardless of where they live or how well-resourced their local health system may be.

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A group of 131 hospitals has sued HHS over a CMS policy they say improperly reduces Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments. The lawsuit is the latest in a decade-long legal battle over how the agency counts patient days and calculates payments for safety net hospitals.

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Clinical care facility leaders must ensure personal protective equipment (PPE), especially lead aprons, are not just superficially clean, but clinically safe for patients and clinicians alike.

The post Why “Cleaning” Wipes Are Not Enough: Protecting Patients and Clinicians by Keeping Lead Aprons Truly Clean appeared first on MedCity News.

New research from Cedar found that about 40% of collectible healthcare dollars now come from uninsured patients, a share that has jumped 54% in three years. The shift is forcing providers to rethink their revenue cycle strategies as patient payments become more difficult — and more important — to collect.

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In the latest episode of the Debunked podcast, MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra, Managing Partner of Health Innovation Pitch, discussed recent M&A deals and how bots can be manipulated.

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The organizations that benefit the most from AI-powered cohorting will not simply be those that move faster. They will be those that embed patient mastering and semantic rigor into reproduceable, inspectable workflows.

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Sixty million rural Americans aren’t asking for another strategic framework. They’re asking for care — accessible, affordable, and delivered with dignity.

The post Rural America Doesn’t Need Another Framework … It Needs Care by September 2026 appeared first on MedCity News.

The future of surgery will be shaped less by what our tools can do than by how well our systems help humans think when it matters most. The question is no longer whether the OR will evolve. It’s who will lead the transition

The post The Digital Imperative: Why the Future of Surgery Will Be Built on Integrated Intelligence, Not More Devices appeared first on MedCity News.

Mass General Brigham evaluates AI tools by carefully monitoring real-world performance before scaling them system-wide. At HIMSS earlier this month, Rebecca Mishuris, the health system’s chief health information officer and vice president of digital, explained what this process looks like.

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