Hopscotch Raises $53M to Scale Rural Value-Based Primary Care
Hopscotch Primary Care, a tech-enabled provider serving rural communities, has raised $53 million in Series D funding led by 8VC and Townhall Ventures to expand beyond its Western…
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AI Adoption Outpaces Governance: 63% of Health Systems Lack a Mature AI Strategy
Health systems are deploying AI faster than they can govern it: more than 90% now use third-party AI tools, yet only 44% have a dedicated environment to test…
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CHG 2026 APP Workforce Report: 92% of Leaders Call Advanced Practice Providers Core Strategy
Advanced practice providers (NPs, PAs, and CRNAs) have become core workforce infrastructure, not stopgap coverage: CHG Healthcare’s 2026 Advanced Practice Provider Workforce Trends Report—a national survey of 327…
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ADA Q2 2026: Dental Fiscal Squeeze Persists as AI Adoption Hits 43%
Dentists’ economic confidence rose in Q2 2026 even as a persistent “fiscal squeeze” pressures practice margins: since January 2021, dental equipment, supplies, and staff wages have each climbed…
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Patient Portal Messages Have Surged 153% Since COVID, JAMA Study Finds
Patient-authored messages to providers have surged 153% since the COVID-19 pandemic, and a new JAMA study using Epic data finds the increase did not reduce telehealth or in-person…
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Federal Loan Caps Hit Dental Education: 8 Notes on Workforce Impact
New federal student loan caps took effect July 1, limiting borrowing to $50,000 per year for professional degree programs — well below what the average dental student borrows…
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MGMA 2026 Compensation Report: Physician Pay Rises as Productivity Falls
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…
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6 Health Systems Outsourcing Revenue Cycle Functions in 2026
Six U.S. health systems—including IU Health, UnityPoint Health, and Stamford Health—moved revenue cycle functions to outside vendors in the first half of 2026, signaling that RCM outsourcing has…
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JAMA Study: Ambient AI Scribes Boost RVUs 5.8% — The Real ROI Is Physician Retention
Ambient AI scribes at health systems generate measurable financial returns: a peer-reviewed JAMA Network Open study examining 1.2 million ambulatory encounters found access to an ambient AI scribe…
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The Workforce Equation: 5 Resources on Labor, Learning, and the Data Behind Them
Healthcare labor costs are the single largest line item on a health system's P&L, yet most organizations manage them through disconnected systems and manual processes. This Becker's roundup…