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HHS layoffs resume | 4 physicians charged with fraudulent cancer testing | Hoag 1st to offer cancer screening tool | House GOP eyes deeper Medicaid, Medicare cuts | COVID admissions rise in 25 states

July 16, 2025 1. HHS layoffs resume after Supreme Court decision Full story 2. 4 physicians charged with fraudulent cancer testing, care Full story 3. AI is reshaping care delivery now. Monument Health CIO shares how to prepare here. 4.…

Supreme Court OKs HHS layoffs | RFK Jr. sued over COVID guidance | Measles cases hit 33-year high | Lab owner pleads not guilty in fraud case | NIH to cap fees for publicly funded research

July 9, 2025 1. Trump administration gets green light to lay off federal workers Full story 2. RFK Jr. sued over COVID guidance change: 10 details Full story 3. Mayo Clinic Laboratories shares 4 ways clinical leaders can strengthen collaboration…

Judge halts HHS layoffs | Lab owner sentenced for $14M fraud scheme | Senate passes budget bill | New vaccine panel updates recommendations | 10 physician specialties most, least likely to quit

July 2, 2025 1. Judge halts HHS' 'unlawful' downsizing efforts Full story 2. Chicago lab owner gets 7 years in prison for $14M fraud scheme Full story 3. Swedish is helping write the next chapter of precision medicine. See their playbook here.…

CIDRAP launches vaccine committee | CFO charged in $290M COVID test scheme | FDA drug official to retire | NIH cuts mean delays for cancer treatment | 17 hospital closures in 2025

June 25, 2025 1. CIDRAP launches vaccine committee to replace ACIP: 4 notes Full story 2. Ex-Chicago hospital CFO charged in alleged $290M COVID testing scheme Full story 3. How this nonprofit hospital rethought billing — and won. See the…

CDC virus expert resigns | US vaccine program 'critically weakened' | Funding model pitched for indirect costs | Infection rate of new COVID strain increases | NIH grant cuts ruled 'void and illegal'

June 18, 2025 1. Another CDC virus expert resigns Full story 2. US vaccine program 'critically weakened,' former ACIP members say Full story 3. This rural system slashed stroke treatment times with telehealth — learn how, here. 4. Coalition pitches new…

HHS overhauls vaccine committee | FDA will not appeal lab regulation ruling | Blood test enhances cancer detection | Concerns grow with new norovirus strain | Self-collection doubles cervical cancer screening rates

June 11, 2025 1. HHS overhauls CDC's vaccine advisory committee Full story 2. FDA will not appeal court decision striking down lab-developed test rule: 5 notes Full story 3. Explore how surgical leaders turned lost cases into 24% growth through…

Leapfrog, APIC urge infection control investment | Moderna loses bird flu vaccine funds | FDA OKs next-gen CRC test | Child MMR vaccination rates drop | Fortune 500's top 25 healthcare cos.

June 4, 2025 1. Leapfrog, APIC urge infection control investment Full story 2. HHS revokes funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine Full story 3. How CoxHealth turned virtual care into a collaborative engine for success — here. 4. Next-generation CRC…

2 charged in $227M fraud scheme | Joint Commission to alert labs ahead of surveys | New COVID variant hits US | What will replace HICPAC? | Early noninvasive cardiac testing is cost-effective

May 28, 2025 1. Joint Commission to alert labs ahead of surveys Full story 2. 2 charged in $227M Medicare fraud scheme Full story 3. Public data = payer power. See 1 hospital's $50M strategy in action: here. 4. New…

300+ CDC workers reinstated | FDA OKs Alzheimer's blood test | New guidelines for HPV testing in head, neck cancers | Texas measles outbreak slows | Late-stage diagnoses attributed to screening barriers

May 21, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. HHS reinstates 328 CDC workers Full story 2. Blood test for Alzheimer's gets FDA green light Full story 3. Ambient AI isn't just for physicians. See how nurses are benefiting too — here. 4.…

Hospitals slam Medicaid proposal | FDA OKs cervical cancer screening test | US measles cases triple 2024 total | Testing lab recalls ophthalmic products | 10 best, worst states for healthcare

May 14, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. 'Cuts of this magnitude cannot be absorbed': Hospitals slam Republicans' Medicaid proposal Full story 2. FDA OKs 1st at-home cervical cancer screening test Full story 3. Don't let outages crush cash flow. Learn to recover…

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