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Despite elevated medical costs, Elevance Health managed to perform more or less in line with expectations in the first quarter, bringing in $2.2 billion in profit, a slight decrease from the $2.25 billion in profit reported in Q1 2024.

Two new memos update federal AI policy, which the White House says will accelerate innovation, strengthen public trust and prioritize U.S.-developed AI tools.  

Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, chair of the school's department of health services, policy and practice, discusses the frustrations and promise of telehealth reimbursement and regulation – and describes how the current situation is stifling virtual care innovation.

Micky Tripathi, who also served as acting chief artificial intelligence officer at HHS, is said to be in line for the new chief AI implementation officer role at the Minnesota healthcare innovator.

Healthcare organizations need to increase revenue while cutting expenses and find ways to personalize the patient experience.

Northern Health in Melbourne has replaced its legacy system with AI-assisted coding.

Pharmacy order processing was brought down to under five minutes.

Hong Kong's Health Bureau has added pathology reports viewing functionality to its mobile health application.

Starting Jan. 1, 2026, payers must send prior authorization decisions within 7 days and expedited decisions within 72 hours.

Chief Data and AI Officer Mouneer Odeh says work on artificial intelligence is like a snowball going downhill – over the next five to 10 years it will build and build until the scale of the impact meets what healthcare requires.