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News July 20, 2025
In Rush To Satisfy Trump, GOP Delivers Blow to Health Industry
By Phil Galewitz & Stephanie Armour – Doctors, hospitals, and health insurers for weeks issued dire warnings to Republican lawmakers that millions of people would lose health coverage and hospitals would close if they cut Medicaid funding to help pay for President Donald Trump’s big tax and spending bill.
Our Reports July 19, 2025
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – June 2025
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of June that we think deserve sharing again.
Regulatory Issues July 18, 2025
CMS Proposes Physician Payment Rule to Significantly Cut Spending Waste
The calendar year 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule would advance primary care management through new quality measures, reduce waste and unnecessary use of skin substitutes, and introduce a new payment model focused on improving care for chronic disease management.
HealthcareNOW Radio, News July 18, 2025
Weekend Playlist on Healthcare NOW Radio
Find a new podcast or catch up on some of your favorites, here are all the newest episodes released this week on Healthcare NOW Radio. Have a great weekend!
Our Reports
- Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – June 2025 - July 19, 2025
- Health IT Business News – July 17, 2025 - July 17, 2025
- AI in Healthcare News and Updates - July 16, 2025
- Health IT Hires, Appointments, and Who’s Hiring - July 15, 2025
- Health IT Business News, Financial Edition – July 10, 2025 - July 10, 2025
- Sharing Health Data Update July 2025 - July 9, 2025
Most Current Posts
- In Rush To Satisfy Trump, GOP Delivers Blow to Health Industry
- Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – June 2025
- CMS Proposes Physician Payment Rule to Significantly Cut Spending Waste
- Weekend Playlist on Healthcare NOW Radio
- Upcoming Virtual Events Roundup
- TEFCA Priorities and Plans for the Remainder of 2025
- Health IT Business News – July 17, 2025
- AI Can’t Be a Black Box in Rehab Therapy Care
- Socialcare on FHIR over Direct
- AI in Healthcare News and Updates
- Reading Between the Lines: Intelligent Solutions for Unstructured Healthcare Data
- Do Your Risk Analysis
- Health IT Hires, Appointments, and Who’s Hiring
- The UnitedHealth Probes: A Wake-Up Call for Medicare Advantage
- Attend the Civitas Annual Conference in September
Health IT Innovation
July 16, 2025
Reading Between the Lines: Intelligent Solutions for Unstructured Healthcare Data
By Alan Vitale & Donald Searing PhD – In the digital age of healthcare, data is abundant, but structure is not. Payer organizations are inundated with clinical notes, scanned forms, faxes, and handwritten appeals. These “unstructured” data types – which lack uniformity – slow operations, obscure insights, and increase administrative burden.
Read MoreInteroperability
July 9, 2025
Sharing Health Data Update July 2025
Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on industry interoperability news, TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts.
Read MoreRegulatory
July 18, 2025
CMS Proposes Physician Payment Rule to Significantly Cut Spending Waste
The calendar year 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule would advance primary care management through new quality measures, reduce waste and unnecessary use of skin substitutes, and introduce a new payment model focused on improving care for chronic disease management.
Read MoreHealthcare NOW Radio
July 18, 2025
Weekend Playlist on Healthcare NOW Radio
Find a new podcast or catch up on some of your favorites, here are all the newest episodes released this week on Healthcare NOW Radio. Have a great weekend!
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HealthcareNOWradio.com
- This Week’s Highlights On Air
- Friday Five – Consider these 5 Conferences this Fall
- On the Air This Weekend
- Physician CIO on the Value of Clinical IT Support
- Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink
- Newly Released Podcasts 7/16/25
- News You Can Use – June 2025
- New on Demand Episodes 7/15/25
Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance
June 25, 2025
Revenue Cycle and Payer News – June 25, 2025
Reported payers and health insurance industry news from Humana, AHIP, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Cigna, CareSource, Independence Blue Cross, Aetna, and more.
Read MoreDigital Health & Telemedicine
July 2, 2025
Virtual Healthcare July 2025
We are seeking out the latest developments around virtual healthcare. News from Iris Telehealth, WovenX Health, DT Research, ATA Action, TeleRay, Craft Telemedicine, Wheel, Rauland, DataFirst, Tenovi, GlobalMed, and more.
Read MoreAnalytics & Population Health
July 17, 2025
AI Can’t Be a Black Box in Rehab Therapy Care
By Keavy Murphy – The adoption of AI within healthcare to improve and streamline workflows and inform clinical decision-making has grown exponentially within the last three years. While the potential is clear, questions around data privacy, compliance, and clinicians’ trust in the technology continue to slow progress.
Read MoreHealth IT Security Privacy and Compliance
July 15, 2025
Do Your Risk Analysis
By Matt Fisher – The drumbeat of settlement agreements for alleged HIPAA violations by the Office for Civil Rights is continuing along with the consistent finding that the required risk analysis did not occur. The consistent announcement of settlements offers regular reminders to the healthcare industry that OCR is watching and expecting compliance to improve.
Read More#ICYMI
- Upcoming Virtual Events Roundup Posted on: July 18, 2025
- AI Can’t Be a Black Box in Rehab Therapy Care Posted on: July 17, 2025
- Reading Between the Lines: Intelligent Solutions for Unstructured Healthcare Data Posted on: July 16, 2025
- The UnitedHealth Probes: A Wake-Up Call for Medicare Advantage Posted on: July 15, 2025
- Data Sharing Across Borders: The Vital Role of a Trusted Research Environment Posted on: July 10, 2025
- Disaster-Proofing Health Care Data Centers Against Physical Threats Posted on: July 9, 2025
- Executive Action and CEHRT Requirements: Real World Testing July 2025 Posted on: July 7, 2025