Health IT leaders across the country are sounding the alarm on a common theme: the pace of AI adoption is outrunning the governance, cybersecurity and workforce readiness needed to deploy it safely. From CIOs and CISOs to chief AI officers…
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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has filed a lawsuit against Express Scripts and its affiliate Ascent Health Services, alleging the companies manipulated Louisiana’s prescription drug market. The state alleges Express Scripts and its partners restricted competition, manipulated pharmacy reimbursement rates,…
Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System recorded operating income of $336.9 million (2.5% operating margin) for fiscal year 2026, up from operating income of $246.7 million (2.1% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Aug. 28 financial…
The 340B Drug Pricing Program remains an active legal battleground, with drugmakers and covered entities fighting in courts nationwide over contract pharmacy access, patient eligibility and reimbursement practices. Here are five updates from the last two weeks that hospital and…
Epic’s Gold Stars program measures two different things: how many of the EHR vendor’s features a health system has turned on, known as configuration, and how thoroughly staff actually use what’s been switched on, known as usage. A perfect 10…
Nearly 50 hospitals and health systems had publicly accessible webpages that revealed healthcare workers’ schedules and, in some cases, cellphone numbers through workforce management platform QGenda, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Aug. 31. The publication identified public QGenda pages associated with…
UnitedHealthcare has released the specific procedure codes it will exempt from prior authorization as part of the insurer’s previous pledge to reduce requirements by 30% before the end of 2026. The code lists cover 1,700 procedure codes for a range…
Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System has named Georgann Mazzoli, PharmD, regional chief pharmacy officer. Dr. Mazzoli stepped into the role in August after more than 15 years with Mount Carmel, according to an Aug. 30 LinkedIn post. She most…
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine and Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health have proved to be powerhouses for acquisitions and growth over the last few years, both in West Virginia and in neighboring states — with no signs of slowing down. WVU Medicine…
The new director of the CDC ordered agency officials to exclude two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania from the national tally, breaking from the agency’s longstanding practice of accepting states’ death determinations. Erica Schwartz, MD, who took over the CDC…