Family-owned investment firm Kaltroco has acquired Smile America Partners, the largest school-based mobile dental program in the U.S., from Beach Point Capital Management in a deal announced July…
Hanover, N.H.-based Better Life Partners has joined the Burlington, Mass.-based Groups care network in a partnership expanding addiction treatment access across New England, the organizations announced July 23,…
Between 35% and 50% of medical referrals never result in a completed specialist appointment, and those that do take 31 days on average — a gap Commure’s new…
CMS’s proposed CY 2027 Physician Fee Schedule rule would sunset traditional MIPS reporting in 2029, replace it with specialty-focused MIPS Value Pathways covering roughly 98% of specialties, and…
Penn Medicine is integrating K Health’s AI-powered patient intake agents into its virtual primary care service, testing whether an AI ‘team member’ in the patient-provider relationship improves outcomes….
Top U.S. health system executives say affordability and cost pressure now sit at the center of nearly every strategic decision. In a Chief Healthcare Executive roundtable, leaders including…
Mayo Clinic and Microsoft announced a strategic collaboration on June 2, 2026 to build a frontier AI model purpose-built for healthcare. The model combines Mayo’s de-identified clinical data…
HHS will direct more than $700 million in new federal funding toward behavioral health and addiction treatment, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced June 17, 2026. The package…
Physician compensation rose across every specialty in 2025 even as productivity fell, according to MGMA’s 2026 Provider Compensation and Productivity Data report, drawing on data from more than…
Commercial medical cost trend is projected to reach 9% in 2027 — the highest in 17 years — according to PwC’s Behind the Numbers 2027 report. Five inflators…
