Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. CVS’ insurance division Aetna has a finally gotten a handle on medical spending after a turbulent few years, according to the healthcare giant’s chief executive. “We’ve got, I think, our arms around how to project and predict…
What You Should Know Clinical AI startup HealthLeap has announced the systemwide deployment of its AI-driven clinical screening platform across Houston Methodist. The rollout addresses a pervasive, invisible clinical liability: while up to 50% of hospitalized patients are at risk for inadequate nutrition, fewer than 9% are formally diagnosed nationwide due to static screening tools….
The Food and Drug Administration has reached an agreement with the medical device industry on the next medical device user fee amendments, which would set how much the agency can raise in funding over five years in exchange for meeting certain performance goals. The FDA shared a draft commitment letter on Wednesday that outlines a…
NEW YORK — Nearly 1,000 people in Michigan have been diagnosed with a parasitic infection that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea, making it the largest such outbreak in state history and one of the nation’s largest in years. No deaths have been reported and the source of the cyclospora infections hasn’t been identified. Meanwhile,…
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A former Alignment Healthcare executive is accusing the company of accounting fraud that made Alignment appear more valuable than it is and triggered lucrative bonuses for senior leadership, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in…
What You Should Know Overall median provider compensation climbed 4.3% in 2025, driven by escalating patient demand and highly competitive labor markets for clinical talent. A structural bottleneck has emerged: roughly half of all provider compensation growth is being funded by increased physician output (wRVUs up 2.4%), rather than commercial or federal reimbursement gains. A…
Dive Brief: Penumbra said Tuesday it has started a clinical trial that could support wider use of mechanical thrombectomy in a subset of stroke patients. The real-world prospective study is assessing Penumbra’s RED reperfusion catheter portfolio in patients with M2 occlusions. Penumbra, which Boston Scientific has agreed to buy for $14.5 billion, is assessing whether…
BOSTON — Governor Maura Healey has summoned the state’s largest health system and its striking nurses to the State House on Wednesday in an attempt to broker a new contract, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association. The calling of the late-afternoon meeting came hours after a boisterous start to Massachusetts’ biggest-ever nurses strike, and the first at…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Premiums for health plans on the Affordable Care Act exchanges are poised to spike again next year as policy upheaval and rising healthcare costs continue to roil the insurance marketplaces, according to a report released…
What You Should Know Cancer AI pioneer Hurone AI has entered into a strategic know-how agreement to license Mayo Clinic’s HOUSES (HOUsing-based index of Socioeconomic Status) technology. The collaboration natively embeds Mayo Clinic’s validated social determinants of health (SDoH) tool directly into Hurone’s governed cancer navigation ecosystem. The proprietary HOUSES metric calculates an individual’s socioeconomic…