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Understanding healthcare's defensive qualities and non-discretionary demand
4+ hour, 19+ min ago (594+ words) The market volatility of technology stocks, both to the upside and downside, are prompting some investors to take another look at healthcare strategies for its defensive properties. Healthcare stocks have been one of the weakest performing sectors over the past…...
Trump admin warns 20 Alabama hospitals over price transparency
2+ week, 2+ day ago (436+ words) The letters are part of a nationwide enforcement effort targeting 519 hospitals that federal officials say are not providing the public with required pricing information for medical services. Alabama tied Mississippi with 20 hospitals receiving enforcement actions, placing it among the states…...
Understanding AI payer advantage
2+ week, 5+ day ago (580+ words) For decades, hospital revenue integrity teams have fought payer denials as if they were isolated transactions. A claim gets denied; we appeal, we resubmit, we track outcomes, rinse, wash and repeat. That approach is no longer tenable. According to the…...
Nebraska Guv signs bill that bans healthcare staffing noncompetes
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (206+ words) A Nebraska bill that sets up a registration process for healthcare staffing firms and bans noncompete clauses in employment contracts was signed by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on April 14. The bill is much different from the originally proposed version that…...
Colorado House advances legislation to blunt health insurance rate increase
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (502+ words) Medical Buyer The House advanced legislation on a preliminary vote to blunt health insurance rate increases and reduce the number of Coloradans who could lose their health insurance coverage due to Congress" continued refusal to extend premium tax credits. "With…...
Align Technology Q1 2026 revenue down 0. 7% to USD 1, 040. 1 M
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (105+ words) Q126 gross profit was $736. 6 million, resulting in a gross margin of 70. 8%. Q126 gross margin was unfavorably impacted by foreign exchange of approximately 0. 3 points sequentially and by approximately 0. 4 points year-over-year. On a non-GAAP basis, Q126 gross profit was $746. 9 million, resulting in a gross margin…...
Medicare payment issues plunge Minnesota's rural hospitals into crisis
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (965+ words) Medicare payment problems are generating steep financial hardships for some of Minnesota's rural hospitals at a time when many are struggling to stay afloat. State hospital leaders and officials at several rural hospitals say they have been vexed by a…...
Ambulatory healthcare service market to hit USD 5. 81 B
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (153+ words) The ambulatory healthcare service market size was valued at USD 4. 16 billion in 2025 and is expected to increase from USD 4. 40 billion in 2026 to USD 5. 81 billion by 2031, reflecting steady ambulatory healthcare service market growth during the forecast period, according to Mordor Intelligence....
Over 100 financially distressed hospitals in US at risk of shutting down
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1785+ words) In northeast Georgia, a hospital closed its maternity ward. In rural New Hampshire, a community health center shuttered. And in Iowa, a Des Moines hospital system laid off dozens of employees and closed a clinic. All these providers cited President…...
Ten health tech firms pledge USD 600 M to help states
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (307+ words) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that 10 health technology companies that have existing Medicaid eligibility and enrollment contracts with states have voluntarily pledged to help states successfully prepare for and implement Medicaid community engagement requirements enacted under President…...