Healthcare

Health care, health-care, or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals in allied health fields.

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States Expand Guardrails on AI Use in Health Insurance Decisions

States Expand Guardrails on AI Use in Health Insurance Decisions
States Expand Guardrails on AI Use in Health Insurance Decisions
July 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

State legislatures are rapidly moving beyond broad artificial intelligence governance to regulate one of AI’s most consequential applications: health insurance coverage determinations. According to a...

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Real-Time Payments Target Healthcare Benefits Bottlenecks
Real-Time Payments Target Healthcare Benefits Bottlenecks
July 06, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Real-time money movement is beginning to alter the expectations surrounding healthcare and HR benefits where reimbursement timing and payout clarity have long been sources of...

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Walmart Expands In-House Career Pathways to Train Opticians
Walmart Expands In-House Career Pathways to Train Opticians
June 29, 2026  |  Retail

Walmart has launched a program that helps its associates become opticians in a Walmart Vision Center or a Sam’s Club Optical Center. The new Associate to Optician program offers...

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Medicare Tests AI Prior Authorization in Six States
Medicare Tests AI Prior Authorization in Six States
June 25, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the WISeR Model in January, short for Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction Model, with the aim...

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U.S. Bank Picks Eric Levine for New Healthcare Payments Role
U.S. Bank Picks Eric Levine for New Healthcare Payments Role
June 23, 2026  |  Personnel

U.S. Bank has named banking veteran Eric Levine to a newly created healthcare payments role. Levine, whose resume includes time with lenders including Bank of America, Citi and JPMorgan, will become U.S....

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Prosper AI Raises $30 Million to Automate the Patient Journey
Prosper AI Raises $30 Million to Automate the Patient Journey
June 22, 2026  |  Investments

Prosper AI raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz to grow its healthcare AI platform, according to a Monday (June...

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3.2% Growth Shows Main Street Still Has Bright Spots
3.2% Growth Shows Main Street Still Has Bright Spots
June 22, 2026  |  SMBs

Main Street businesses are losing momentum, but planned and recurring services are still finding room to grow. The latest PYMNTS Intelligence Main Street Health Index,...

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Healthcare AI Has Left the Lab. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Healthcare AI Has Left the Lab. Now Comes the Hard Part.
June 19, 2026  |  Healthcare

Artificial intelligence in healthcare has evolved past a simple test-and-learn exercise. AI tools are now embedded into clinical scheduling, drug dispensing, patient communications and diagnostic...

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