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Healthcare administration and information technology

04/01/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #463 - 4/1/2026

Today's top stories:
- Heart Association clashes with RFK Jr. over diet
- Ultra-potent synthetic drugs spread online
- eMed raises $200M for employer telehealth

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Editor's Notes: The American Heart Association is pushing back on RFK's diet guidelines (red meat, etc.). It reminds one of this scene from an old Woody Allen movie. Digital health companies are back in vogue with venture capitalists - (just make sure your start-up has the phrase "AI" in your prospe...

03/31/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #462 - 3/31/2026

Today's top stories:
- Woman loses insurance over a 5-cent debt
- Trump-era Medicaid reviews yield few violators
- Advocate Health to launch hospital drone delivery

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Editor's Notes: Read an interesting statistic today in the context of US rural healthcare: 75% of the US population lives within 5 miles of a Dollar General Store. See you tomorrow. See our "top articles" list below. For a synoposis of all 33 articles curated today, see further below, and to see eac...

03/30/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #461 - 3/30/2026

Today's top stories:
- CDC turmoil under RFK Jr.
- Oklahoma eyes Medicaid rollback
- Most lack long-term care insurance

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Editor's Notes: The NY Times ran a major piece in its Sunday Magazine on RFK and the CDC. Unfortunately we ran out of our allotment of "gift articles" this month, but if you have a subscription the link below will work. In the article, the journalist talked to 43 CDC staff - either current or

03/28/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #460 - 3/28/2026

Today's top stories:
- Hospitals suspend care over billing failures
- 5M deaths tied to global inactivity
- Scientists unfreeze working mouse brain

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Editor's Notes: Scientists froze and unfroze a mouse's brain and the brain still worked - reminds us of the suspended animation scene in "Project Hail Mary" We noted the Weiss hospital item to dramatically show what can happen to a hospital if its billing systems don't work (in this case the hospita...

03/27/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #459 - 3/27/2026

Today's top stories:
- ACA plans deny 20% of claims, appeals rare
- Over 40% of public school kids on Medicaid/CHIP
- Oral semaglutide shows heart & diabetes promise

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Editor's Notes: The Administration is having issues with two political appointees: Dr. Casey Means (for Surgeon General) - if Democrats vote as a block in the Senate, she can't afford to lose 3 GOP Senators. Main issue seems to be her take that vaccinations are not part of CDC guidelines - and that....

03/26/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #458 - 3/26/2026

Today's top stories:
- Deepfake medical imaging challenges radiology
- Centene CEO faces insurance shakeups
- Autism therapy firm barred from Medicaid

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Editor's Notes: Among the 43 articles we reviewed today, we flagged the item on "deepfake" medical imaging as a looming 'sign of the times' Fake x-rays - what could go wrong? Centene's CEO featured in Fortune Magazine: The company is the largest "pure stock play" in Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA progr...

03/25/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #457 - 3/25/2026

Today's top stories:
- Medicaid work rules & 'medical frailty' definitions
- Immigrant doctor visa freeze impact
- M**A & tango therapy for PTSD and Parkinson’s

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Editor's Notes: Whether a person is "medically fragile" or not varies by state - and this will become more important as we get into who needs to work for Medicaid and who doesn't. Two interesting items out of California: When can a clinician be called a "doctor"? Nurse practitioners are suing the st...

03/24/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #456 - 3/24/2026

Today's top stories:
- AI "vibe coding" may transform medical practice
- Legal battles over maternal health in FL & GA
- Health care affordability tops voter concerns

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Editor's Notes: We are beta testing a new type of video - more dynamic.

03/23/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #455 - 3/23/2026

Today's top stories:
- Quantum computers compete to solve healthcare problems
- GLP-1 drugs linked to lower psychiatric decline
- Ketamine’s rising risks in online mental health care

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Editor's Notes: Drug talk: GLP-1 drugs again tied to helping alleviate some mental illnesses RFK wants to open up increasingly popular form of peptides for things like skin care and muscle re-building Ketamine (an anesthetic) is largely unregulated when prescribed online - and can lead to serious is...

03/21/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #454 - 3/21/2026

Today's top stories:
- Ozempic goes generic for billions
- Doctors billing for prior authorizations?
- CMS axes fax machines to save millions

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Editor's Notes: We broke our all time record for articles curated into CRAP database in one day: 113 items. Along with GLP-1, government health cuts, AI and healthcare reform - another emerging issue is "prior authorizations". One piece below notes physician practices who bill patients for any requi...

03/20/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #453 - 3/20/2026

Today's top stories:
- ACA premium hikes drop enrollment 10%
- States consider banning fluoride
- CAR-T shows promise for autoimmune disease

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Editor's Notes: Answering the question from several readers: this "Editor's Notes" section is not AI-generated - strictly manual. High points in today's 55 articles: The impact of ACA (Obamacare) premium hikes is resulting in a 10% drop in enrollment - as some premiums go up over 10x the 2025 rates....

03/19/2026

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #452 - 3/19/2026

Today's top stories:
- Medicare/Medicaid fraud crackdown & state funding threats
- New 6-month Medicaid renewal mandate
- FDA takes tougher stance on new drug approvals

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Editor's Notes: The overall theme in today's selection relate to Federal priorities: The House holds hearings on Medicare/Medicaid fraud From an enforcement perspective, the Administration seems to be adopting a policy of withholding Federal Medicaid dollars if a State is not doing enough to address...

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