AI and Automation Drive Touchless Prior Authorization for More than 70% of Covered CPT Codes WINTER PARK, Fla. (April 28, 2025) — Humata Health, the leader in delivering AI-powered touchless prior ...

Public health experts are speculating that the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee is being shut down, MedPage Today reported April 29. 1. HICPAC develops guidance for ...

Mike Ditoro, PharmD, has been appointed CEO of Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., NBC Palm Springs reported April 29. Dr. Ditoro joined the hospital in 2018 as COO and became ...

A report from the American Hospital Association underscores the headwinds and increased expenses hospitals and health systems have faced in recent years in providing high-quality, timely patient care.

Gen Alpha (children 14 and younger) led the rise of GLP-1 utilization from 2023 to 2024, with an 85% growth rate in that period. But what is behind the sharp increase? 3 factors at play There are ...

The Iowa Senate has passed a bill that would set new requirements for pharmacy benefit managers that lawmakers say will help rural pharmacies stay open and lower prescription costs, the Iowa Capital ...

At Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, an 11-year-old girl with severe beta thalassamia, became the first pediatric patient to receive Zyntelgo, the first FDA-approved gene therapy for ...

A federal court in Texas has bolstered Novo Nordisk’s efforts to limit the production and sale of compounded versions of its GLP-1 drugs, Wegovy and Ozempic. Here are five notes: ...

Becker’s has reported on at least 70 hospital and health system CEO exits, including retirements and resignations, since Jan. 2. Of those exiting CEOs, roughly 30 resigned without announcing future ...

Traditionally, goals-of-care conversations are reserved for end-of-life care, but The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is changing that. MD Anderson launched the Center for Goal ...

Some scientists and inspections staff at the FDA have been informed by their supervisors that their layoffs will be reversed, CBS News reported April 28. The White House had previously laid off more ...

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems’ Oracle Health EHR system is back online following a temporary outage, CNBC reported April 28. A spokesperson for the health system told the publication ...