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Optum Rx slashes reauthorization requirements for more drugs

Optum Rx slashes reauthorization requirements for more drugs

The UnitedHealth-owned pharmacy benefit manager has removed reauthorization requirements for more than 140 drugs so far this year. Article By: Susanna...

FDA stops Olympus devices from entering the US

FDA stops Olympus devices from entering the US

The agency said it issued the import alerts because it “continues to have concerns related to outstanding Quality System regulation...

CVS Caremark to pay $95M in Medicare fraud case

CVS Caremark to pay $95M in Medicare fraud case

A federal judge ruled in favor of a whistleblower, finding CVS’ pharmacy benefit manager Caremark overbilled Medicare for generic drugs....

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%...