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Straight-line summaries of what actually shipped, said, and got audited across HealthTech. Every post links back to the original source.
HHS OIG Flags Fragmented Cybersecurity Governance Across Health Sector
The HHS Office of Inspector General used its latest Top Management Challenges report to call out persistent cybersecurity failures across U.S. healthcare IT, singling out fragmented governance and inconsistent standards between HHS divisions and the operating units they oversee.
Abridge Cements Its Lead in the 2026 Ambient Scribe Shakeout
The ambient AI scribe market has a clear front-runner. Abridge took Best in KLAS in both 2025 and 2026, with production deployments at Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Kaiser Permanente, and a market comparison putting monthly pricing across the category between $250 and $600 per clinician.
CMS 2026 Medicare Rule Cracks Open RPM With Shorter Codes
CMS is opening up the plumbing on Remote Physiologic and Therapeutic Monitoring for 2026. Frequency limits are gone, shorter-duration codes covering 10 to 20 minutes and 2 to 15 collection days join the code set, and Congress extended audio-only telehealth through 2027.
IQVIA and Veeva End the Feud, Announce Long-Term Partnership
After years of high-profile litigation, IQVIA and Veeva announced a resolution of all disputes and a long-term commercial and clinical partnership. Pharma customers can now use software, data, and services from both companies together instead of choosing sides.
Medicaid's FHIR Deadline Is Real: State Roadmap for July 2026
State Medicaid agencies are staring down a hard interoperability deadline. Patient Access APIs went live in January 2026, and by July 4, 2026 networks must expose data through modern FHIR APIs aligned with US Core and USCDI v3. TEFCA is no longer aspirational.