FierceHealthcare

@FierceHealth

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Washington, D.C.

Joined April 2008

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · 50 m

.@UHC rolling out new benefit aimed at early cancer detection bit.ly/413WLgb

FierceHealth's tweet card. UnitedHealthcare is rolling out a new benefit to encourage preventive cancer screenings. | The insurer's new breast and colon cancer detection benefit will be available for eligible commercial plans...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · 1 h

Not so fast: @Humana challenges star ratings in lawsuit again bit.ly/40zYVnM

FierceHealth's tweet card. Updated: July 21 at 4:14 ET | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services denied an appeal from Humana over its star ratings scores, with the lawsuit's outcome yet to be determined.

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · 2 h

.@OscarHealth cuts full-year guidance, estimates 2025 loss as ACA marketplace stumbles bit.ly/456XI8Y

FierceHealth's tweet card. Ahead of the company’s second-quarter earnings call Aug. 6, Oscar Health is slashing its full-year guidance by about half a billion dollars. | Oscar Health is the latest insurer to slash guidance...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · 2 h

.@TenetHealthcare raises 2025 outlook on Q2 overperformance; concerns linger over ACA subsidies, slowed admissions bit.ly/4lMnYN0

FierceHealth's tweet card. Tenet Healthcare beat out earnings expectations for the second quarter and has raised its guidance for the year by roughly $400 million, citing outperformances across its business segments, strong |...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · 3 h

Clinical AI company Aidoc (@aidocmed) lands $150M backed by @generalcatalyst, @nvidia's venture arm bit.ly/46VTWl6

FierceHealth's tweet card. Healthcare AI company Aidoc raised $150 million in new financing as it aims to expand its clinical artificial intelligence solutions into oncology and cardiovascular disease to aid clinicians with |...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · 3 h

White House releases AI Action Plan, looks to speed adoption in healthcare bit.ly/46XkH8R

FierceHealth's tweet card. The White House released its AI Action Plan on Wednesday which focuses on deregulating the technology, establishing regulatory sandboxes to test AI innovation and promoting standards for | The White...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 22

AI could be used to determine who meets new Medicaid work requirements. CHAI is convening a tiger team to assist bit.ly/3UwNcCN

FierceHealth's tweet card. The Coalition for Health AI is convening a fast-tracked, priority team to determine how AI could best be used to implement Medicaid work requirements passed in the One Big Beautiful Bill | The One...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 22

Bankrupt Steward Health Care sues to claw back millions from former CEO Ralph de la Torre bit.ly/44IiKMe

FierceHealth's tweet card. Steward Health Care is suing former leadership, including CEO Ralph de la Torre, M.D., as well as business associates including Tenet Healthcare over alleged “greed and bad faith misconduct” that c |...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 22

.@TeladocHealth launches Wellbound, an employee assistance program that leverages BetterHelp bit.ly/45fZlSU

FierceHealth's tweet card. Teladoc Health is offering a new employee assistance program (EAP) that leverages the mental health counseling of BetterHelp. | While nearly 90% of large employers invest in EAPs, employees face...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 22

Billing platform Inbox Health launches AI assistant to answer patient questions bit.ly/4187UN5

FierceHealth's tweet card. Inbox Health, a billing platform, has launched an artificial intelligence assistant to help answer patient questions. | The HIPAA-compliant AI assistant is available 24/7 and can cut response and...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 22

FTC commissioner Slaughter's firing was unlawful, district judge rules bit.ly/4lNMsWg

FierceHealth's tweet card. Federal Trade Commissioner (FTC) Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was unfairly fired by President Donald Trump, a federal judge for the District Court for the District of Columbia determined Th |...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 22

.@Humana star rating lawsuit dismissed by Texas federal judge bit.ly/4f1xcSZ

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 22

CMS warns states of new Medicaid waiver expectations bit.ly/4kNIlIc

FierceHealth's tweet card. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is shifting its policy on Section 1115 Medicaid waivers. | The Trump administration will adhere to a new policy on continuous eligibility and...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 22

Regard upgrades AI platform to combine EHR chart data with physician-patient conversation to enable doctors to more accurately diagnose patients at the bedside bit.ly/4lYeYod

FierceHealth's tweet card. Regard has upgraded its AI platform to enable doctors to more accurately diagnose patients at the bedside. | Regard developed a proprietary diagnostic engine to identify missed conditions like...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 21

KFF report: Early filings suggests ACA premiums will spike in 2026 bit.ly/44IhDw2

FierceHealth's tweet card. With plenty of policy questions still up in the air, a new report suggests insurers are set to propose steep premium increases for Affordable Care Act )(ACA) plans in 2026. | With plenty of policy...

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Kevin Dunleavy@HMailKevin · Jul 21

AstraZeneca will build a multi-billion manufacturing site in Virginia, says CEO Pascal Soriot at ceremony in D.C.

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 18

States challenge ACA final rule as CMS rolls out new duplicative enrollment data bit.ly/4m3xlrj

FierceHealth's tweet card. A new lawsuit brought by 20 Democratic attorneys general says a recent final rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will make it unfairly difficult to obtain health insuranc |...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 18

340B pulled $6.5B in drug rebates from Medicaid in 2024, PhRMA-backed report finds bit.ly/3GywMH0

FierceHealth's tweet card. The pharmaceuticals lobby shored up its campaign against increasing use of the 340B Drug Discount Program with a new analysis estimating its broader use pulled $6.5 billion in rebates away from the |...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 18

In the latest episode of "Podnosis," Alice L. Walton School of Medicine founding dean Sharmila Makhija, M.D., speaks w/ @gliadkovskaya about what makes the school unique and the long-term vision for strengthening the clinical workforce in Arkansas bit.ly/4o9p9Yu

FierceHealth's tweet card. A new medical school in Arkansas has welcomed its first-ever class. The Alice L. | In this episode of "Podnosis," we explore how Walmart heir Alice Walton’s new medical school in Arkansas is rethin...

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FierceHealthcare@FierceHealth · Jul 18

Hospitals' M&A slowdown extended through Q2 bit.ly/46hTlu2

FierceHealth's tweet card. Hospital dealmaking remained quiet during the second quarter with sell-offs from larger health systems comprising half of newly announced deals, per a recent report. | Just eight hospital transacti...

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