Your week in healthcare: Tenet call on the $5.7B Surgery Partners sale
85 stories this week. The five that matter most, and what's coming next week.
Your week in healthcare: Cencora to buy American Oncology Network
78 stories this week. The five that matter most, and what's coming next week.
CMS proposes deep cuts to joint replacement work value, final rule due
Plus: CJR-X mandatory joint bundle starts January 1, 2028. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Cencora to buy American Oncology Network
Plus: Elevance Q3 ratio improves, membership shrinks. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
HHS skips 2026 penalty adjustment
Plus: FDA approves Hibsago for hepatitis B. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Humana up, Alignment down on 2027 star ratings
Plus: CD&R and McKesson take Option Care Health private. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
GENEROUS Medicaid drug pricing deal hits Sept 30 state deadline
Plus: CMS cancels ACA marketplace coverage for 760K people. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
CMS finalizes the TAVR coverage rewrite, heart team survives
Plus: Two hospitals, 1,300 miles apart, end labor and delivery the same night. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Lilly pays up to $3.35B for InnoCare's undiscovered drug targets
Plus: OIG: Humana, UnitedHealthcare of Wisconsin overbilled Medicare $180M. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
CMS names first 79 ACOs in new 10-year LEAD Model
Plus: Elevance's Star Ratings summary judgment brief due tomorrow. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
BCBSA: hospital AI coding tools added $942M without extra care
Plus: Cigna embeds OpenAI frontier reasoning in oncology nurse workflows. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Federal court vacates HHS Section 504 community integration rules nationwide
Plus: CMS partners with 37 states to overhaul Medicaid quality measurement. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.