Readers Wrestle With Healthcare Inequalities and Want a Word With Congress
KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
September 2026
What CMS’s Medicare App Library Means for Patient Access, Transparency, and Trust
CMS’s launch of the Medicare App Library marks an important step forward for consumer-directed healthcare. For years, interoperability efforts across the industry focused primarily on enabling patients to access and…
The Hidden Autoimmune Disease That Can Leave You Breathless and Weak
Waking up after a full night's sleep and still feeling completely wiped out not from a late night or a stressful week, but because your own immune system is quietly…
ARPA-H Awards UpDoc Up to $9.2M to Lead ADVOCATE Autonomous Clinical AI Program
What You Should Know The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has selected clinical AI company UpDoc as a lead performer in its Agentic AI-Enabled Cardiovascular Care Transformation (ADVOCATE)…
PHTI Assessment Finds Virtual CKD Management Fails to Slow Disease Progression or Cut Costs
What You Should Know The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) has released an independent health technology assessment evaluating virtual solutions for chronic kidney disease (CKD) management across stages 3–5. PHTI…
Verily Secures Strategic Investment from NVIDIA to Accelerate Precision Health AI Platform
What You Should Know Verily Health Inc. has secured a strategic equity investment from NVIDIA, extending its fundraising momentum following its corporate restructuring and initial $300 million funding round in…
H1 Acquires Healthcare Data Company Defacto Health to Bolster Provider Network Intelligence
What You Should Know Healthcare professional intelligence leader H1 has acquired Defacto Health, a specialized healthcare data company focused on payer-provider networks, accepted insurance plans, and directory accuracy. The transaction…
A NY Hospital Tried To Close Its Birthing Center. This City United To Fight Back.
Democrats and Republicans in Troy, New York, joined together to challenge a national Catholic health system determined to close the last birthing center in the county.
Nonprofits Are Helping Musicians Pay for Insurance in Austin, Texas, and Beyond
A nonprofit and a local public health agency are subsidizing marketplace health insurance for Austin music artists, even as shifting marketplace conditions make the program a more expensive proposition. It’s…
How eClinicalWorks Agentic AI Is Helping Revenue Cycle Leaders Improve Financial Performance
One of the most immediate opportunities for transformation in healthcare is revenue cycle management (RCM), the operational backbone that keeps organizations financially viable. For years, healthcare organizations have faced growing…