Tag: #healthcare

GAO: Federal ACA Marketplace Still Leaves Consumers Vulnerable to Unauthorized Enrollments

GAO finds rising unauthorized ACA enrollments and plan switches, urging CMS to strengthen consent checks, access limits and consumer notices.

#healthcare, #aca, #cms, #gao

NHS accelerates rollout of AI triage and clinician notetaking, aims for full NHS App coverage by April 2028

NHS England is fast-tracking AI triage in the NHS App for all users by April 2028 and expanding ambient voice notetaking for clinicians to cut waits and admin.

#nhs, #ai, #healthcare

450,000 New Yorkers to Lose Essential Plan Eligibility on July 1 After Federal Funding Change

About 450,000 New Yorkers with incomes 200–250% of poverty will lose $0-premium Essential Plan coverage on July 1 and must shift to marketplace plans.

#healthcare, #newyork, #essentialplan, #insurance

Millions Lose Marketplace Coverage and Pay More After Boosted ACA Subsidies Lapse

Six months after enhanced ACA subsidies ended, enrollment and payment data show millions lost coverage and many who kept plans face much higher costs.

#healthcare, #aca, #insurance, #enrollment

Final UN/EU/World Bank RDNA: Gaza’s health system needs $10.03 billion to rebuild; 14% of workforce lost

A joint UN/EU/World Bank assessment estimates $10.03B needed over five years to rebuild Gaza’s health system and reports 14% of health workers lost.

#gaza, #healthcare, #un, #worldbank

iRhythm Says Data Exfiltrated From Third‑Party Business Apps; Devices, Patient Care Unaffected

iRhythm reported that data was exfiltrated from third‑party business applications; its devices and clinical systems were not affected, and the investigation is ongoing.

$IRTC, #irhythm, #cybersecurity, #data-breach, #healthcare

UK to spend nearly £30m to expand AI diagnostics in the NHS; £20m to roll out chest X‑ray tools to trusts by 2029

UK to invest almost £30m to expand AI-assisted diagnostics in the NHS, including £20m to roll out AI chest X-ray tools to all English trusts by 2029.

#nhs, #ai, #healthcare, #lungcancer

FTC to Allow Ascension’s $3.9 Billion Acquisition of AmSurg Only After Sale of Seven Surgery Centers

FTC will let Ascension buy AmSurg only if it sells seven ambulatory surgery centers across five U.S. metro areas to preserve local competition.

#antitrust, #healthcare, #ascension, #amsurg, #ftc

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