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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | 2pm ET / 11am PT Join us for a data-driven webinar exploring the adversary tradecraft, tactics, and trends targeting healthcare the Huntress team uncovered in the 2024 Cyber Threat Report. Register now. 
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| By Noah Tong Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is opting out of the Medicare Advantage market. The health plan said its relatively low membership and burdensome regulatory factors meant the company no longer view the market as financially viable. |
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By Heather Landi WASHINGTON, D.C.—CVS Health continues to make investments in healthcare delivery services with a focus on affordability, convenience and better access to primary care. |
By Heather Landi Sword Health, a virtual provider of musculoskeletal care, banked a financing round of $130 million in a mix of primary and secondary sale, boosting its valuation to a reported $3 billion. |
By Paige Minemyer SCAN Health Plan secured a court victory Monday when a federal judge agreed that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services inappropriately calculated its star ratings for the 2024 plan year. |
By Emma Beavins A union organization for nurses nationwide says the deployment of AI in healthcare will push nurses out of patient rooms and compromise patient safety. A new AI Bill of Rights lays out nurse and patient protections, which are not currently being met. |
By Paige Minemyer A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction preventing the former head of Express Scripts from taking an executive role at CVS Health. |
By Heather Landi The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center finalized its acquisition of Washington Health System, a two-hospital nonprofit community health system based in Pennsylvania. |
By Heather Landi Health plans and employers are flooded with pitches from digital health solutions. Executives at FarmboxRx, Summer Health and Bold share how they got their foot in the door and what it takes to build a successful enterprise-startup partnership. |
By Dave Muoio U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell wrote that the two-hospital transaction has "at least as much likelihood of competitive benefits as it does competitive harm." Though they may close the deal, the systems will still need to go through an administrative review process should the FTC decline to drop its case. |
By Heather Landi Plenful, which developed an AI workflow automation platform to streamline pharmacy and healthcare operations, banked $17 million in series A funding to build out its infrastructure and fuel more product development. |
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| This week on "Podnosis," we explore therapeutic psychedelics. Noah Tong from Fierce Healthcare sat down with Kim Chew, Senior Counsel at Husch Blackwell, to discuss the accessibility challenges in this promising but complex space. |
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With a growing number of cybercriminals targeting healthcare, no organization—not even the smallest hospital, clinic, pharmacy, or nursing home—is immune from attacks. And despite the growing threat, many businesses throughout the healthcare sector are also facing tight budgets and major resource challenges. So how can they protect themselves and build an effective cybersecurity strategy? Dowload now. 
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