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Diagnosing Medicaid Cuts To Hospitals In The One, Big, Beautiful Bill

Forbes Healthcare

It’s critical to understand the role that Medicaid and Medicaid State-directed payments (SDPs) play in the survival of what are known as Safety Net Hospitals.

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The 60+ Year Nutritional Cold War: Looking towards a truce - a three-part miniseries

Sensible Medicine

James McCormack is returning to Sensible Medicine for the third time. He is a Doctor of Pharmacy in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia. When he approached us with this idea, I was hesitant, given that it was clear it needed to be a multi-day affair. However, after reading it, it became clear that his work on this subject needed to be on Sensible Medicine.

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This Startup Built A Hospital In India To Test Its AI Software

Forbes Healthcare

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PRAGUE 25: A "negative" trial for weight loss in AF, but with hugely "positive" signals

Sensible Medicine

In Western countries, the incidences of atrial fibrillation (AF) and obesity have risen in parallel. And this relationship goes beyond association. Taken together, the evidence clearly supports the contention that obesity can cause AF, through many biologic mechanisms. The therapy implications are obvious: if obesity causes AF, then weight loss should reduce AF.

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Are You Ready for the Enhanced HIPAA Requirements for Penetration Testing? 

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Chris Cronin, partner, HALOCK Security Labs and chair of the DoCRA Council We strongly recommend an annual penetration test if your company is on the internet. Also known as a pen test, this is […] The article Are You Ready for the Enhanced HIPAA Requirements for Penetration Testing?

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DOJ charges more than 300 in $14.6B healthcare fraud bust

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Matthew Galeotti, head of the justice department’s criminal division, called the operation “the beginning of a new era of aggressive prosecution and data driven prevention” of healthcare fraud.

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Bill Gates Thinks AI Will Replace Doctors. Here’s Why He’s Wrong

Forbes Healthcare

AI is transforming medicine, but it won’t replace doctors anytime soon. Here's why human judgment, empathy and experience still matter in healthcare.

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FDA clears first AI-driven wristband for essential tremor relief

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340B could have a new cop on the beat. Hospitals are worried.

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The HHS wants to move oversight of the controversial drug discount program to the CMS, which has a more aggressive history with 340B than its covered providers would prefer. “It could be truly devastating,” one expert said.

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DOJ Announces Largest Ever Health Care Fraud Takedown

The HIPAA Journal

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the results of its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, the largest in its history, eclipsing the previous record of $6 billion with actions to disrupt health care fraud schemes involving more than $14.6 billion in intended losses. Criminal charges have been filed against 324 defendants, including 96 licensed healthcare professionals such as doctors, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists, in 50 federal districts.

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The Disconnect Between Climate Goals And Funds For Factory Farms

Forbes Healthcare

As of today, IFC funds should be fully aligned with the Paris climate agreement. Climate researchers say that's impossible while supporting industrial animal agriculture.

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What AI Thinks AI Will Do in Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Scott E. Rupp, editor, Electronic Health Reporter. In 2025, AI in healthcare is no longer a distant ambition—it’s an operational force. But as we stare down the next five years, what matters isn’t what […] The article What AI Thinks AI Will Do in Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Unmasking $14.6B in health care fraud: Inside the DOJ's largest-ever health care takedown

Medical Economics

From ghost patients and fake genetic tests to DME laundering rings and opioid pill mills, the DOJ’s 2025 health care fraud crackdown paints a sobering picture of a system under attack — and a federal response gaining traction.

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This Fortnight in Medicine (Episode III)

Sensible Medicine

No association between preprocedural fasting and witnessed pulmonary aspiration: A systematic review and meta-analysis Here are a couple of other older articles to give you the history of preprocedural fasting.

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Esse Health Confirms Almost 264,000 Patients Affected by April 2025 Cyberattack

The HIPAA Journal

Esse Health has confirmed that 263,601 individuals have been affected by its April 2025 cyberattack. Data breaches have also been announced by Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont, Harbor in Ohio, and Mosaic Life Care in Missouri. Esse Health, Missouri Esse Health, an independent physician group healthcare provider with 50 locations in the Greater St.

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Healthcare’s Hidden Crisis: AI’s Essential Role in Combating Drug Diversion

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Steve Mok, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCIDP, Manager of Pharmacy Services and Fellowship Director for Clinical Surveillance and Compliance, Wolters Kluwer, Health. Each year, an estimated 37,000 diversion incidents occur in U.S. healthcare facilities, which […] The article Healthcare’s Hidden Crisis: AI’s Essential Role in Combating Drug Diversion appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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How Much Clinical Experience is Enough to be a Leader

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Our Generation Z nurses are career ambitious, which is terrific. Yet increasingly, nurse leaders report that they have nurses applying for roles for which they lack the necessary experience or clinical skills to be successful. Consider the following story: We recently posted a vacancy for an Assistant […] The post How Much Clinical Experience is Enough to be a Leader appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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8 ways to boost practice productivity

Physicians Practice

These strategies will help to streamline clinic workflows, boost productivity and enhance staff morale in today's challenging healthcare environment.

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The 10-year plan – By Paula the PM

Practice Index

We’re yet another document into the NHS plan. So far, we’ve had the NHS Long-Term Plan, the Darzi report, the Patient Safety Strategy, the Long-Term Workforce Plan, amongst others. In England, we’ve had a top-down re-organisation of NHSE, and the ICBs, which is somewhat different in the devolved nations as they have their own plans and accountability frameworks.

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Firework Injuries- How To Stay Safe And Avoid The ER On July 4th

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Can AI Coexist With HIPAA? How Collaboration Can Solve the Tech-Compliance Conundrum

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By John Murray, senior director, SAP. From the dawn of the Internet to the advent of electronic health records, the healthcare industry historically has been slow to embrace new technologies and the improvements they can […] The article Can AI Coexist With HIPAA?

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CMS Notifies 103,000 Medicare Beneficiaries About Unauthorized Account Creation

The HIPAA Journal

Approximately 103,000 Medicare beneficiaries are being notified that some of their personal information may have been exposed in a data incident. The HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was recently alerted that Medicare.gov accounts had been created in individuals’ names without their knowledge. An investigation was launched, which confirmed that a currently unknown threat actor had been using personal information obtained from unknown external sources to fraudulently create Me

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8 Fourth of July prep steps for your practice

Physicians Practice

Prepare your medical practice for July Fourth challenges with proactive planning, clear communication and essential supplies to ensure smooth operations.

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How fragmented records and poor tracking degrade patient outcomes

KevinMD.com

Medicine today is single-encounter oriented with documentation largely tailored for legal purposes rather than medical care. When an encounter ends, the physician must sign off the documentation and no further changes can be made; any corrections require another document that must also be signed off, but this is seldom done. A further problem with current Read more… How fragmented records and poor tracking degrade patient outcomes originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Public Health Is Getting Precise – Let’s Make Sure It’s Fair

Forbes Healthcare

Equity-focused precision public health means expanding datasets to include context — where and who people live with, quality of life and community-defined health factors.

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Trackable Health AI and Vantiq: Revolutionizing Force Readiness with AI 

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Trackable Health AI, in partnership with Vantiq, has developed a groundbreaking real-time biometric monitoring solution that is redefining force readiness for the U.S. Air Force. By integrating wearables, AI-driven analysis, and edge computing, the initiative accelerates […] The article Trackable Health AI and Vantiq: Revolutionizing Force Readiness with AI appeared first on electronichealt

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57% of patients say yes to AI in the exam room if it means more time with their doctor

Medical Economics

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Medical groups, pregnant doctor sue RFK Jr. over vaccine changes

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The complaint argues Kennedy’s actions to remove the COVID vaccine from the CDC's immunization schedule for pregnant people and healthy children were unlawful.

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Healing the doctor-patient relationship by attacking administrative inefficiencies

KevinMD.com

I have a great doctor. I’ve enjoyed his approach to providing care so much that I was greatly distressed when, at my last visit, he told me he was thinking of retiring early. While I consider myself fortunate to have a positive and dependable relationship with my doctor, fewer people now relate to that sentiment Read more… Healing the doctor-patient relationship by attacking administrative inefficiencies originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Can Primary Care Survive Burnout, Bureaucracy, And A Broken System?

Forbes Healthcare

Is the family doctor disappearing? Burnout, bureaucracy & tech are reshaping primary care. Explore the crisis—and the innovative solutions saving it.

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Streamlining Hospital Discharge with Technology: A Strategic Imperative for Reducing Readmissions

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, announced the findings of its seventh annual global Healthcare Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report, which measures enterprise progress with cloud adoption in the industry. The research showed […] The article Streamlining Hospital Discharge with Technology: A Strategic Imperative for Reducing Readmissions appeared first on