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Healthcare administration and information technology

10/31/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #343 - 10/31/2025

Today's top stories:
- AI transforming healthcare delivery & patient engagement
- Policy fights over ACA, shutdown, & drug rebates
- Access & equity: SNAP, Medicaid, autism, rural care

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Editor's Notes: Interesting stories on RFK who (to his credit) noted there is not enough evidence to causally link Tylenol use to autism. Cigna gets punished on Wall Street for passing on rebates - consumers like that, but investors don't like the hit on earnings. Steve Scalise (high profile GOP Con...

10/30/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #342 - 10/30/2025

Today's top stories:
- Govt shutdown threatens Medicaid & Medicare access
- Major insurers raise premiums, report losses
- Mental health crisis: su***de chats surge

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Editor's Notes: The tug of war continues over the shutdown. The Administration claims ACA enrollees will have lower costs when compared to pre-COVID days (the "enhanced subsidies" were put in place during the pandemic). Some Republican Congressmen sent a letter to Speaker Johnson arguing to end the....

10/29/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #341 - 10/29/2025

Today's top stories:
- AI & digital transformation in healthcare
- Pharmacy benefit management shakeups
- Government policy: lawsuits & shutdown impacts

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Editor's Notes: It was hard to pick the top articles today. A lot of significant news. Thanks to another of our intrepid subscribers for the item about research @ the University of Texas on light therapy for cancer. Sounds promising - we'll see if this work is actually published some place where it'...

10/28/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #340 - 10/28/2025

Today's top stories:
- Govt shutdown disrupts healthcare & SNAP
- PBM reforms & drug rebate elimination
- AI advances in diabetes & patient care

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Editor's Note: One of our readers, Dr. Jeff Green, pointed us to an interesting research article about a promising treatment to help prevent recurrence of breast cancer in patients (see first 'top article' below). Treatment has gotten through Phase 2 trial. While at NIH in 2018, Jeff and team worked...

10/27/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #339 - 10/27/2025

Today's top stories:
- Medicaid/Medicare cuts threaten care for vulnerable patients
- Staffing & wage pressures strain hospitals
- Blockchain & tech advances reshape healthcare

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Editor's Notes: If you look at today's graphic - you may be confused as to what it is saying. Here's the deal: if you are a Medicaid or Medicare Part A patient and are admitted to hospitals - if you are later readmitted, 30% of the time that new admission is to a different hospital.

10/25/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #338 - 10/25/2025

Today's top stories:
- AI transforming healthcare operations & diagnostics
- Financial pressures drive hospital closures
- Mental health expands via screenings & digital tools

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Editor's Notes: Based on our 'top articles' today, I guess if you want to be happy, have a purpose, don't drink and if you're a woman, take testosterone (not so sure that's a great idea). Have a good weekend! Today's Quote: "Health care is a commodity, not a right. Pretending otherwise leads to the....

10/24/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #337 - 10/24/2025

Today's top stories:
- Gov’t shutdown threatens Medicare/ACA & SNAP benefits
- Drug pricing battles heat up, GLP-1 plateau
- Healthcare AI adoption accelerates

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Editor's Notes: The "top article" on quantum computing is about Google's announcement that they recently ran a type of algorithm useful for drug discrovery 13 THOUSAND times faster than a supercomputer. Although quantum computers have a long road ahead engineering wise before we see widespread use,....

10/23/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #336 - 10/23/2025

Today's top stories:
- Family health insurance hits $27k/year
- ACA subsidy debate heats up ahead of shutdown
- Rural clinics struggle as Medicaid cuts bite

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Editor's Notes: Central theme today revolved around health costs. The Wall St Journal reports that the average annual health insurance cost for a US family of four is now $27,000. The "ACA subsidy" debate is picking up steam as Republicans and Democrats try to work out a deal on this one issue that....

10/22/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #335 - 10/22/2025

Today's top stories:
- Rural healthcare crisis: funding & workforce shortages
- AI & digital health transformation
- Drug pricing battles & GLP-1 market growth

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Editor's Notes: The top article on Priscilla Chan (wife of Mark Zuckerberg) is about CZI - the health research philanthropic mission the couple founded 10 years ago and funded with 99% of their holdings at the time in Facebook. CZI is building virtual immune systems and cells and other tools, that s...

10/21/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #334 - 10/21/2025

Today's top stories:
- AI-powered healthcare transformation
- Gov shutdown threatens nutrition/health funds
- Medicare fraud probes & coverage innovation

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Editor's Note: Today's quote is from Jamie Dimon and isn't specifically about healthcare - but touches on fraud - and it was just too good to pass up. The top article on the prosthetic retinal implant is pretty impressive - the article features an image through the 'eye' of the retina - it's not gre...

10/20/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #333 - 10/20/2025

Today's top stories:
- Federal shutdown threatens healthcare coverage for millions
- AI transforms healthcare delivery & outcomes
- Health equity gaps demand urgent action

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Editor's Note: We have retired the daily Bob & Alice "deep dive" podcast in favor of the daily video overview (no - it's not part of the government shutdown). We also are keeping the daily audio overview. We may bring back B&A for special editions. Two interesting items related to RFK and Make Ameri...

10/17/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #332 - 10/17/2025

Today's top stories:
- Medicare payments & telehealth disrupted by gov shutdown
- AI transforming heart care & prior auth
- Medicaid/Medicare quality gaps across states

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Editor's Notes: The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS - an agency of HHS) quickly clarified it's announcement the other day: during the shutdown Medicare will pay claims - but will 'hold' telehealth and hospital-at-home claims. What this means is that if Congress eventually does authorize...

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