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Today, we unveiled the Fierce 15 of 2026 —15 companies leading the way to deliver game-changing innovation to improve care delivery and operations bit.ly/4rp4xM6

Upstream, a male preconception health startup, has announced PreSeed Fertility, a database for sperm donor matching bit.ly/4sQVsNc

.@TurquoiseHC raises $40M to power healthcare contracts, payments bit.ly/41fwZW3

Women's health sector could grow to $600B industry by 2030: @PwC report bit.ly/3PvonrJ

Providence mulling sale of its health plan amid financial pressures bit.ly/4d0x0Et

10K Corewell Health nurses vote to authorize labor strike bit.ly/4t2VaTM

.@Verily banks $300M to accelerate AI road map, transitions to independent company bit.ly/3NMd5Po

Democratic senators detail plans to take on 'Big Insurance' bit.ly/4rM76rT

Optum Real and Suki build out collaboration to tackle payment challenges as R1 teams with AI scribe Heidi bit.ly/3Nhbu41

Payers, hospitals pan CMS' plan to bring non-network plans to ACA exchanges bit.ly/4bBGPGw

In this week's episode of "Podnosis," Editor-in-Chief Ayla Ellison talks with Tony Cirillo, M.D., president of @ACEPNation, about the business of emergency medicine—who pays, how much, and what happens when the math stops working bit.ly/4uCqbiO

.@UHC expands doula benefit to employers nationwide bit.ly/4sWhePR

At #SXSW26, Jessica Calef, Reddit's director of health, a patient and a physician discussed the potential and pitfalls of online platforms that serve as communities for patients and docs as well as the use of gen AI for health information bit.ly/4sR8iuX

Highmark, Blue KC affiliation set to close March 31 bit.ly/4lDZy91

The feds will overpay Medicare Advantage plans by $76B this year, MedPAC estimates bit.ly/4ssLGRF

.@SternCardio strikes partnership with PE-backed Atria Health to spur growth as an independent practice bit.ly/41f9dJG

CMS opens grant applications for MAHA ELEVATE lifestyle medicine model bit.ly/4sbajCh

.@mavenclinic expands AI capabilities with genAI agent built on OpenAI, Google LLMs bit.ly/40D00L6

Moody's: Insurers' 2026 outlook is negative as cost pressures continue to batter industry bit.ly/4tbeRZF

Sacramento-based @SutterHealth and Minneapolis-based @AllinaHealth unveiled plans to join and form a 39-hospital, $26 billion revenue nonprofit health system bit.ly/4sJAlMK

Judge pumps brakes on RFK Jr.'s vaccine overhaul, targeting ACIP and CDC schedule revamp bit.ly/476dXVA