Health Exec

Bill in Congress would rein in PBMs, force divestment from pharmacies. #PBMs #Senate #Congress #Healthcare #Policy #Antitrust #PatientCare ow.ly/tNfz50Z0o9Q

Hospital missed woodland debris that led to post-amputation death of teenager, lawsuit alleges. #LegalNews #Malpractice #Lawsuit #Healthcare #PatientSafety ow.ly/UYgK50Z0iho

.@usnews 2026 ‘Best Countries’ report: Leading the globe in health are #Iceland, #Norway, #Denmark, #Switzerland, #Japan, #Australia, #SouthKorea, #Singapore, #Sweden and #Israel. ow.ly/1LuS50Z0bol

Equity researchers @GtownSOH @PennMEHP: ‘We are suggesting simply that White men’s health and wellbeing warrant attention, particularly if the goal is to achieve optimal U.S. @AMJPublicHealth #PopulationHealth.’ #WhiteMen ow.ly/hl3s50YZQgO

CMS pauses all new Medicaid hospice and home health provider entries for six months. ow.ly/KVAS50YZIRn

.@avalerehealth analysis for @PhysAdvocacy: More than 6 of every 10 physician practices are now owned by hospitals or other corporate entities, ‘driven by the marketplace race’ to acquire a competitive share. ow.ly/wVay50YZvVX

.@ysingh_phd et al: At least in the short term, private-equity acquisitions of primary-care practices ‘do not drive measurable improvements or immediate harms.’ @JAMAHealthForum ow.ly/BFFr50YZ98g

.@blackbookpolls sees a children’s hospital market that ‘rewards #pediatric #workflow fit over generic acute-care functionality.’ ow.ly/c8bR50YZ5Xf

Likely incoming #FDA commish #KyleDiamantas — a personal friend of #DonaldTrumpJr. — currently serves as the FDA’s deputy commissioner for food, a job that has had him overseeing a $1 billion budget for FDA #nutrition and #foodsafety activities. ow.ly/xtLL50YZ0ch

Pharmacy owner gets 2 years in prison for defrauding Medicare of $2.5M. #Healthcare #Pharmacy #NewJersey #FraudWasteAbuse #DOJ #Dificid #LegalNews ow.ly/XtYQ50YYVif

How to—and how not to—consult with ‘Dr. ChatGPT’ and its peers ow.ly/v5N850YYsYB

#UCLA researchers: Post-#pandemic #telemedicine is looking ‘more like a substitute for in-person care than a true expansion of it.’ @jnmafi @dgsomucla @JAMANetworkOpen ow.ly/aQ7750YYow4

Weight loss drugs are hiking employer healthcare prices, with 87% saying they expect costs to only go up. @BizGrpHlth #Healthcare #Inflation #GLP1 #Ozempic #Wegovy #Survey #Employers #Economics ow.ly/BZIF50YYkl5

On #LifeExpectancy, the #USA has fallen from contender to non-competitor. @JacobBor @drehkopf @JAMANetworkOpen ow.ly/3C5050YYcXP

Florida doctor charged with manslaughter in patient death describes chaotic scene in deposition. @NBCnews #Report #Malpractice #Healthcare #Lawsuit #LegalNews #Shaknovsky #Homicide #Manslaughter #PatientSafety #WilliamBryan #NBCNews #Florida ow.ly/tLLP50YXRXe

Former healthcare CEO sentenced to 5 years in prison for role in $212M fraud conspiracy. #DOJ #Healthcare #Fraud #Waste #Abuse #Crime #NewJersey #Conspiracy #Scam ow.ly/lA3k50YXPEG

#Agentic #LLM workflows with #reasoningmodels may be integrated into active clinical care with minimal safety risk. @stanfordbmi @JAMANetworkOpen ow.ly/1RHg50YXMGA

CMS unveils $50 GLP-1 prescriptions for Medicare patients. @cmsgov #CMS #Ozempic #GLP-1 #Medicare #Healthcare #PartD #Policy #Diabetes ow.ly/FQe150YXAnK

.@Sg2HealthCare @VizientInc: Cost pressures persist across both #CommunityHospitals and #AcademicMedicalCenters. ow.ly/KQqh50YWKju

.@AmerMedicalAssn researchers observe a ‘small but nontrivial’ subgroup of nonpracticing #physicians who never practiced medicine after completing residency. @PermanenteJ ow.ly/1OPo50YWEwy