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Jan 25, 2025

What Trump's first day orders mean for healthcare: Ditched drug models, pauses on rules and hiring

Trump pulls US out of WHO, a move condemned by public health experts

Elevance Health expects to grow MA membership by at least 7% in 2025

Hospital, PE-affiliated primary care docs charge higher prices than independents, study finds

Former HHS official and Warp Speed leader Paul Mango dies - Paige Minemyer

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What Trump's first day orders mean for healthcare: Ditched drug models, pauses on rules and hiring

By Fierce Healthcare Staff,Dave Muoio,Noah Tong,Emma Beavins,Anastassia Gliadkovskaya

Alongside revoking 78 Biden executive orders, a busy first day for the Trump administration produced a government hiring freeze, withdrawals from global organizations, a revoked AI order, personnel changes and more.

Trump pulls US out of WHO, a move condemned by public health experts

By Anastassia Gliadkovskaya

In an executive order signed on the eve of his inauguration, President Trump pulled the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Withdrawal from the United Nations health agency is possible after a one-year notice.

Elevance Health expects to grow MA membership by at least 7% in 2025

By Paige Minemyer

Elevance Health posted $418 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2024, a figure that surpassed Wall Street's expectations despite decreasing 51% year over year.

Hospital, PE-affiliated primary care docs charge higher prices than independents, study finds

By Dave Muoio

In 2022, negotiated commercial prices for evaluation and management office visits were 11% higher for hospital-affiliated PCPs and 8% higher for private equity-affiliated PCPs as compared to those at independent practices.

Former HHS official and Warp Speed leader Paul Mango dies

By Heather Landi

Paul Mango, a senior health official during President-elect Donald Trump's first term who was a member of Trump's current transition team, has died at 65.

Fierce Healthcare Layoff Tracker—Lehigh Valley Health Network lays off 'approximately 100'

By Noah Tong,Dave Muoio

Stick with this tracker for the latest layoff and workforce updates from across healthcare.

JPM25: Sutter Health strikes deal with GE HealthCare for AI imaging tech as it maps out ambitious expansion plans

By Heather Landi

SAN FRANCISCO—GE HealthCare struck a seven-year agreement with Sacramento, California-based Sutter Health to provide AI-powered medical imaging technology and digital solutions. The health system's work with GE HealthCare also supports Sutter’s larger access strategy as the nonprofit system aims to expand its ambulatory footprint.

DOJ alleges Walgreens filled and billed 'millions' of unlawful opioid prescriptions in new lawsuit

By Dave Muoio

The pharmacy chain dispensed “dangerous and excessive quantities," early refills of opioids and prescriptions for the especially dangerous and abused combination of drugs known as the ‘trinity," the DOJ said Friday.

Healthcare bankruptcies dip in 2024, though providers remain under pressure

By Dave Muoio

While the year's 57 Chapter 11 filings didn't reach the highs of 2023, physician practice bankruptcies continue to trend up while hospitals saw their largest bankruptcy "by far in the last 30 years."