Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired the 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices and accused them of violating conflict-of-interest rules in receiving “substantial funding” from pharmaceutical companies, he wrote in an op-ed that ran Monday in The Wall Street Journal.

People insured through Medicare can now access PillPack from Amazon Pharmacy to get access to presorted medication, according to the retailer. Amazon said that presorted, labeled medication packets delivered to people’s homes will make it easier to manage multiple medications, which come packaged in personalized, tear-away packets organized and labeled by date and time.

Humana and UnitedHealth Group have agreed to greater oversight of in-home clinical assessments made by nurses in the Medicare Advantage program.

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore said it’s preparing for what it believes will be “devastating federal cuts” that could impact the quality of care it provides to the community. 

Identify key performance indicators and then insert the potential technologies that can solve the problem, says Charles Worthington, CTO and Chief AI Officer at the Department of Veteran Affairs.

With federal direction still unclear, Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, chief strategy officer at DirectTrust, recommends that healthcare organizations collaborate to advance trust and security policies.

Hospital financial performance has improved since the start of the year, with margins improving for nonprofit hospitals specifically. This is despite tariff policies at the national level that are causing uncertainty and market volatility, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest Flash Report.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 10.9 million people would lose their health insurance coverage in 2034 should H.R.1, legislation known as the Big Beautiful Bill Act, is enacted as passed by the House on May 22.

In choosing speakers for HIMSS25, the Global Health Conference Education Committee looked for a provider affiliation and sessions that aligned with chosen topics such as AI and emerging technologies, says committee chair Paul Contino, CIO of University Hospital.  

MetroHealth is finishing a years-long project to consolidate and archive images so that they are available to providers and patients who should have access, says Dr. David Kaelber, the health system’s chief health informatics officer.