Hospitals are still on quite fragile financial footing if you look beneath the surface, according to new Kaufman Hall data. Rising costs, uneven patient volumes, and ongoing reimbursement and payer mix pressures continue to limit the sector’s financial recovery. The post Hospital Margins Squeeze as Costs Outpace Revenue Growth appeared first on MedCity News.

New research from the Elevance Health Public Policy Institute finds that higher enrollment in Medicare Advantage may be linked to lower overall Medicare spending. The post Report: Growth in MA Is Associated With Lower Total Medicare Spending appeared first on MedCity News.

Revolutions Medicines’ daraxonrasib met the main goals of its Phase 3 test in pancreatic cancer, posting results that were both statistically significant and clinically meaningful. The company now plans to file for speedy regulatory approval under a new FDA pilot program. The post Revolution Medicines Reports ‘Unprecedented’ Survival in Pivotal Pancreatic Cancer Trial appeared first on MedCity News.

While many AI conversations revolve around regulated industry transformation, the question is where to actually start in a way that does not break trust, budgets or regulatory limits. The post The AI Value Gap and Why Validation is a Practical First Win for Life Sciences appeared first on MedCity News.

The patient’s voice should be an entry point and not a barrier to better compliance and health outcomes. A nurse practitioner outlines a protocol for a frank exam-room exchange that sustains cultural humility. The post Trust Before Triage: Why I Let the Patient Help Write the Agenda appeared first on MedCity News.

President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget proposes deep healthcare cuts, raising concerns about harm to patients and research. The post ‘A Significant Assault on Our Health’: Healthcare Policy Leaders Condemn Trump’s Budget Proposal appeared first on MedCity News.

Sidewinder Therapeutics and Stipple Bio each raised mega-rounds of financing to support their approaches to improving the targeting abilities of antibody drug conjugates for cancer. Both startups are on track to enter the clinic next year. The post Two New Takes on Making a Type of Targeted Cancer Therapy Even Better appeared first on MedCity News.

The Department of Justice has sued both OhioHealth and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital this year, alleging that they use contracting tactics that limit competition and keep healthcare prices high. The cases mark a broader push by regulators to scrutinize how health systems use “all-or-nothing” contracts to shape insurance networks and patient access. The post Inside The DOJ’s Hospital Contracting Crackdown: What Message Are the Feds Sending? appeared first on MedCity News.

Some of the most powerful scenes aren’t the dramatic saves, but the quiet moments when clinicians connect with patients amid the chaos. Healthcare teams deserve access systems that allow for more of those moments. The post What ‘The Pitt’ Gets Right About Emergency Medicine — and What It Reveals About Healthcare IT appeared first on MedCity News.

With data from open enrollment now coming in, we no longer need to rely on guesswork. Let’s take stock of where the ACA Marketplace stands today and what it means for our healthcare system. The post ACA Stress Test: Four Key Takeaways from This Year’s Open Enrollment appeared first on MedCity News.

The Social Security Administration’s move onto the TEFCA interoperability framework is beginning to streamline disability determinations by enabling faster exchange of medical records from hospitals. Dr. David Kaelber, chief health informatics officer at MetroHealth System in Ohio, said the shift is replacing a months-long, fax-driven process with near real-time data sharing. The post How TEFCA Is Speeding Up Disability Benefits Determinations at Hospitals appeared first on MedCity News.

There are no FDA-approved therapies for GPC3, a protein highly expressed by liver cancers. Oricell Therapeutics claims its cell therapy could be best in this class, but it faces competition from companies such as AstraZeneca and Eureka Therapeutics. The post Oricell Lands $110M to Take Cell Therapy to New Territory in Cancer appeared first on MedCity News.

Chapter’s Series E round was led by Generation Investment Management, with participation from Fifth Down Capital, 8VC, Stripes, XYZ Venture Capital, Addition, Narya Capital, Susa Ventures and Maverick Ventures. The post With $100M Raise, Chapter Targets Medicare Mismatches for Seniors appeared first on MedCity News.

Digitization has certainly cut down on the paperwork glut in healthcare. But if that’s the extent of technology’s impact on the patient experience, it’s clearly not enough.  The post Know Your Patient: How Technology Can Help Health Care Providers Dramatically Improve One Key Aspect of the Patient Experience appeared first on MedCity News.

The good news: fixing our ancient administrative infrastructure does not require technology that’s particularly experimental, nor does it require passing new laws or regulations. It does, however, require coordination. The post Healthcare’s Most Fixable Cost Problem: Administrative Waste appeared first on MedCity News.