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Today on HITshow: Today's stories point to a clear trend: health systems investing heavily in automation at both front door and back office, while financial pressure continues to reshape workforce strategy. Mayo Clinic and Ubie launch AI-powered platform to improve patient triage, scheduling, and navigation, CommonSpirit deploys AI tools for financial operations to identify savings and detect reve...

Today on HITshow: Hospitals are adapting to a new reality: fewer staff, more care outside the hospital, and policy changes reshaping access to care. Healthcare still carrying 700,000+ open positions nationwide with shortages especially severe in rural areas, specialty nursing, and behavioral health. Hospital-at-home programs expanding rapidly after federal waivers extended, with several large syst...

Today on HITshow: Forces shaping healthcare right now: workforce pressure that isn't letting up, new federal policy moves affecting costs and competition, and technology finally moving beyond pilots to deliver real operational results. Kaiser Permanente strike continues in California affecting tens of thousands of workers, while NYC negotiations produce tentative agreements at Mount Sinai and Mont...

Today on HITshow: Across healthcare, the pressure is rising and starting to show. Payers warning about margins, hospitals facing new scrutiny, supply chains and digital health companies forced to prove the numbers work. Molina Healthcare shares drop sharply after weak guidance citing rising medical costs and Medicare Advantage pressure, MultiCare agrees to settlement over allegations related to un...

Today on HITshow: Revenue-cycle consolidation meets patient privacy concerns as JPM Week continues. EnableComp acquires H/ROI to create a comprehensive platform for complex revenue, Epic and several major providers sue over alleged misuse of patient records in the TEFCA ecosystem, and JPM Week signals shift from AI demos to credible ROI. Plus: federal policy reinforcing interoperability accountabi...

Today on HITshow: Continuing JPM week coverage from San Francisco where the big theme is practical: healthcare AI is getting closer to the work, the visit, the record, and the back office. Breaking: NYC nurses strike enters second day with roughly 15,000 nurses walking out across multiple private hospital systems. Plus: HCA and MEDITECH announce Expanse is now live across 43 HCA hospitals, Owkin u...

Today on HITshow: The 44th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference kicks off in San Francisco, running January 12-15 at the Westin St. Francis with 8,000+ attendees. This year's agenda shows 22 not-for-profit health systems presenting on day one. Breaking news: thousands of NYC nurses on strike at multiple major hospitals. Plus: Imagine Pediatrics expands into four more states, Tampa General and Ma...

Today on HITshow: Healthcare's AI moment is turning into infrastructure, while policy and capital markets help decide what scales and what gets funded. OpenAI launches a healthcare-specific product set with enterprise controls for protected health information, the House passes a 3-year ACA subsidy extension, and Apella raises $80M for ambient AI focused on operating room performance. Plus: Walmart...

Today on HITshow: Consumer AI is moving closer to health data, and the rulebook around health tech is shifting at the same time. OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Health where users can upload medical records and connect wellness apps, while regulators signal a lighter touch for certain wearables and digital health tools. Plus: Utah launches an AI prescription renewal pilot, Mayo develops an EHR-integrate...

Today on HITshow: We're celebrating our 100th episode! A huge thank you to Executive Producer Dennis Dailey, our incredible team of reporters, and all of you for trusting us with your time every day. Today's news: HHS withholds more than $10B in child care and family assistance funding from five states, RWJBarnabas Health to acquire Englewood Health, and Covenant Health's breach impact rises to 47...

Today on HITshow: AI is moving from innovation into real operational friction, and governance is catching up. Medicare launches a new AI-driven model to review outpatient procedures, Oracle's breach fallout widens to include AdventHealth, and OpenAI says 40 million people are using ChatGPT daily for healthcare questions. Plus: Corewell and Quest form a major lab joint venture, New York nurses issu...

That's a wrap on 2025! This is our last show of the year. From everyone at HITshow — Rhonda, Anika, Teresa, Logan, Jade, Nate, Jalen, Peter, and the whole team — happy holidays and happy New Year! Thank you for an incredible first year of listening, sharing, and building this community with us. We're taking a brief holiday break and will be back in full weekday production on Tuesday, January 6, 20...

Today on HITshow: Three big forces collide: AI is moving from pilot to production in revenue cycle operations, New York puts more than $300M into hospital health IT and cybersecurity, and payers are tightening reimbursement rules. Plus: Northwell Direct lands a major contract covering 170,000 participants, UnitedHealthcare narrows RPM coverage starting January 1, and a Bright Spot on how Tendo is...

Today on HITshow: Pressure is coming from multiple directions. The VA moves to eliminate tens of thousands of unfilled positions while reorganizing management, enhanced ACA premium subsidies set to expire in two weeks with no extension in sight, and Humana faces renewed Medicare Advantage scrutiny. Plus: a new analysis suggests some hospitals may have been overpaid through Change Healthcare relief...

Today on HITshow: Stability is getting expensive across healthcare. The VA plans to eliminate up to 35,000 healthcare positions, 57 health systems push back on proposed cybersecurity rules, and Cencora takes majority control of OneOncology in a $7.4B deal. Plus: Connecticut approves a hospital acquisition with strict access guardrails, and Philips moves to acquire SpectraWAVE for AI-enabled corona...

Today on HITshow: Leadership and capital are on the move across healthcare. AHA President Rick Pollack announces retirement after 43 years, Boston Children's lands a record $100M gift for pediatric behavioral health, and New York greenlights $1.1B to modernize SUNY Downstate. Plus: Community Health Systems locks in permanent leadership, Artera raises $65M to scale patient communication AI, and a n...

Today on HITshow: The financial squeeze is easing a bit, but the pressure to restructure is not—and the "front door" of healthcare is getting more AI-powered by the day. Nonprofit hospital margins are expected to see modest gains into 2026, but systems are tightening now ahead of Medicaid uncertainty. A major payer-provider combo emerges in Hawaii. CVS raises guidance and lays out a new AI platfor...

Today on HITshow: Resilience is not optional—whether that’s patching vulnerabilities, staying operational through EHR downtime, or building the data foundation for AI at scale. CISA flags the “React2Shell” threat tied to React Server Components. Spare Tire raises three million dollars to expand EHR continuity, with perspective from co-founder Allen Alashi. HHS moves forward on an interagency AI da...

Today on HITshow: Big decisions in the background—deals that don't close, policies that reshape the market, and operational "leaks" that quietly drain health systems. Aya Healthcare walks away from its planned $615 million acquisition of Cross Country Healthcare. Hologic heads toward privatization with Blackstone and TPG acquiring the company for up to $79 per share. Federal health agencies roll o...

Today on HITshow: Today's theme is pretty simple: money is moving, and resilience is mandatory. From value-based care financing to the long tail of claims disruption to cyber readiness heading into the weekend. Aledade secures a $500 million credit facility, signaling continued capital confidence in primary-care-led VBC. The Oracle Health legacy Cerner breach ripples expand, potentially reaching r...

Today on HITshow: Today's theme is trust: trusting what we see, what we hear, what we sign, and increasingly, what the machines are generating. We've got a new warning about AI-powered scams aimed at hospitals, a watchdog report on ACA subsidy fraud risk, a lab divestiture that signals where systems are drawing boundaries, a major privacy settlement that's a wake-up call for digital governance, a...

Today on HITshow: Systems are trying to create more capacity and less friction, but the risks and the dollars are right there in the room with them. New reporting reveals persistent patient-safety concerns with the VA's EHR modernization despite billions spent. The U.S. House passes legislation extending Medicare waivers supporting acute hospital-at-home care for five more years. Humana and Epic r...

Today on HITshow: It's a show about margins and maneuvering—hospital operators flexing, policy fights that hit the safety net, and big payers tightening the map. We'll check the pulse on interoperability because "data sharing" still isn't the same as "data you can actually use." HCA Healthcare's stock hits an all-time high. Hospitals sue to block a 340B rebate pilot that could hit cash flow. CMS f...

Today on HITshow: A major push to stabilize hospital-at-home for the long haul. New outpatient payment moves that could hit margins and shift site of care. A payer policy change going live today that could create real friction for labs and revenue cycle teams. A Medicare Advantage Star Ratings proposal that could shift billions to plans and change contracting dynamics. And a reminder that vendor r...

Today on HITshow: Today we're looking at how regulators, risk, and AI are shaping the year ahead for hospitals and health plans. CMS gives hospitals a bit of breathing room in the new outpatient rule with a slower recoupment path on prior 340B clawbacks. UnityPoint Health teams up with Mayo Clinic on a big data and AI play. A Wisconsin health system puts AI to work in the revenue cycle. Abbott mak...