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The U.S. government on June 26 lifted its block on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 AI model, clearing the startup to release it to more than 100 U.S. institutions, including major companies and government agencies, Semafor reported. The reversal de-escalates a…

The number of hospitals affected by new EHR decisions dropped significantly in 2025 compared to prior years, down 40% compared to 2024 and 50% compared to 2023.  In May, a KLAS report tied the decline to ongoing uncertainty around government…

West Plains, Mo.-based Ozarks Healthcare named Tonya Aaron, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer. In her role, Ms. Aaron will oversee nursing operations across the system, with a focus on workforce development, recruitment, retention and professional growth. She will also advance…

Patrick Alan Bucknum, 55, former CEO of Community Clinic Network in Wenatchee, Wash., pleaded guilty June 24 to one count of wire fraud, according to a Justice Department news release. Prosecutors allege Mr. Bucknum began embezzling funds from CCN’s business…

The nursing workforce is projected to split in two by 2038, with some roles forecasted to exceed demand and others predicted to fall short. Becker’s gathered data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s…

One federal lawsuit has set off a chain reaction in the Medicare Advantage world, reshaping star ratings and quality bonus payments — and which plans come out on top. Typically, on the one-to-five star-rating scale, four stars is the threshold…

Antonio Fonseca has been named interim vice president of revenue cycle at San Francisco-based UCSF Health, according to a June 28 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Fonseca served as UCSF Health’s director of patient financial services and…

Ask most healthcare operational leaders what their biggest technology challenge is, and the answer is rarely a missing application. More often, it’s the opposite: an excess of poorly connected applications generating more complexity than any team can reasonably manage. Over…

Eleven states tied for having the lowest rates of patients who left hospital emergency departments without being seen, at 1%, CMS data showed. CMS’ Timely and Effective Care dataset, updated May 13, tracks the percentage of patients who left an…