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Healthcare affordability series part 8: Enrollment flexibility for two-person families can lead to premium savings
Most of the time, self-plus-one is cheaper, but there are plans where you’ll save more enrolling as self & family.
Onspire Health Marketing Clients Earn Five Gold Healthcare Advertising Awards
National recognition honors Onspire client work spanning digital experience, recruitment, advertising and integrated marketingKansas City, MO, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Onspire Health Marketing, a fully integrated healthcare marketing agency, announced that five of its healthcare clients have earned Gold Awards in the 43rd annual Healthcare Advertising Awards for marketing initiatives developed in partnership with Onspire. The recognized work spans digital experience, recruitment, adver
Health Catalyst Strengthens Its Board with the Appointment of Tami Reller
/PRNewswire/ -- Health Catalyst, Inc. ("Health Catalyst", NASDAQ: HCAT), a healthcare intelligence company designed to accelerate measurable improvement for...
UnityPoint Health creates new rural health leadership role
UnityPoint Health has named Jenn Crimmins executive director of rural health partnerships, a newly created role focused on strengthening access to health care in rural communities in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Crimmins will develop and lead partnerships aimed at expanding access to local, high-quality and financially sustainable healthcare. She most recently served as vice president…
Meet the new Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders balancing careers in healthcare
The Philadelphia Eagles' cheerleading squad has nine new members, including a Jefferson Health cardiac ICU nurse and three other healthcare professionals.
‘A financial lifeline’: Rural pharmacists hope federal funds can bridge healthcare gaps
CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) -- A large federal grant could help better connect rural pharmacies with local physicians.The Ohio Department of Health recently announced that $2 million from the T
Rural specialty care access at risk: How 5 systems are responding
Rural and underserved hospitals nationwide face a growing challenge: widening gaps in specialty care. A Becker's Healthcare survey of 100 hospital and
Building tomorrow's rural healthcare workforce
Middle school students from rural communities visited ETSU's Academic Health Sciences Center to explore healthcare careers through hands-on experiences.
Mississippi awards $104 million to transform rural healthcare
Gov. Tate Reeves announced 167 awards totaling over $104 million through the Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program to modernize and improve healthcare access in rural communities.
Major CT marketing agency launches healthcare specialty, taps leader from local firm
The agency says CK Health is designed to help healthcare organizations navigate a rapidly changing landscape and build stronger brands.
TROY School of Nursing awarded two grants through Governor Ivey’s rural healthcare program
Troy University’s School of Nursing has received two grants totaling $178,070 as part of the first awards announced under Governor Kay Ivey’s Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program. The awards, announced Aug. 24, are among 138 grants statewide totaling more than $144 million. The program is supported by a $203.4 million first-year federal Rural Health Transformation...Read More
Governor Reeves Announces 167 Rural Health Transformation Program Awards Totaling More Than $104 Million » Office of Governor Tate Reeves
Governor Tate Reeves today announced 167 awards totaling $104,115,146 through the Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program. The awards are part of Mississippi’s $205.9 million first-year implementation budget, which will be allocated this year. They will help modernize, strengthen and transform healthcare in rural communities across the state.
Anonymous Donor Gives $125 Million to Hackensack Meridian Health -- One of the Largest Healthcare Gifts in the U.S.
/PRNewswire/ -- Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network, today announced a transformational $125 million...
Help Shape The Chippewa Valley's Community Health Priorities
Once every three years, the wider Chippewa Valley’s healthcare providers and organizations collaborate to identify what the next few years of priorities could entail. One way to gauge community priorities is through a quick online survey, available to take right now through the end of October ...
SENA Health Secures Series A Financing to Accelerate Growth and Expand AI and Technology Capabilities
SENA Health, a New Jersey-based AI-powered healthcare access and care coordination company, today announced it has secured Series A financing led by Rittenhouse Ventures. The funding will support the expansion of SENA's Clinical Command Center and global operations. SENA is dedicated to relentlessly reducing friction in healthcare by reducing the administrative burden for healthcare organizations, making it easier for patients to access care, and enabling providers and staff to focus on deliveri
Main Street Ledger: Rising Healthcare Costs Are Just One Piece of the Affordability Puzzle
Affordability continues to be at the center of conversations at kitchen tables across America, and on the campaign trail — with interventions in the credit card market once again being floated as a potential solution to ease financial pressures. While families are still feeling the pinch from the rising cost…
Voting Opens for Soliant Health’s 2026 Most Beautiful Hospitals Contest
57 hospitals nationwide are in the running for national recognition and a $5,000 donation after last year’s contest drew more than 2.3 million votesATLANTA, GA., Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Voting is officially open in Soliant Health’s 14th annual Most Beautiful Hospitals contest, giving patients, healthcare professionals, and communities across the country the chance to rally behind the hospitals that have made a difference in their lives. Following a nationwide nomination period, 57 hos
PulsePoint Extends Exclusive Programmatic EHR Partnership with Flora Health Advancing In-Workflow Activation for Life Sciences Brands
/PRNewswire/ -- PulsePoint, the leading technology company transforming healthcare marketing, today announced an extension of its exclusive programmatic EHR...
Testimony of Brian Blase before the United States House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust — "Examining Healthcare Markets: Fraud and Competition"
Government has created incentives to maximize subsidies while weakening incentives to improve productivity and compete for patients.
GrayMatters Health Highlights Growing Role of Digital Biomarkers in Advancing Personalized, Objective Psychiatry
/PRNewswire/ -- GrayMatters Health, the pioneers of digital brain biomarkers for mental healthcare, highlight the role biomarkers are playing in expanding...
Minnesota healthcare providers detail harm to patients from Operation Metro Surge
The article adds to the growing body of health research on Operation Metro Surge.
Kyndryl completes acquisition of Healthcare IT Leaders, LLC
/PRNewswire/ -- Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, today announced it has completed its acquisition of...
Wyoming families are struggling to afford healthcare. Here are two solutions.
The state must be a good steward of rural health dollars while making 12-month postpartum care permanent, writes the Healthy Wyoming Board of Directors.
Top salaries at Greater Family Health 2024
Greater Family Health is a federally qualified health center providing access to healthcare for uninsured and underserved residents in Elgin, McHenry, Streamwood, DeKalb, Sycamore, Wheeling, Hanover Park, Palatine, and Franklin Park.
Top salaries at Greater Family Health 2024
Greater Family Health is a federally qualified health center providing access to healthcare for uninsured and underserved residents in Elgin, McHenry, Streamwood, DeKalb, Sycamore, Wheeling, Hanover Park, Palatine, and Franklin Park.
Europe must turn health preparedness into true resilience
Europe has strengthened its health emergency preparedness since COVID-19. Now it must build lasting resilience through connected systems, sustained investment, infectious-disease innovation and permanent collaboration across government, healthcare, research and industry.
Artisight Acquires TMG Global to Accelerate Smart Hospital Deployments Across U.S. Health Systems
CHICAGO, September 14, 2026--Artisight, the leader in Smart Hospital technology, acquired TMG Global, a technology services firm with deep expertise in healthcare infrastructure, site readiness, and large-scale technology deployments. The acquisition strengthens Artisight’s ability to integrate smart hospital technology across complex clinical environments in leading U.S. hospitals.
Looking at West Virginia's unemployment rate and healthcare rankings
In June 2026, West Virginia’s non-farm employment went down by 1.2% or 9,100 jobs. The June 2025 unemployment rate was high at 4%.
5th District candidates stress rural healthcare investment, Medicaid access
All five of the major candidates vying to replace U.S. Rep. Julie Letlow in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District said they would focus on shoring up rural healthcare providers if elected.
‘A financial lifeline’: Rural pharmacists hope federal funds can bridge healthcare gaps
The Ohio Pharmacy Association received millions of dollars to increase connectivity between rural pharmacists and other healthcare providers.
‘A financial lifeline’: Rural pharmacists hope federal funds can bridge healthcare gaps
The Ohio Pharmacy Association received millions of dollars to increase connectivity between rural pharmacists and other healthcare providers.
Global ransomware attacks hit record 997 in August 2026 as utility, healthcare and business attacks surge
Comparitech research reveals global ransomware attacks hit record 997 in August 2026 as utility, healthcare and business attacks surge.
Unite HERE Opens Health Center
An unconventional healthcare and dental center serving hospitality union workers officially opened last month in L.A.’s Pico-Union District. The medical
Unite HERE Opens Health Center
An unconventional healthcare and dental center serving hospitality union workers officially opened last month in L.A.’s Pico-Union District. The medical
Lowering Medicare eligibility age would be a lifeline for Ohioans
Commentary: Especially with Ohio's rapidly aging population, Ohio’s congressional delegation owes its constituents an open debate on healthcare and Medicare eligibility. Voters should be asking candidates to state their positions.
Physitrack Selected by US Metropolitan Healthcare System for Enterprise-Wide, Epic-Integrated Digital Rehabilitation
Three-year enterprise agreement with a total three year contract value of approximately US$78,000 (approximately EUR 67,000) in total, covering an enterprise-wide deployment and full Epic and MyChart integration.Physitrack PLC (Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market: PTRK), a global provider of d…
Akron Children’s survey: Parents struggle with healthcare decisions
The hospital studied 1,002 caregivers to understand how families navigate health information and make decisions about their kids' health.
Kansas Faces Growing Demand for Nurses as Workforce Trends Reshape Healthcare Needs
Aging populations, rural care gaps, and workforce shortages drive demand for nursing education and career advancement across the state.Kansas Ci...
Healthcare Procurement: Challenges and Strategies
A new survey of 102 healthcare supply chain and executive leaders explores procurement challenges, emerging strategies and ways to improve efficiency without disrupting care.
Özgür Tuncer: Health and vaccine equity
Cold-chain dependence is not just a logistical burden, it is a primary driver of global health inequality. Following promising Phase 1 results for SPVX02, StablePharma’s chief executive discusses how thermostabilisation technology can redefine global health equity.
160 Health International Announces Introduction Of New Business Integrating Healthcare With AI Computing Power
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How employers can help curb some of the biggest drivers of healthcare costs
Employers can lower healthcare costs by expanding preventive care, improving primary care access and helping employees manage chronic conditions.
The System Is Not the Patient
Across OECD countries, healthcare spending has long grown faster than GDP, while health-adjusted life expectancy has stagnated or declined and up to 20% of spending remains directed to low-value care. Outcome-based care measures success by patient outcomes relative to resources used, yet no health system has implemented it end to end. The World Economic Forum convened expert workshops to identify practical solutions. This paper argues that full system redesign, perfectly aligned incentives and flawless measurement systems are not prerequisites for progress, highlighting instead six interconnected priorities. The challenge is now to connect existing building blocks into a coordinated system focused on improving patient outcomes.
Oscar Health (OSCR), Why Is This Insurer Drawing Fresh Attention?
Investor rotation into healthcare in response to tougher macro conditions has put Oscar Health (OSCR) on watch, as the insurer rides sector momentum alongside its revenue growth and expanding free cash flow margin. Recent price action backs up that story. Oscar Health’s share price return of 12.46% over the past 90 days and 118.90% year to date, alongside a 1-year total shareholder return of 69.53% and a very large 3-year total shareholder return above 4x, points to momentum that investors...
CVS Health Flagged “High-Trend” Costs on September 9. Here’s Where the Stock Could Go
CVS Health told the Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference that medical costs are still running hot, and the warning pulled the whole managed care sector down with it. Underneath the caution, management detailed an operating-efficiency push most investors skipped past.
How a Bay Area healthcare system is navigating AI by balancing tech upgrades and patient trust
Sutter Health’s inaugural Chief AI Officer, Ashley Beecy, spoke with this news organization about some of the ways Sutter Health is using artificial intelligence to support physicians, improve patient care and transform the healthcare…
Nurses to sympathy strike, picket on September 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states
Registered nurses at three Prime Healthcare hospitals in Nevada and California, as well as nurses and health care workers at an additional hospital in California, will hold a sympathy strike for one day on September 15 in solidarity with nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Illinois who are striking on the same day to protest the suspension of six nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital.
GE HealthCare in talks over possible $1 billion deal for Sofie Biosciences, FT reports
GE HealthCare Technologies is in talks over a possible $1 billion deal to buy radiopharmaceutical developer Sofie Biosciences, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter.
Lisa Jarvis: Healthcare costs have small businesses in an impossible bind
The healthcare affordability crisis is crushing everyone, but it has become downright calamitous for small businesses. Survey after survey after survey shows that employers expect healthcare costs to rise nearly
Johnson County mobile integrated healthcare program expands
Thanks to a state opioid use disorder grant, Johnson County Ambulance Service’s mobile integrated healthcare added another community paramedic, and plans to expand further with Healthy Hometowns funds
A year without pain is a reminder of health struggles we can’t see
COMMENTARY: For many Arkansans with conditions that aren’t obvious to others, the healthcare system is falling short.
Clover Health (CLOV) Stock Looks Fairly Priced Despite Profit Turnaround
Clover Health Investments has staged a very strong three year run, yet the current checks still suggest the stock leans cheap rather than fully pricing in that shift in fortunes. The share price has returned about 3.3x over three years, which puts recent trading firmly in the high move bracket for this period. Profitability progress and Medicare Advantage membership growth can support the case for the current valuation, while higher medical costs and healthcare usage remain a clear risk to...
Learning and fun had at this year’s Healthcare Expo in Kirksville on Saturday
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - People of all ages stopped by this year’s Healthcare Expo in Kirksville on Saturday.
Letter | Crowley's healthcare proposal good for small businesses
Dear Editor: I launched an affordable interior design company in November 2023, a year after leaving a corporate job due to burnout. That year, I paid $300 a month for
The Watch: Uninsured Americans Still Pay Heavily Into U.S. Healthcare
Taxes make up of most of uninsured healthcare payments…heavy rainfall spreads microplastic pollution, threatening water quality…extreme heat now extending past summer…and more
Should Healthcare Rotation Require Action From Oscar Health Stock Investors?
Morningstar recently reported that tougher macro conditions have pushed investors toward healthcare, with the sector index up about 7% quarter to date and Oscar Health participating in that rotation. Oscar Health, a technology focused insurer with strong revenue and earnings per share growth and a wider free cash flow margin, is drawing interest as investors look for defensively positioned healthcare exposure. We will examine how Oscar Health's investment narrative is shaped by investor...
Officials, advocates seek funds to soften blow of rising healthcare costs
State officials are scrambling to find funding to cushion the blow on Marylanders’ pocketbooks from skyrocketing healthcare costs and federal changes to the Medicaid program.
World Congress on Nursing and Health Care
The World Congress on Nursing and Health Care is a premier international gathering dedicated to advancing the science, practice, and future direction of nursing and healthcare. Scheduled for April 05-06, 2027, in Singapore, this distinguished event will convene a global community of nursing professionals, healthcare specialists, researchers, educators, clinicians, policymakers, and industry experts to exchange knowledge, share groundbreaking insights, and foster collaborations that shape the future of healthcare.Driven by the theme “Navigating the Future of Nursing through Research, Resilience, and Innovation,” the congress will explore the evolving landscape of nursing and its critical contribution to transforming healthcare delivery. The event will highlight pioneering research, evidence-based practices, innovative care models, and resilient approaches that empower nurses to address emerging healthcare challenges and enhance patient outcomes across diverse populations.
Jim Cramer Explains Why He Added Hinge Health (HNGE) to His Fantasy Lineup
Expanding his fantasy stock lineup on Mad Money’s episode aired on September 8, Jim Cramer turned his focus to digital healthcare provider Hinge Health, Inc. (NYSE:HNGE) to fill an important roster spot. He said: You need a tight end. This is a hybrid offensive position. On some plays, the tight end acts like an offensive […]
ACA, Medicare or health insurance through work? Your health insurance bills are about to go up
The premium increases stem in part from rising healthcare costs, including higher prices for medical care and expensive prescription drugs.
Missouri should make medical respite part of its health care infrastructure
Missouri’s healthcare system routinely pays for a hospital stay, a surgery or a course of treatment, then reaches the edge of its own plan when the patient has no home in which to recover. For a person experiencing homelessness, “discharge” can mean returning to a shelter, vehicle or street while managing a wound, infection, cancer […]
Moderna, 10x Genomics, Oscar Health, and Novavax Shares Are Soaring, What You Need To Know
A number of stocks jumped in the morning session after Morningstar reported that challenging macroeconomic conditions across broader equity markets drove a rotation into healthcare, lifting the sector index by approximately 7% quarter-to-date to reach a 5% valuation premium.
Officials, advocates seek funds to soften blow of rising healthcare costs
State officials are scrambling to cushion the blow of skyrocketing healthcare costs and federal changes to the Medicaid program on Marylanders' pocketbooks, in hopes that people can still afford coverage.
More doctors are offering memberships for healthcare
“To be clear, this is a response to a payment system that doesn’t cover the work that practices are doing,” says the executive director of a statewide association of private practices.
Boston Medical Center nurses vote to authorize strike
Nurses at Boston Medical Center voted this week to authorize a three-day strike, once again putting the spotlight on healthcare labor struggles after a strike at another Boston hospital earlier
LifeCare Home Health & Hospice Family Agencies Earn 2025 SHPBest Awards for Patient and Caregiver Experience
LifeCare Home Health & Hospice Family announced that four locations within its family of healthcare companies have earned 2025 SHPBest™ awards from Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP), recognizing exceptional patient and caregiver experience across home health and hospice care.
Armor Health Remembers September 11 and Reaffirms Commitment to Public Safety
/PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Armor Health (Armorhealthcare.com) joins Americans across the country in remembering...
Home Health Workforce Adds 11,000 Jobs In August
Home health care employment continued to climb in August, accounting for most of the job growth across the broader healthcare sector. The home health
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System receives Duke Endowment grant to support maternal and infant health
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System has been awarded nearly $1.6 million from The Duke Endowment to participate in the Maternal Infa
Senate Dems pass reintroduced legislation to reform ‘hard cap’ on educators’ health benefits
Michigan Senate Democrats passed legislation on Thursday to rein in skyrocketing health insurance costs for educators and other public employees. While the GOP-controlled House is unlikely to take up the bill, the Senate’s action makes it clear that educators’ fight for more affordable healthcare is not over — but it does hinge on the result […]
Nurses tell Prime Healthcare to end sub-prime care
CHICAGO—Save one life, and you're a hero. Save a hundred, and you're “just” a nurse. That sentiment was on full display Thursday, Sept. 3, when nurses at three Prime Healthcare hospitals—Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago, Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Ill.
New Additions: LSU & FMOL Health Nursing Wing
LSU students are now able to earn that nursing degree right here close to home. This new addition located in Huey p. Long Field give students that chance to earn a bachelor’s degree right here in Baton Rouge As well as giving these students the skills they will need once they enter the healthcare field...
Large medical uniform retailer closing all brick-and-mortar stores nationwide
Healthcare uniform apparel retailer Scrubs & Beyond has announced that all retail stores are closing. The company operates more than 100 locations.
Luminis cybersecurity incident highlights ‘concerning’ rise in attacks on healthcare
Cyberattacks on the healthcare industry, like the one that hit an Anne Arundel County hospital, are becoming increasingly common, an expert said.
Vermont has begun doling out federal rural health funding
State and federal officials announced $11.7 million in funding that will go toward a scholarship program for healthcare workers and upgrades at three nursing homes.
Wilmington health tech founder launches new venture
Several years after launching his health tech startup Artemis Immersive, founder Adam Isley is setting his sights on new horizons. Co-founded in 2023 by husband-and-wife Adam Isley and Kaylan Barbrey, along with Matthew Raffa and Bill Blakesley, Artemis Immersive began as a spatial medtech company that created digital renderings of medical scans for viewing in augmented reality (AR). Isley said the firm, which won an NC Tech award in the Biotech + HealthTech Innovation category last year, has raised $1.2 million in total in seed funding since launching. Isley has since created a new venture, Research and Me, building on the Artemis platform. Like Artemis Immersive’s core software, VoxScan, Research and Me combines health data with artificial intelligence in a 3D interactive environment to help patients better understand health outcomes and provide integrative wellness support. While the Artemis product is no longer Isley’s primary focus, he said the company’s technology and ambitions have evolved into different ventures, like Research and Me. "It's a different venture building on the Artemis platform, and there'll probably be more,” Isley said. He added, "I was very disappointed in the quality of the information available to general patients about their healthcare... I wanted to give patients more and a better plate of choices." Research and Me is still in its beta phase, Isley said, with usability testing ongoing in partnership with the firm’s partner, Medicap Pharmacy and Wellness Center, owned by Barbrey. "As someone who's kind of dedicated their life to working in healthcare, I've tried to bring this spirit and passion to it,” he said, “and a lot of the resources that we'll be providing are free — like a base level of free care for any patients, or medical education if they've got specific conditions." Isley describes Research and Me as a “patient-first” platform designed to securely store and pseudonymize health data and use AI and medical literature to generate insights. The insights are presented in an interactive 3D environment for patients and providers to explore conditions, treatments and wellness plans together. "It's almost like a democratization of understanding medical information," Isley said. "We take a whole bunch of clinical data, we take a whole bunch of peer‑reviewed, published studies on PubMed, and we try to turn them into chunks of information that normal humans can understand." Like VoxScan, the Research and Me platform lets users interact with 3D anatomical models for visualization. The platform provides a space for tracking, notes and insights. The platform also supports video conferencing, Isley said, allowing providers or coaches to examine models and data together. "We wanted to create a safe environment where you can start to learn and experiment with new features about your health, using agents to do that,” Isley said. While Research and Me is in beta-phase testing with Medicap Pharmacy, Isley said he envisions the platform serving a wellness-oriented community, working with sports performance clinics and hormone optimization. Isley, who is working towards a wellness-coach board certification, also plans to offer functional wellness consults through the platform. Long‑term, Isley says he wants the platform to embody an “integrative health practitioner” approach, “connecting experts of different fields and specializations in a way that they can make a greater impact in people's lives.” “For people in the state of North Carolina, it's already a win,” Isley said of the Medicap rollout, noting that partner clinics get “immediate resources for learning about their health and wellness conditions… out of the box.” Isley plans to launch Research and Me’s provider portal in 2028 and begin pursuing integrations with larger systems, he said.
Business Beat : Coldwater Direct Primary Care ribbon cutting scheduled for Monday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Healthcare accessibility in Branch County takes a major step forward as Coldwater Direc...
Several local providers receive funds to strengthen rural healthcare
State officials have announced that several area hospitals and healthcare organizations will share in a total of just over $76 million in funding through the Rural Community Health Integration Initiative. The investment is part of the more than $212 million New York State received for the first year of the federal Rural Health Transformation Program.
Department of War extends, expands health insurance pilot for civilian employees and dependents in Japan
The Department of War is expanding access through the Pilot Health Insurance Enhancement for DOW Civilian Employees in Japan, including eligibility for authorized dependents of DOW civilian employees. This expansion reaffirms the DOW’s ongoing commitment to ensuring high-quality healthcare access for civilian personnel and their families in Japan.
Beyond reimbursement: The business case for permanent virtual care
Access, space, productivity, patient demand and hybrid-care workflows are giving health systems reasons to keep expanding telemedicine, even when payment policy remains uncertain.
Ask the Experts: Access to healthcare
Kevin Curwick, president of ConvenientMD’s Advance Primary Care, discusses how healthcare organizations can actually reduce costs while delivering better care to patients by following through on the promise of value-based care.
University of South Dakota -- Sioux Falls sees enrollment growth in business, healthcare programs
“The future workforce needs affordable access to college, and the city needs a public university. USD – Sioux Falls fills that role, especially for the next generation of business and healthcare leaders.”
A resource to help hospitals build the business case for diagnostic stewardship
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has published a new resource describing how diagnostic stewardship can improve patient outcomes, strengthen hospital quality metrics and reduce ...
The Courage to Care: The Spirit We Saw on 9/11 Still Endures
Twenty-five years ago, our nation experienced one of the darkest days in its history, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. This anniversary also arrives during National Preparedness Month, a reminder that readiness is at the core of healthcare’s mission.
New Jersey Health Care Service Firm Registration Requirements | Insights
New Jersey's Health Care Service Firm registration framework creates compliance obligations for businesses that provide healthcare, personal care or companion services.
Suzanne Foley, 2026 Outstanding Women in Business Recipient
Suzanne is the founder and president of Port City Pretzels, a Portsmouth-based specialty snack food company she launched in 2015 after a long career in finance, business operations and healthcare administration.
Barry I. Levy
Rivkin Radler Managing Partner Barry I. Levy works hand in hand with institutional and individual clients to navigate complex litigation in the insurance, healthcare and financial services arenas.
Brian A. Tully
As the founder and managing partner of Tully Law Group, Brian Andrew Tully serves his clients and the community as a trusted senior advocate in the legal, financial and healthcare realms.
Howard Fensterman
Howard Fensterman is the managing partner and co-founder of Abrams Fensterman, a full-service law firm representing healthcare professionals, physicians, licensed professionals, businesses and institutions in regulatory, corporate, litigation and transactional legal matters.
Fact check: Trump, RFK Jr. and others make false claims on night 2 of GOP convention
(CNN) — President Donald Trump delivered another rapid-fire series of false claims on the second night of Republicans’ midterm convention on Thursday. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did his own barrage of wrongness. And various other speakers uttered statements that were untrue, misleading or missing critical context.Here is a fact check of some of the assertions from the final day of the convention. This is not intended as a comprehensive list of Thursday’s falsehoods.Trump’s many false claimsTrump made numerous false claims, some of which he also made in his longer speech Wednesday.Trump claimed that there were “no empty seats” in the Dallas arena as he spoke Thursday, which was visibly untrue. CNN White House correspondent Alayna Treene, who was there, wrote in a live chat right after Trump made the claim that “I’m looking at rows of empty seats” and that “the idea that there are ‘no empty seats’ is just laughably untrue,” though she also said the room was mostly full. Trump has for years made false claims about supposedly never having had an empty seat.Trump further inflated one of his favorite fictional figures, claiming Thursday that “$22 trillion” in investment has come into the US; on Wednesday, he had put it at “over $20 trillion,” and even that lower figure has no apparent basis in reality. As of the time he spoke Thursday, the White House’s own website claimed there had been “$11.2 trillion” in “major investment announcements” this term, not “over $20 trillion,” and the White House figure was itself a major exaggeration of actual investment.Trump, talking about elections, lied that “there’s never been bigger cheaters” than Democrats; there is no basis for broadly describing Democrats as election cheaters. For the second straight night, Trump falsely claimed that the Biden administration allowed “25 million people” to pour into the country, though that number is nowhere close to correct. Trump again falsely claimed that former President Joe Biden and other Democrats “created the worst inflation in American history,” though even peak Biden-era inflation, 9.1% in June 2022, was far from the all-time record of 23.7%; it was a 40-year high, but the rate then fell sharply before Trump returned to office.Trump also baselessly claimed that Democrats would “defund the police” and give “voting rights and welfare to 25 million illegal aliens” if they won the midterms. Republicans will still control the White House in 2027 and 2028 and the president would be in position to veto any such changes if a Democratic-controlled Congress sought to make them, but there is no indication that Democrats want to do so. Also, even groups favoring strict immigration policies estimate that the total undocumented population is far less than “25 million” or even 20 million.As he did Wednesday, Trump claimed the US now has the world’s lowest prescription drug prices. The assertion is so broad that it is unclear what exactly Trump is referencing. But experts told CNN they highly doubt that the prices for brand-name drugs in the US are generally less than they are in other countries, and the Trump administration has not provided details to prove the claim.“It’s tough to claim that you’re getting the lowest prices anywhere in the world and then also not have any evidence to support that,” said Andrew Mulcahy, a senior health economist at RAND, while Diederik Stadig, senior healthcare economist at financial institution ING, said, “To say that the US now has the lowest drug prices in the world is at this moment not true.”And as he did Wednesday, Trump said “more Americans are working today than ever before” – which is true but nearly meaningless, since the number of people working in the US generally rises over time simply because the population rises over time.“There are more Americans working because there are more Americans. That’s the entire analysis,” Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan professor of public policy and economics, wrote in his newsletter in August.RFK Jr.’s false claims on the pandemic, Trump’s record and moreFalse claim about Democrats and the 2024 electionKennedy unsuccessfully ran for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination before withdrawing to run as an independent and then eventually endorsing Republican candidate Donald Trump. In Kennedy’s Thursday convention speech, he complained of how the Democrats handled the nomination race.At one point, he said, “For the first time in history, they cancelled their own convention. No voter ever cast a primary ballot for Kamala Harris, no elected delegate was ever consulted; the party of ‘No Kings’ simply anointed a queen.”Kennedy is entitled to express unhappiness about how quickly Democratic leaders coalesced around then-Vice President Harris after Biden unexpectedly dropped out of the race in July 2024, after the primaries were over and less than four months from Election Day. But it’s not true that the party canceled its convention or that delegates didn’t get any say.The convention was held; it was a four-day event in Chicago in August 2024. Democratic convention delegates officially nominated Harris in a virtual roll call vote in advance of the convention. It’s true that Harris was the only candidate on the roll call ballot, but that’s because she was the only candidate who gathered enough delegate signatures to appear on the ballot.It’s clear that party elites’ backing of Harris played a key role in the unusual nomination process. But Kennedy’s specific allegations that the convention was abandoned and delegates were cut out of the process are not true.False claim that Democrats closed ‘every church’ during the Covid-19 pandemicWhile attacking Democrats, Kennedy claimed that, during the Covid-19 pandemic, “They closed every church in our country for a year.”It’s not true that every church in the country was closed for a year, nor even that every church in a Democratic state was closed for a year.Every state issued some type of guidance or order about social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic, but many states – including some led by Democrats and some led by Republicans – incorporated religious exemptions into those limitations on social interactions.According to a Pew Research Center analysis from April 2020, 15 states allowed religious gatherings to continue without a limit on their size. That set of states included Colorado, Michigan and Pennsylvania, which all had Democratic governors. And at least two states with Republican governors, Alaska and Idaho, were among the states that prohibited religious gatherings at least briefly.False claim that Trump ‘ended nine wars’Trump has repeatedly claimed that he has ended “eight wars.” Kennedy went one higher on Thursday, declaring, “President Trump has ended nine wars.”That’s false. Trump hasn’t even ended eight wars.Trump’s list of eight includes two situations that were never actually wars during his tenure: a diplomatic dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia and a mysterious supposed situation between Serbia and Kosovo. The list also includes a war, involving Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, that hasn’t actually ended despite a peace agreement brokered by the Trump administration.In addition, the list includes the war between Israel and Hamas, but Israel continues to conduct frequent attacks in Gaza despite a US-brokered ceasefire agreement. And it includes the brief 2025 conflict between Israel and Iran, though Israel proceeded to join the US in starting another war against Iran in 2026.Claim about reversing a decline in longevityKennedy speaking of the Trump administration, claimed Thursday: “We have now reversed a 30-year decline in longevity. “Kennedy referenced preliminary data that he said he had received from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week, but it’s unclear what metric of longevity he’s referring to.CDC data shows that US life expectancy had been steadily increasing for decades before a sharp drop during the Covid-19 pandemic. Life expectancy had already started to rebound in 2022, under the Biden administration, and reached a new record high in 2024 before Trump’s second term began.Preliminary data shared by the CDC in July suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025.CNN has reached out to HHS for clarification on Kennedy’s comments.Claim that Democrats ‘lost 360,000 children’Speaking about Democrats, Kennedy said: “They somehow lost 360,000 children and they turned our federal government into the biggest child trafficking operation in world history.”Trump and other Republicans have made similar claims. But there’s no basis for the assertion that Democrats “lost” so many children or that the federal government was engaged in human trafficking.A 2024 report from the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement had reported that more than 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children failed to appear as scheduled for immigration court hearings after being released or transferred out of custody between fiscal years 2019 and 2023 – a period that, notably, includes two years and four months under the first Trump administration. The report also said that 291,000 unaccompanied migrant children during this period were not given notices to appear in court.The report said that ICE had “no assurances” these children “are safe from trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor.” But it did not say all the children were actually “lost” and did not definitively assert that any of them were trafficked – let alone that the government was somehow involved in a trafficking operation. And, again, the report spanned parts of both a Republican administration and a Democratic administration.Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, told CNN in 2024: “Long story short, no, there are not 320,000 kids missing. 32,000 kids missed court. That doesn’t mean they’re missing, it means they missed court (either because their sponsor didn’t bring them or they are teenagers who didn’t want to show up). The remaining 291,000 cases mentioned by the (Office of the Inspector General) are cases where ICE hasn’t filed the paperwork to start their immigration court cases.”Vance on inflation, crime and taxes on Social SecurityA false claim about the media and Biden-era inflationVice President JD Vance mocked the media during part of his speech on Thursday. But he made a false claim about Biden-era inflation while lampooning how the media supposedly challenged him over another false claim on that subject.Vance said: “The president and I would go during a campaign, we’d say, ‘You know, inflation is as high as it’s been in 100 years,’ and the fake news would say, ‘No, no, no, it’s as high as it’s been in 68 years.’ That ain’t good, ladies and gentlemen.”Mainstream journalists, at least, wouldn’t say that inflation under Biden was as high as it had been “in 68 years.” Rather, CNN and others noted that peak inflation under the Biden administration, 9.1% in June 2022, was the highest in about 40 years.Vance is entitled to make his general point that this correction still doesn’t make Biden-era inflation sound good, but his specific number was, again, wrong. And he didn’t acknowledge that inflation fell sharply under Biden after hitting the 40-year high, declining to 2.9% in Biden’s last full month in office, December 2024, and 3.0% in January 2025, when Trump and Vance were inaugurated.The rate was 3.4% in July 2026, the most recent month for which data is available.Trump didn’t end taxes on Social SecurityVance claimed, “We’ve ended taxes on Social Security.” Several other convention speakers, including Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania and Ohio House candidate Derek Merrin, similarly said the administration has achieved “no tax on Social Security.”It hasn’t. The big domestic policy bill Trump signed in 2025 did create an additional, temporary $6,000-per-year tax deduction for individuals age 65 and older (which phases out for individuals earning $75,000 per year or more), but as the White House has implicitly acknowledged, millions of Social Security recipients will continue to pay taxes on their benefits even before the temporary new deduction expires after 2028.The Social Security Administration said in 2025 that “the bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits.Claim about violent crime rate under BidenWhile criticizing the Biden administration, Vice President JD Vance claimed Thursday that the US “became a country where violent crime exploded, unless, of course, you could afford private security.”But violent crime did not explode under Biden. In fact, as FactCheck.org reported last month, data collected and published by the FBI shows that the national violent crime rate was at a lower level in 2023 and 2024, the last two full calendar years of Biden’s term, than it was in 2020, the last full calendar year of Trump’s first term. The year 2020 was highly unusual in many ways – violent crime jumped amid the Covid-19 pandemic – but Biden nonetheless left office with violent crime lower than it was when he took over. In fact, the 2024 violent crime rate was even lower than the 2019 rate under Trump before the pandemic.There was an increase in violent crime during the earlier part of Biden’s term. But given the subsequent decline, it’s misleading at best to claim violent crime “exploded” with no further context.Asked earlier this month about Trump’s similar previous claims to have reversed a Biden-era upswing in violence, crime data expert Jeff Asher said in an email: “No, crime began dropping significantly in 2023 during the Biden administration. Murder fell at record rates in 2023, 2024 and 2025 and, while 2026 may not feature a record decline nationally, it is still on track to see a sizable double-digit decline this year. Violent crime similarly fell nationally in 2023 and 2024, though the drops were more muted than the decline that was recorded by the FBI in 2025.”Other GOP speakersMike Johnson’s false claim about the inflation Republicans inherited from BidenSome other speakers at the convention took aim at inflation under Biden. House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed that “Republicans inherited from the Biden administration record-high inflation.”That’s not true. The inflation rate was 2.9% in Biden’s last full month in office, December 2024, and 3.0% in January 2025, when Trump took over. That’s lower than the most recent rate, 3.4% in July 2026, and nowhere close to the all-time record of 23.7%, which was reached in 1920, or the highest point of Jimmy Carter’s presidency, 14.8%, which was reached in 1980.Johnson correctly said moments later that inflation reached “a 40-year high of 9.1% inflation” under Biden. But a 40-year high is not an all-time record. More importantly, Johnson didn’t explain that 9.1% was much higher than the rate Trump inherited or that the 9.1% rate occurred in June 2022, with roughly two-and-a-half years left in Biden’s term.The cumulative increase in prices from the beginning of the Biden administration to the end was also not the highest in US history. Federal figures show that beginning-to-end inflation under Biden was less than half of that during Carter’s term.What Johnson left out of his claim about a congressional resolutionWhile attacking Democrats as extreme, Johnson said: “Just last week, nearly every Democrat in the House of Representatives voted against condemning socialism and Marxism. They voted against it.”But the resolution didn’t use the word “Marxism.” And Johnson didn’t mention that the resolution wasn’t only about condemning socialism. Rather, it contained other language that Democratic leadership said was the focus of the party’s opposition to the resolution.The resolution’s first provision said it “condemns and denounces socialism in all its forms, including the Democratic Socialists of America, and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.” But its fifth provision said it “calls for enactment of the SAVE America Act,” Trump’s favored elections bill, which contains various provisions opposed by many Democrats.So while it’s very possible many Democrats would have opposed the resolution even without its expression of support for the SAVE America Act, the call to pass this elections bill served as a poison pill that ensured most Democrats wouldn’t support it.“House Resolution 1490 explicitly calls for enactment of the so-called SAVE America Act, which is the top legislative priority of far-right extremists,” Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement last week.A New Mexico candidate left out key context in an attack on his opponentGreg Cunningham, a Republican House candidate in New Mexico, used some of his Thursday speech to criticize his Democratic opponent, Rep. Gabe Vasquez. Cunningham said of Vasquez: “He even voted against a resolution honoring the sacrifices and service of the brave men and women in law enforcement who protect, every day, our communities.”But Cunningham left out important context about the resolution. While its focus was expressing support for law enforcement, its preamble contained statements praising the Trump administration and criticizing “leftist activists,” “progressive politicians” and “sanctuary city policies” for allegedly making law enforcement less safe.In other words, a House member might vote against such a resolution, as the vast majority of Democrats did, because they disagreed with conservative components of it, not the general expressions of support for law enforcement. (CNN has reached out to Vasquez’s campaign and House office for comment on his vote.) It’s common for parties to write resolutions in a way that would make it difficult for opponents to support but would open those opponents to campaign attacks if they voted “no.”An Ohio candidate’s misleading attack about Democrats and votingMerrin, the Republican candidate running against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur for a House seat in Ohio, claimed in his speech, “While Democrats talk about letting illegal immigrants vote in our election, Republicans fight for proof of citizenship, photo ID and fair elections.”It’s a big country, so it’s possible some Democrat somewhere is talking about letting undocumented people vote in some election. But Merrin’s claim is misleading at best. There is no proposal from Democrats in Congress to let undocumented people vote in the 2026 midterms – the election Merrin appeared to be referring to when he said “our election” – or vote in future federal elections.CNN has reached out to Merrin’s campaign for an explanation of his claim.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise invoked a similar theme in his speech Wednesday, claiming that Democrats had voted last week “to allow illegals to vote in our federal elections.” But there was no congressional vote on letting undocumented immigrants vote in any elections.Rather, there was a vote on the non-binding Republican resolution that included multiple provisions, including one that “reiterates the notion that American elections are for American citizens only,” one supporting Trump’s favored elections bill and one denouncing socialism.Opposing that multi-clause resolution doesn’t necessarily mean someone supports voting by any non-citizens, let alone non-citizens in the country illegally.This article has been updated with additional items.CNN’s Deja Oliver contributed to this report.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. 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