Roughly 50 insurers signed an AHIP and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association commitment to standardize electronic prior authorization across most medical services, according to an April 24 news release. The approach will apply to services commonly requiring prior authorization, including…
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Nurses are raising safety concerns after the White House’s new national AI framework omitted any mention of the profession or healthcare and how artificial intelligence is already being used in clinical care. Released March 20, the National Policy Framework for…
Connecticut is the best state for working moms and Louisiana is the worst, according to WalletHub’s 2026 ranking. The personal finance website compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across three dimensions: childcare, professional opportunities and work-life balance.…
Epic Systems was named to Time’s list of the most influential health and life sciences companies of 2026. The ranking, released April 27, is part of Time’s expanded TIME100 Companies franchise, which now includes sector-specific lists highlighting organizations shaping their…
Hospitals and health systems in 2026 are staring down a financial reckoning. With margin pressure mounting from every direction in the form of rising labor costs, reimbursement uncertainty and growing patient complexity, finance leaders are no longer questioning when to…
For years, the conversation about AI in health systems centered on technology adoption: which tools to buy, which pilots to run, which workflows to automate. But as health systems move from isolated AI deployments toward enterprise-wide agentic platforms, the limiting…
The American Hospital Association is calling for a delay to proposed updates to a federal health data exchange framework, warning the changes could expose hospitals to legal and privacy risks. In an April 24 comment letter to the Sequoia Project,…
Johnson & Johnson will begin marketing four prescription drugs on the Trump administration’s TrumpRx website, according to an April 24 report from CBS News. The drugs include metformin, metformin extended release, Invokana and Xarelto. Pricing on the platform shows Invokana…
IKS Health has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TruBridge, which provides revenue cycle management and EHR services for rural and community hospitals. TruBridge has more than 45 years of experience in supporting rural and community healthcare providers, according to…
The healthcare workforce crisis is not new, but its root causes may be less understood than its symptoms. At Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting, a group of health system and academic leaders gathered for an executive roundtable hosted by ECG Management…