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Medicaid, SNAP cuts could lead to nearly 500,000 lost healthcare jobs

Medicaid, SNAP cuts could lead to nearly 500,000 lost healthcare jobs

A large portion of the 1.22 million jobs that could be lost nationwide in 2029 would come from the healthcare...

Maintaining healthcare access and affordability increasingly difficult

Maintaining healthcare access and affordability increasingly difficult

Providers will need to make difficult decisions amid growing headwinds, according to a new report from S&P Global Ratings. Choices...

Ascension agrees to acquire Amsurg to expand ambulatory surgery reach

Ascension agrees to acquire Amsurg to expand ambulatory surgery reach

The deal, which is expected to close later this year, will add more than 250 ambulatory surgery centers across 34...

UHS partners with Hippocratic AI to launch AI agents

UHS partners with Hippocratic AI to launch AI agents

The health system is currently testing the agentic tool at two subsidiaries, with plans to roll out the technology at...

Joint Commission, CHAI partner to develop guidance on health AI

Joint Commission, CHAI partner to develop guidance on health AI

The guidance should help health systems safely manage and monitor AI tools in a financially sustainable manner, which can be...

Healthcare job growth remained strong in May: BLS

Healthcare job growth remained strong in May: BLS

Employers added 30,000 hospital jobs, 29,000 ambulatory healthcare services roles and 6,000 skilled nursing positions last month, according to the...

Healthcare organizations could be unprepared to adopt generative AI

Healthcare organizations could be unprepared to adopt generative AI

Only 18% of respondents knew about formal policies at their firms overseeing the use of the technology, while just 20%...

Charity care policies can vary wildly between hospitals

Charity care policies can vary wildly between hospitals

A new report from the Lown Institute finds that variability in policies means two nearly identical patients can receive wildly...

GLP-1 prescriptions for weight loss are shooting up, despite obstacles

GLP-1 prescriptions for weight loss are shooting up, despite obstacles

The percentage of overweight or obese adults prescribed GLP-1s jumped by almost 587% between 2019 and 2024, according to a...