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UnitedHealth launches AI-enabled personalized provider search

1 week ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Susan Morse

Photo: Tom Werner/Getty ImagesUnitedHealthcare has launched AI-enabled Smart Choice to enhance provider searches for its members. The technology finds a provider based on personal needs, health plan benefits and preferences. Members will have access through the UnitedHealthcare app and website to what UnitedHealth is calling a more intuitive search experience. Smart Choice incorporates members' needs and preferences.
UnitedHealth launches AI-enable personalized provider search

1 week ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Susan Morse

Photo: Tom Werner/Getty ImagesUnitedHealthcare has launched AI-enabled Smart Choice to enhance provider searches for its members. The technology finds a provider based on personal needs, health plan benefits and preferences. Members will have access through the UnitedHealthcare app and website to what UnitedHealth is calling a more intuitive search experience. Smart Choice incorporates members' needs and preferences.
Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for youth

1 week ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Susan Morse

Photo: Al Drago/Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Three transgender minors, their parents and a doctor challenged Tennessee law SB1 that was enacted in 2023. SB1 prohibits healthcare providers from prescribing, administering or dispensing puberty blockers or hormones to any minor for the purpose of enabling the minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's biological sex.
Humana plans to reach 4-star Medicare Advantage ratings in 2028

1 week ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Susan Morse

Photo: .Raymond Gehman/Getty ImagesHumana plans to achieve 4-stars in Medicare Advantage star rating in 2028, according to information released during its Investor's Conference on Monday. Humana told investors that it doesn't foresee achieving the total points needed to achieve a four-star rating until bonus year 2028, according to Seeking Alpha. Humana missed achieving 4 stars for 2026 by a few points in key contracts, it told investors. But these contracts represented about 80% of MA membership.
CIOs say health systems, EHRs not ready for AI deployment

1 week ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Nathan Eddy

Photo: Laurence Dutton/Getty ImagesJust 14% of healthcare CIOs say their organization has a comprehensive, well-defined AI strategy, according to Qventus survey data and interviews with CIOs, CMIOs and senior IT leaders at medium and large U.S. health systems.
Ascension to acquire AmSurg and its 250 ASCs

1 week ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Susan Morse

Photo: Morsa/Getty ImagesAscension has announced that it is acquiring AmSurg and its 250 ambulatory surgery centers across 34 states. The Catholic, nonprofit health system said the transaction will significantly expand its ability to deliver care in community-based settings. WHY THIS MATTERSAlong with the convenience, ambulatory surgery centers offer a lower cost alternative to inpatient care. The centers specialize in gastroenterology, ophthalmology, orthopedics and other services.
Quest Analytics, Arcadia partner to build competitive networks

1 week ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Susan Morse

Photo: Alexsandar Nakic/Getty ImagesAt AHIP 2025 in Las Vegas this week, Quest Analytics and Arcadia announced a data integration partnership that is expected to give payers the ability to build more competitive networks. Quest Analytics gives physician-level intelligence on a single platform. Provider performance intelligence is rapidly becoming a business lever, not just a compliance requirement.
Federal judge orders grants terminated by NIH be restored

1 week ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Susan Morse

Photo: Sanjeri/Getty ImagesA federal court in Massachusetts has struck down the National Institutes of Health's decision to cancel grants that fund biomedical research. The court ruled that NIH's actions targeting research involving certain "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The court ordered that the grants be restored.
Senate Finance Committee releases its version of 'Big Beautiful Bill'

1 week ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Susan Morse

Photo: Jeremy Walke/Getty ImagesSenate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, on Monday released the committee's version of President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." The committee's text is the final piece of the upper chamber's version of the bill to be released, and was the most highly anticipated, according to The Hill. The bill keeps House provisions to Medicaid that are expected to cut $800 billion in funding for the program while adding more stringent work requirements.
Providence cuts 600 jobs in restructuring

1 week ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Susan Morse

Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, WashingtonPhoto: Courtesy ProvidenceProvidence announced it is cutting 600 mostly administrative jobs in a restructuring to adapt its operations for a new reality of reduced reimbursement and higher costs. The affected roles are primarily in non-clinical, administrative functions, though some patient-care roles are also impacted, Providence said.