Emma Beavins

The House of Representatives unanimously voted to pass a bill Monday that extends the Medicare hospital at home program for five years.  | The House voted unanimously to pass the bill, which will allow Medicare patients to receive hospital-level care in their homes through health technology.

Nemours Children’s Health has launched an innovative hospital-at-home program for pediatric patients—the first in the country designed by a freestanding children’s hospital.  | Nemours leveraged its remote clinical oversight center and its virtual nursing program to provide 24/7 oversight of qualifying pediatric patients at home.

The CMS Innovation Center has debuted a new model to encourage the use of technology to treat chronic diseases that could be a boon for health tech companies that have struggled with reim | The CMS Innovation Center announced a new 10-year payment initiative that will pay providers for achieving meaningful clinical reductions in the chronic disease burden of their patients through the use of technology.

Senator Bill Cassidy, R-LA, unveiled a new health data privacy framework that sets out clear rules for how wearables and wellness apps handle sensitive health data. | Senator Bill Cassidy, R-LA, introduced the Health Information Privacy Reform Act (HIPRA) earlier this month, which would regulate wearables and consumer health apps under a HIPAA-like framework.

AI-enabled value-based care company Navina has released preliminary research showing that adding patient history to ambient scribe technology significantly increases documentation quality | A study conducted by AI-enabled value-based care company Navina found that scribes produce twice as complete documentation on chronic conditions when fed more patient context.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued new guidance for telehealth providers impacted by the government shutdown.  | CMS clarified that telehealth providers can submit any telehealth claims they held during the shutdown and fixed an outstanding technical issue on reporting home addresses to CMS.

Updated 4:15 p.m. ET | The draft document, obtained by Fierce Healthcare, lays out a plan to litigate against states with AI laws and withhold federal funds to states with AI laws. President Donald Trump has said state laws create barriers to AI innovation.

Health tech investor the SymphonyAI Group aims to leverage the best of both companies’ AI expertise to expand its reach among health systems. | Two SymphonyAI Group health tech companies have merged to form an expanded AI patient outreach and personalized care company.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted health tech leaders at a Health Tech Ecosystem Connectathon event in Washington, D.C., Thursday to showcase progress on its i | Thursday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a Health Tech Ecosystem Connectathon in D.C. where the agency and private companies demonstrated new interoperability functionality that aligns with the CMS' new health data sharing goals.

Telehealth providers are receiving a flood of federal relief this week.  | The Drug Enforcement Administration published a notice that would extend pandemic-era prescribing flexibilities for telehealth providers.

CMS issues guidance calling quits on expanded telehealth flexibilitiesOn day one of the government shutdown, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent out a Medic | The federal government entered a shutdown on Oct. 1 after Republicans and Democrats refused to compromise on their funding asks.

Despite the momentum of remote monitoring uptake, UnitedHealthcare has quietly pushed out a massive change to its coverage policies that could impact thousands of Medicare beneficiaries.< | The change, while legally dubious, could set a dangerous precedent for Medicare Advantage, legal experts say.

Startup incubator Redesign Health and Mayo Clinic have hatched a new company called Corvus to ease the surgery referral process for patients while touting savings for hospital systems.&nb | Corvus automates the referral process for surgeries and eases the administrative burden of surgical consultations.

Updated Nov. 3, 11 a.m. | The finalized Medicare Physician Fee Schedule increases payment rates by 3.77% for qualifying providers in APMs and 3.26% for other physicians. It lowers payment for a broad swath of services and decreases administrative payments for hospital docs.

Medical device company Aeroflow Health will now offer medical nutrition therapy nationwide to UnitedHealthcare members who are pregnant and postpartum or with chronic conditions. | Aeroflow Health is adding virtual medical nutrition therapy to its medical device offering for qualifying UnitedHealthcare members across the nation.

The healthcare industry has become imbued with artificial intelligence—nearly every point solution vendor is selling AI as part of their offering, as evidenced by the HLTH 2025 conference | The HLTH 2025 conference in Las Vegas was a prime example of the omnipresence of AI in every slice of healthcare. Yet the industry still doesn't have a clear sense of how to monitor solutions, healthcare leaders say.

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Speculation has been swirling about who might take the top Medicaid job in the Trump administration. Among the top contenders: a health tech executive.  | Brillman is currently under review by the agency for the Medicaid director post, several sources told Fierce Healthcare.

AI company Hyro raised $45 million in a second fundraising round between its series B and series C rounds, branding itself as the “Responsible AI Agent Platform” for healthcare. | Championed by One Medical founder Amir Dan Rubin, the company has raised a growth round between its series B and C.

The American Medical Association has created a Center for Digital Health and AI that it hopes will pave the way for thought leadership and policy on the technology.  | The group is late to emerge on the already-cluttered scene of groups advising health systems and vendors on how to appropriately use the technology.