Anthropic has acquired Mithril Medicine, a one-person startup developing treatments for two rare forms of muscular dystrophy. The AI company also released early results from Claude-assisted drug development work with six outside organizations, it said Oct. 27. The partners are…
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Thirteen Senate Democrats are demanding answers from the largest ACA marketplace insurers about their involvement in recent coverage terminations that cut more than 760,000 people from their health plans. The Oct. 26 letters, led by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and…
University of California San Diego’s Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity has received an award of up to $29.9 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. The money will fund tools that map the networked technology hospitals depend on to…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services reported an operating income of $454 million (9.6% margin) in the third quarter of 2026, down from a $522 million operating income (11.6% margin) during the same period last year, according to financial…
Payer denials, prior authorization delays and underpayments are straining health system revenue cycles, while uninsured patients and those on high-deductible health plans struggle to pay for care. Manual workarounds layered onto aging revenue cycle management infrastructure make those pressures even…
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine, which ranks No. 8 nationally for transplant volume, established a transplant institute Oct. 27. Over 62 years, Northwestern Medicine clinicians have performed more than 12,100 solid organ transplants, according to the system. The system has the largest…
Walgreens is expanding its GLP-1 services with insurance navigation, prior authorization support and pharmacist follow-up for patients starting treatment. Through Walgreens Weight Management, eligible patients can connect virtually with a physician or nurse practitioner and receive a prescription for an…
Five Massachusetts hospitals sued Eli Lilly on Oct. 27, alleging the drugmaker unlawfully cut off their 340B discounts after they refused to provide patient claims data, according to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of…
Moody’s affirmed Oklahoma City-based Integris Health’s “A3” credit rating and raised its outlook to positive from negative, citing its Oct. 21 definitive agreement to join Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health. Integris’ planned combination with Risant is a “significant credit…
In this episode, Jody Reyes, Chief Operating Officer of the Clinical Enterprise at UI Health Care, University of Iowa Health Care, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of accountability and ownership in healthcare leadership. She also shares insights on…