Tag: #healthcare

Texas Children’s Hospital to Stop Puberty Blockers for Minors, Agrees to $10M Settlement With DOJ

DOJ says Texas Children’s will stop puberty blockers and hormones for minors, pay $10M over billing claims and fund a detransition clinic in the first settlement of its probe.

#transgender, #healthcare, #doj, #texas

White House Says MFN Drug Pricing Could Cut U.S. Drug Spending by $529 Billion Over 10 Years

White House and Council of Economic Advisers project $529B in 10-year U.S. drug savings from Most-Favored-Nation policy, including $64.3B for Medicaid.

#drugpricing, #healthcare, #whitehouse, #mfn

Preprint Says Browser Tools Exposed 1,000 Patient Chats on Anonymized Medical AI

An arXiv preprint claims ordinary browser inspection allowed retrieval of backend settings and the 1,000 most recent patient-chatbot conversations.

#ai, #privacy, #healthcare, #security

Brazil's new cancer framework promises free advanced therapies through SUS and a push for domestic production

Brazil approved a framework to expand free access to advanced cancer therapies via SUS, speed regulatory reviews and favor domestic production.

#brazil, #healthcare, #cancer, #anvisa

Alzheimer’s Blood Tests Enter Clinical Use, Spark Debate on Early Diagnosis

FDA clears first Alzheimer’s blood tests for clinical use, raising hopes and ethical questions on early detection and patient impact.

#alzheimers, #bloodtest, #healthcare, #diagnosis, #ethics

GoHealth Reports 55% Revenue Drop and $498 Million Loss as Medicare Broker Pulls Back

GoHealth posted a steep 2025 revenue decline and a $498M loss after cutting Medicare Advantage enrollments, taking big impairments, and facing Nasdaq warnings.

#medicareadvantage, #insurance, #nasdaq, #earnings, #healthcare

Sunway Healthcare Debuts After Malaysia’s Biggest IPO in Nine Years

Sunway Healthcare lists on Bursa Malaysia after raising 2.86 billion ringgit, testing investor appetite as it plans major hospital expansion.

#malaysia, #ipo, #healthcare, #bursamalaysia, #sunway

CMS to Enforce New Hospital Price Transparency Data—Including What Insurers Actually Pay—Starting April 1

CMS begins April 1 enforcement of new hospital price rules requiring allowed-amount percentiles and executive attestations, with fines up to millions.

#healthcare, #cms, #hospitalpricing, #transparency, #medicare