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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

Texas Children's Hospital agrees to launch nation's first 'detransition clinic' to settle state, DOJ investigation bit.ly/4wwRqwd

Executives at health tech company Bunkerhill Health offered an inside look at the process for securing a CMS reimbursement pathway for AI-enabled cardiac risk screening bit.ly/4dnX0bh

Docs more burned out, skeptical of AI than nurses, survey report finds bit.ly/4dllkur

Nearly 80% of payers now prefer implementing vendor-built artificial intelligence tools rather than developing internal capabilities, a new survey finds bit.ly/4eHtTCi

Is your hospital ready for a prolonged IT outage? @TJCommission and @ahahospitals' new resiliency program will let you know bit.ly/4uPGHLD

.@viz_ai launches AI-powered pulmonary care platform bit.ly/4nuOkop

Chromie Health picks up $2M in pre-seed funding, launches SMS AI-powered nurse staffing agent bit.ly/4dfMumo

New payer-backed ad campaign pushes for No Surprises Act IDR reform bit.ly/3Pn89kI

.@nyulangone says it received grand jury subpoena over gender-affirming care bit.ly/4tUfU01

Salesforce Ventures, Echo Health Ventures back @OpturaAI's $17.5M series A to track AI performance bit.ly/3P0opIw

.@wearehims & @wearehers posted a $92 million loss in the first quarter as it shifts its business from selling compounded weight loss drugs to branded GLP-1 medications bit.ly/49LVWwU

Providence puts years of losses in rearview with its third consecutive quarter of operating gains bit.ly/4d9pFSN

CMS pauses hospice, home health Medicare enrollments in fraud crackdown bit.ly/42Efxvc

1 in 5 marketplace enrollees dropped their coverage in 2026: media report bit.ly/4tDlOCy

Payers and providers felt the upheaval and instability on the Affordable Care Act exchanges in the first quarter of this year. Fierce Healthcare's @dave_muoio and @pminemyer break down those trends in the latest “Podnosis” episode bit.ly/4fnqzMN

CMS to withhold $1.3B in Medicaid funds from California, puts state officials on notice about fraud bit.ly/4uOyur9

Fitness wearable @WHOOP adds on-demand clinician access, EHR syncing bit.ly/4uJKNVC

.@AmerMedicalAssn unveils policy framework to combat AI deepfake physician impersonation bit.ly/42zkyVQ

.@omadahealth posts 42% revenue jump in Q1, joins Eli Lilly employer weight loss program bit.ly/4dluEyu

Included Health launches AI-powered solution to connect members to providers bit.ly/4nzjURR