What You Should Know:
- Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. today announced the repeal of federal policy that financially rewarded hospitals for reporting staff vaccination rates, a policy he described as coercive and a denial of informed consent.
- “Medical decisions should be made based on one thing: the wellbeing of the person - never on a financial bonus or a government mandate,” said Secretary Kennedy. “Doctors deserve the freedom to use their
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FDA Mandates Opioid Safety Labeling Changes to Combat Misuse and Overdose Risks
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring safety labeling changes to all opioid pain medications to better emphasize and explain the risks associated with their long-term use.
- The decision follows a public advisory committee meeting in May that reviewed data showing serious risks, including misuse, addiction, and both fatal and non-fatal overdoses, for patients who use opioids over long periods.
Evidence-Based Decision-Making
The
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Sohar and Rula Health Partner to Streamline Behavioral Healthcare Access with AI-Powered Eligibility Verification
What You Should Know:
- Sohar Health, a provider of eligibility determination and Verification of Benefits (VoB), and Rula Health, a national behavioral healthcare provider group announced a partnership to streamline the connection between patients seeking mental health care and the clinicians providing that care.
- Rula has integrated Sohar’s Verification and Network Status products into its patient intake process, eliminating insurance-related bottlenecks and improving care
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Diabetology Officially Established as a Specialty with Taxonomy Code
What You Should Know:
- The American College of Diabetology (ACD) announced that Diabetology has received formal recognition through the assignment of a unique taxonomy classification.
- The historic milestone affirms the specialized expertise of physicians who focus exclusively or primarily on diabetes care.
Diabetology: A Unique and Focused Specialty
Diabetology is defined as the specialty focused on the full continuum of diabetes care. This encompasses diagnosis,
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Trella Health Report: Medicare Advantage to Exceed 50% by 2025 in Post-Acute Care
What You Should Know:
- Trella Health, a provider of market intelligence and integrated customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for post-acute care, Home Medical Equipment (HME), and Infusion organizations, has released its 2025 Post-Acute Care Industry Trend Report. The annual report offers a detailed analysis of national and state-level patient trends, utilization patterns, and market dynamics across home health, hospice, and skilled nursing.
- The report leverages Trella
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Neurogen Biomarking Virtual Care Ecosystem Cuts Time to Alzheimer’s Intervention by 4.5 Years
What You Should Know:
- Advancements in accelerating early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) screening and access to care, proven from three diverse community pilot initiatives, were presented today during a podium presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® 2025 (AAIC). The study, entitled “Remote Collection of Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders,” validated Neurogen’s new ecosystem, which brings together the first in-home blood biomarker testing
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Beyond Disruption: 4 Key Strategies for Healthcare Providers to Thrive Under OBBBA
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. healthcare landscape is facing a transformative moment with the signing of H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), into law on July 4. This landmark legislation introduces sweeping changes to Medicaid and Medicare, as well as Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.
- According to Tamyra Porter, Managing Director of Regulatory Advisory Practice at Premier, these shifts present both significant challenges and a rare inflection point for
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Syndromic Monitoring Gives Public Health Teams a Head Start on Emergencies
From Buzzword to Lifesaver
Once dismissed as another healthcare buzzword, syndromic monitoring has proven its value in real-world scenarios. At its core, it captures early health signals—like symptom trends or provider impressions—and analyzes them in near real time. Rather than waiting days or weeks for lab confirmations or hospital reports, public health teams receive early alerts that support action when it matters most.
Heat Waves and the Power of Early
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2025 Homecare Insights: Provider Voices Survey
What You Should Know:
- HHAeXchange, a leading provider of healthcare workforce technology for home and community-based services (HCBS), released insights from a new survey of 145 agency owners and operators.
- The report, a "2025 Homecare Insights: Provider Voices Survey," reveals that compliance has emerged as the top business priority for 2025, alongside persistent concerns about cost and the critical need for better real-time communication among caregivers.
Compliance
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“One Health” Disease Surveillance: Why Integrated Systems Are Critical for Public Health and Economic Stability
Is our siloed approach to health surveillance creating the perfect conditions for the next pandemic?
Recent outbreaks—from avian influenza to E. coli contamination in leafy greens—highlight the urgent need for integrated disease surveillance systems. Yet, many public health surveillance systems still operate in isolation, creating dangerous blind spots in our ability to detect and respond to zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and environmental contamination.
"The “One
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