Nearly every vendor serving health plans now claims to offer artificial intelligence for clinical review. Far fewer can show how their tools reason or whether clinicians can trust and validate what the AI produces. For utilization management teams, that gap…
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Eleven physician specialties report a median continuing medical education allowance of $5,000 a year, according to a Sept. 24 analysis from clinician salary and job listing platform Marit. The analysis draws on salary submissions from 22,647 physicians and 8,405 advanced…
A federal judge dismissed Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas’ lawsuit accusing medical billing company Zotec Partners of abusing the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process. In a Sept. 23 ruling, the judge found the court lacks jurisdiction to…
Lexington, Ky.-based Cardiff Lexington, a healthcare company focused on orthopedics and spine care, has signed a letter of intent with the owners of a physician-led, multi-location musculoskeletal platform. Under the proposed transaction, Cardiff Lexington would pay an aggregate purchase price…
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is renaming its Broadway Same Day Surgery Center in Bismarck, N.D., the David D. Miller Surgery Center. The change follows a $3 million donation from Mr. Miller, a longtime nurse anesthetist, NBC affiliate KFYR-TV reported…
Confidence in making everyday health decisions fell 14 points in a single year, according to the 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer. Members have more care options, information and digital tools than ever. That abundance hasn’t made decisions easier. It leaves members…
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Healthcare security teams already collect signals from across their systems. The challenge is connecting thousands of alerts quickly enough to act. That urgency is growing. The average healthcare data breach costs $7.42 million, according to IBM, while attackers are using…
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Penn Medicine, Independence Blue Cross and Regent Surgical have partnered to develop at least 18 ASCs. The three organizations will form a new company to run the centers, which will be located across Penn Medicine’s service area in Pennsylvania, New…
The anesthesia workforce shortage has become one of the most persistent pressures on surgical care, and ASCs are feeling it on their balance sheets. About two-thirds of ASC leaders consider anesthesia coverage among their top three financial challenges in 2026,…
A Florida physician has been sentenced to probation for his role in a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary genetic testing and durable medical equipment. Simon Grinshteyn, MD, was sentenced Sept. 22 in federal court in Boston to four…
