California has removed prior authorization requirements for medically necessary direct-acting antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the legislation Sept. 27. It bars health care service plans and health insurers from subjecting medically necessary direct-acting antiviral…
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In this episode, Chase McGrath, Vice President, Product, Aspirion, and Nikki Ritchson, Senior Director, Payment Variance, Aspirion, discuss the latest federal IDR changes, the new CMS gateway portal and the technology infrastructure providers need to manage deadlines, compliance and submissions…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said AI can provide patients with a better-informed second opinion than any physician in the country, The New York Times reported Sept. 29. Speaking alongside Vice President JD Vance at the MAHA Summit in…
The Joint Commission launched a new, voluntary program to recognize healthcare organizations’ food and nutrition services Sept. 30. The Commitment to Healthy and Enticing Food, or CHEF, program is open to all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals, behavioral healthcare…
Hospitals and health systems are still making hundreds of C-suite appointments in 2026. Appointments have slowed for several specific executive roles, however, according to a Becker’s analysis of its executive moves reporting. The clearest declines were in revenue and quality…
Cleveland-based MetroHealth System recorded operating income of $63 million (5.5% operating margin) in the first half of 2026, up from an operating loss of $13.9 million (-1.4% margin) during the same period last year, according to its financial report for…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has given labor half the seats on a new AI Task Force with direct decision-making authority over technology investments, under a 2025 agreement with the Alliance of Health Care Unions detailed in a report by Cambridge,…
The number of first-year students at U.S. medical schools that grant MD degrees rose 36.8% from the 2005-06 academic year to 2025-26, but fewer are staying in their home state. Over the same period, the share of those students who…
Oracle Health spent September unveiling AI tools for cancer care, revenue cycle and nursing, even as Congress moved to force Oracle’s top executives to testify about the VA’s EHR contract and Oracle added $700 million to its restructuring plan. Here…
Baltimore-based Sinai Hospital has begun using Sepsis ImmunoScore, an FDA-authorized AI diagnostic tool designed to help clinicians identify patients who have or are at risk of developing sepsis. The tool analyzes up to 22 clinical and laboratory measurements and generates…