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HealthEdge and UST HealthProof merge under Bain Capital to create an AI-native payer platform, HHS cracks down on data blocking, and Flare Capital launches a new AI advisory council. TigerConnect unveils a patient coordination solution, and perry Academy introduces accredited training to close the perimenopause care gap. HOST: Rhonda Brooks The Day’s Pulse 📍 Payers & Finance — Logan StokesHealthE...

WellSpan expands its AI-driven partnership with General Catalyst, lawmakers push to extend telehealth and hospital-at-home, and SNAP cuts raise alarms for food-as-medicine programs. HHS finalizes real-time drug price transparency rules, while Evernorth invests $3.5B in Shields Health Solutions to expand specialty pharmacy. HOST: Rhonda Brooks 📍 Health System Innovation — Logan StokesWellSpan expa...

UPMC rebounds with a $349M gain, MetroHealth cuts facilities under $1M/day charity care strain, and employers brace for 9% cost hikes. Trella Health expands into care transitions, a $2.8B BCBS settlement is finalized, and Tendo’s Charlie Byrge explains how to “shopify” healthcare. HOST: Steve Daily 📍 Providers & Markets — Teresa VaughnUPMC flips last year’s loss into $349M operating income (2.1%...

Prospect Medical Holdings misses deadlines to sell hospitals in Connecticut, Methodist Metropolitan in San Antonio announces a $200M expansion, Alphabet’s Verily shutters its medical device unit to focus on AI, Oak HC/FT seeks $2B for its sixth healthcare and fintech fund, and CMS launches the “Crushing Fraud Chili Cook-Off” AI competition to tackle Medicare fraud. HOST: Rhonda Brooks 📍 Providers...

Today on HITshow: Cleveland Clinic partners with Dyania Health to accelerate cancer trial recruitment, Intermountain posts a 5.4% operating margin, Kaufman Hall warns of 2026 cost pressures, hospitals confront AI-driven ransomware, and providers push back as No Surprises Act arbitration costs top $700 million. HOST: Ida Klein 📍 Innovation & ResearchNate Collier reports on Cleveland Clinic’s partn...

On today’s HITshow Daily: Johns Hopkins walks away from UnitedHealthcare, the physician shortage deepens, the American Heart Association launches new pilots, mPulse expands through acquisition, and Mayo Clinic’s CIO moves into venture. HOST: Rhonda Brooks 📍 Providers and Payers, plus WorkforceTeresa Vaughn reports on Johns Hopkins leaving UnitedHealthcare’s network, with prior authorization at th...

From new hospital builds and mental health access, to OpenAI’s healthcare push, TEFCA’s growth, and the Peach Bowl’s $2.5M gift for pediatric cancer research. HOST: Steve Daily 📍 Providers & MarketsAnika Shah reports on hospital M&A slowing while new construction surges — from rehab facilities to billion-dollar projects in Omaha and New York. Logan Stokes covers Advent International’s acquisition...

RWJBarnabas, Oracle, Epic, Twin Health, Google, Apple & Masimo in today’s HITshow Daily — from cardiac pilots and hospital closures to EHR battles, funding rounds, and the smartwatch showdown. HOST: Rhonda Brooks It’s Monday, August 25th, and today we’re covering new cardiac pilots in New Jersey, hospital sale oversight in Rhode Island, a California rural hospital closure, Oracle’s shrinking marke...

Provider Finance Roundup: MassGen Brigham, Fairview Health, MSK Cancer CenterPayer News Roundup: MA Consumer Sentiment, Elevance Star Rating DefeatTech Giants Surge Into Healthcare AI; Parkview Health Virtual Patient ID; Epic UGM 2025 live from Verona HOST: Rhonda Brooks It’s Tuesday, August 19th, and today we’re covering provider finances, payer trends, Big Tech’s next moves in healthcare AI, and...

Advocate's Annual $3B Rural Healthcare Commitment; Bupa's NHS Training Academy; Hackensack Meridian's Selfie MyChart Login; HealthEx TEFCA-Compliant ID platform; Maven Clinic Fertility Tools. HOST: Steve Daily It’s Monday, August 18th. With insight from our network of reporters, here’s what’s ahead on today's show: Advocate Health pledges 3 billion dollars to strengthen rural care. — Teresa Vaughn...

UnitedHealth's Berkshire pop; IEHP & the MediCal freeze; Health Gorilla joins CMS-Aligned Network; Stanford, Qualtrics build AI Agents; Encompass/BSA JV, plus Pink Socks It’s Friday, August 15th. With insight from our network of reporters, here’s what’s ahead on today's show: UnitedHealth pops after a new Berkshire Hathaway stake—what it signals for payers and partners. — Logan Stokes California’s...

Providence Earnings, Nonprofit Hospital Outlook; ICU Outsourcing Pushback; AI Hub at Sutter; Chronic Care Partnership; Ambient Documentation Launch; and Vital.io’s Rapid Growth; PLUS Bright Look: AARDS RA Device Approval Today’s HITshow Daily is packed with stories hospital and health system executives can’t afford to miss: Providence earnings and Fitch forecast on nonprofit hospital finances — Te...

Epic’s AI Scribe, Real-Time Prior Authorization, AI Therapy Ban, Ransomware Takedown, Cardinal’s $1.9B Move — and a Call to Bring Patients Into AI Design Today’s HITshow Daily is packed with stories hospital and health system executives can’t afford to miss: Epic’s AI-powered scribe launch called a watershed moment — Peter Betterworth Highmark Health + Abridge debut AI scribe with real-time prior...

HITshow is your go-to source for today's top healthcare business headlines. Monday, August 11, 2025.Host: Steve Daily Today's Stories LOGAN STOKES:A 3.3 billion dollar deal in home health gets the green light — and it’s going to change competitive dynamics across the country. XAVIER BANKS:ACA premiums are set for a steep climb next year — I’ll tell you why insurers are asking for so much more. JAD...

HITshow is your go-to source for today's top healthcare business headlines. Wednesday, August 6, 2025.Host: Steve Daily Today's Stories Xavier Banks:Hinge Health sees record Q2 growth as employers lean into musculoskeletal care. Anika Shah:UnitedHealthcare’s latest policy change has hospitals sounding the alarm—again. Teresa Vaughn:Cohere Health lands on Forbes’ AI 100 as the prior auth battle esc...

HITshow is your go-to source for today's top healthcare business headlines. Tuesday, August 5, 2025.Host: Rhonda Brooks Our Lead Story: 🔧 "Spare Tire" technology promises zero EHR downtime 750 hospitals went dark last year. A NYC deep-tech company says that never has to happen again. 🏥 “You wouldn’t drive without a spare tire,” says ShelterZoom’s CEO. “Why run your hospital without one?” Other h...

HITshow is your go-to source for today's top healthcare business headlines. Monday, August 4, 2025.Host: Ida Klein Pete Betterworth: Hospitals Surge While Medicare Struggles: A System Under StrainHospitals are outperforming expectations while physicians continue exiting traditional Medicare. What does this divergence signal about the future of care financing? Teresa Vaughn: Payer Profits Diverge S...

HITshow is your go-to source for today's top healthcare business headlines. Tuesday, July 29, 2025. Host: Steve DailyTheme: Smarter systems, faster workflows, and big bets on healthcare AI. Headlines: Pete Betterworth: Sword Health launches a new AI division to target healthcare’s operational pain points. Teresa Vaughn:Innovaccer debuts Comet, replacing call centers with omnichannel AI agents. Jad...

Hear the Press Briefing Seema Verma, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,  sat down with 25 reporters on Thursday in a “pen and pad” session. Verma answered questions on topics ranging from Medicaid work requirements to Medicare for All and hospital transparency. The series of Q&A sessions are an effort by the Department of Health and Human Services to improve comm...

Startupbootcamp, a digital health innovation program focused on pre seed to pre Series A companies transforming healthcare and eradicating health disparities, selects its inaugural cohort Startupbootcamp, Europe’s largest family of innovation programs, today announced the ten teams that will join its Miami-based digital health program. A diverse range of solutions – from pre-natal remote monitorin...

As the average lifespan in the United States is increasing, so has the number of people requiring hospice care. According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, in 2010 approximately 1.3 million people received hospice services. By 2014 that number increased to almost 1.7 million - with more than half being women. More than 15% of hospice patients are between the ages of 35 and...