Steph Weber
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ACGME Proposal Loosens Resident Scheduling Rules (opens the original)
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Proposed revisions to medical resident schedule mandates would remove or reduce several limits on rest periods, overnight call, and night-float assignments while keeping the 80-hour average workweek rule. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) proposal, released for public comment earlier this month, would eliminate the 8-hour rest requirement between shifts and shorten the mandatory time off after 24 hours of in-house call from 14 hours to 12 hours. It would also remov
Backlogs, Testing Gaps in Medicare AI Prior Auth Pilot (opens the original)
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Newly released records reveal lengthy treatment delays, technical problems, and early warnings about contractor readiness in a controversial Medicare AI-based prior authorization program that began this year. The roughly 1000 pages of documents, obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, provide an inside look at the troubled launch of the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servic
5 Things Doctors Should Know About Medical AI Regulation (opens the original)
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Federal and state regulators are drawing new boundaries around medical AI products, from how they’re vetted to who bears responsibility when they fail. Last month, the FDA added to those efforts. The agency’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health released a discussion paper examining how the safety and effectiveness of generative AI-enabled medical devices could be evaluated and monitored. The efforts come as more than 80% of physicians report they now use the tools professionally, up from
States Tighten Private Equity Healthcare Oversight (opens the original)
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Private equity healthcare deals fell 18.5% in the second quarter of 2026 from a year ago, while deals in two key segments — physician practice management companies and generalist and multispecialty providers — were on pace to finish at about half of their 2025 levels, according to a new industry report. Financial data firm PitchBook cited a mix of economic and industry factors behind the slowdown, including increased state-level regulatory scrutiny. Eleven states enacted laws over the past 2 yea
Lawsuit Seeks to Invalidate AMAâs CPT Copyrights (opens the original)
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The American Medical Association (AMA) faces a new legal challenge over the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding system after a patient advocacy group asked a federal court to invalidate the organization’s long-standing copyrights and permit the codes to be published online at no cost. PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA), a Massachusetts-based nonprofit focused on healthcare price transparency, filed the lawsuit on August 12 in US District Court. The group says it has purchased a copy of the
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