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FinThrive Names Former Kaiser Permanente Leader Brandon Burnett Chief RCM Officer
August 27, 2026·2 min read

FinThrive Names Former Kaiser Permanente Leader Brandon Burnett Chief RCM Officer

HIT Consultant – Read More Brandon Burrnett, Chief RCM Officer at FinThrive Healthcare revenue cycle software provider FinThrive has named Brandon Burnett as its Chief Revenue…

WebMD Ignite, CCS Health, and Medicine for the Greater Good Partner to Launch Collaborative Care Network
August 27, 2026·2 min read

WebMD Ignite, CCS Health, and Medicine for the Greater Good Partner to Launch Collaborative Care Network

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know WebMD Ignite, CCS Health, and Medicine for the Greater Good (a Johns Hopkins Medicine initiative) launched the…

In Toss-Up House District, Voters Crave Leadership To Fix Broken Healthcare
August 27, 2026·7 min read

In Toss-Up House District, Voters Crave Leadership To Fix Broken Healthcare

KFF Health News – Read More Your browser does not support the audio element. Can’t see the audio player? Visit kffhealthnews.org to listen. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. —…

A State Gave Sheriffs 20% of Its Opioid Settlement Cash. We Followed the Money.
August 27, 2026·16 min read

A State Gave Sheriffs 20% of Its Opioid Settlement Cash. We Followed the Money.

KFF Health News – Read More KFF Health News worked with three Louisiana news outlets — The Current, Gulf States Newsroom, and Verite News — to…

$50B Rural Health Transformation Program Needs More Transparency, Groups Say
August 27, 2026·8 min read

$50B Rural Health Transformation Program Needs More Transparency, Groups Say

KFF Health News – Read More One year into its creation, a $50 billion federal program aimed at improving rural healthcare lacks transparency, which could make…

A Camp for Children With Brain Injuries Zips Ahead, Despite Federal Uncertainty
August 27, 2026·6 min read

A Camp for Children With Brain Injuries Zips Ahead, Despite Federal Uncertainty

KFF Health News – Read More MILLVILLE, Pa. — In an open field, arrows whizzed through the humid June air and struck their targets. Campers and…

Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’
August 27, 2026·5 min read

Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’

KFF Health News – Read More The KFF Health News Minute is available every Thursday via direct download or the RSS feed. Aug. 27 Katheryn Houghton [CATH-er-in HOW-tun] reads…

Your Oura Ring can’t measure what’s going on in your skull
August 27, 2026·1 min read

Your Oura Ring can’t measure what’s going on in your skull

Health | The Verge – Read More Sleep trackers detect sleep via a combination of motion, heart rate, and temperature sensors. This is Optimizer, a weekly…

Onos Health Raises $17M to Transform Unstructured Behavioral Clinical Intelligence for Health Plans
August 27, 2026·3 min read

Onos Health Raises $17M to Transform Unstructured Behavioral Clinical Intelligence for Health Plans

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Onos Health, a behavioral health clinical intelligence platform engineered for health plans and payers, secured a $17…

HIMSS Signs Historic MOUs at HIMSS26 APAC to Measure AI Value and Accelerate Malaysia’s ‘1 Person, 1 Record’
August 27, 2026·2 min read

HIMSS Signs Historic MOUs at HIMSS26 APAC to Measure AI Value and Accelerate Malaysia’s ‘1 Person, 1 Record’

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know At the HIMSS26 APAC Health Conference & Exhibition in Singapore (co-hosted with SingHealth), HIMSS executed two major…