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09/11/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #595 - 9/11/2026

Today's top stories:
- OBBBA impacts on Medicaid payments
- AMA releases 2027 CPT codes with AI services
- Congress pushes to stop Medicaid data sharing with ICE

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Human-in-the-Loop Notes (see table further below for links and summaries): The one big beautiful bill act could impact some states' Medicaid payments by up to 25%. As we get closer to the November implementation of OBBB, we begin to understand more clearly what will happen. Semi-related to the above...

09/10/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #594 - 9/10/2026

Today's top stories:
- Lindsay Clancy legal team seeks pardon
- Senator investigated for aggressive medical debt tactics
- Texas hospitals face $27M daily loss from Medicaid freeze

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Human-in-the-Loop Notes (see table further below for links and summaries): Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney is asking President Trump for a presidential pardon for Ms. Clancy. To recap: the Lindsay Clancy trial concerned whether postpartum psychosis was a suitable defense. The New York Times did an...

09/09/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #593 - 9/9/2026

Today's top stories:
- Novartis stock slides after Phase III failure
- Concerns rise over Medicaid long-term care outsourcing
- NYT evaluates RFK’s "Make Our Children Healthy Again" impact

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Human-in-the-Loop Notes (see table further below for links and summaries): Novartis' stock took a hit after one of its drugs failed a Phase III trial Above jeopardizes a potential $6 billion a year in annual revenue from the drug More and more states are outsourcing the administration of Medicaid fo...

09/08/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #592 - 9/8/2026

Today's top stories:
- FDA clears Apple Watch for Parkinson's monitoring
- U.S. healthcare workforce facing high anxiety
- Patients traveling to China for advanced cancer care

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Human-in-the-Loop Notes (see table further below for links and summaries): The FDA has given clearance for an Apple Watch app that monitors patient fluctuations from Parkinson's disease. NOTE: "FDA clearance" is separate from "FDA approval" - the latter refers to something proven safe and effecti...

09/07/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #591 - 9/7/2026

Today's top stories:
- Oura sleep data accuracy under fire
- Providers increasingly mandating upfront payments
- New policy shifts child care subsidies to stay-at-home parents

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Human-in-the-Loop Notes (see table further below for links and summaries): Oura is fighting a class action suit that alleges the sleep data that the ring collects is not precise. The issue with the ring, as well as Apple Watch and other devices, is that they do not measure brain waves but instead re...

09/05/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #590 - 9/5/2026

Today's top stories:
- Why U.S. clinical trials are moving overseas
- 80% success rate for prior auth appeals
- New link between daily alcohol intake and cancer mortality

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Human-in-the-Loop Notes (see table further below for links and summaries): An editorial in the NY Times critiques the increasing hassles to set/up and conduct Phase 1 trials - with the result that pharma companies are looking overseas to do trials. 80% of patients who appeal prior authorization deni...

09/04/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #589 - 9/4/2026

Today's top stories:
- Centene exits CA/OR commercial markets
- Psilocybin shows promise for chemo protection
- Hospital backlash against new CMS rules

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Human-in-the-Loop Notes (see table further below for links and summaries): Centene is leaving the commercial group markets in CA and OR - doubling down on "publicly funded health coverage" - Medicare, Medicaid, ACA and ICHRA markets. Research at MD Anderson Cancer Center found that psilocybin can he...

09/03/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #588 - 9/3/2026

Today's top stories:
- Employer health costs to spike in 2027
- Healthy Blue exiting Louisiana Medicaid
- Designing hospitals for better patient outcomes

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Editor's Notes (see table further below for links and summaries): Re-modeling the Emergency Room, reimagining layouts with inspiration from organizations like Disney, and with an eye to saving more lives. See the WSJ piece below. We know ACA health insurance rates will increase again in 2027 - but l...

09/02/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #587 - 9/2/2026

Today's top stories:
- UnitedHealthcare drops various prior auths
- CDC challenges PA measles death reports
- Health systems tackle homelessness

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Editor's Notes (see table further below for links and summaries): UnitedHealthcare announced that it will remove prior authorization requirements for a wide range of medical services, including cardiology, genetic testing, and various therapies, starting October 1, 2026. Above is not for United's Me...

09/01/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #586 - 9/1/2026

Today's top stories:
- MD sues UnitedHealth for system defects
- Eli Lilly acquires Merida Biosciences
- FL AG sues PBMs over price-fixing

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Editor's Notes (see table further below for links and summaries): The CMS Innovation Center ("CMMI") is a federal office that pilots 'demonstration projects' via grants. They've been around for over 10 years and we flagged the item because CMMI is now making data from these projects available to the...

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