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July 28, 2024 Jake Fishman 0 min read
  1. 6 questions on Medicare’s proposed DTx codes.
  2. FDA’s longtime chief regulator of medical devices leaves agency.
  3. Why Optum backed out of acquiring Steward physician group.
  4. Top 30 healthcare lobbyists in Q2.
  5. Ochsner launches $10M early stage innovation fund.
  6. Prime Healthcare acquires 9 Ascension hospitals in Illinois. 
  7. CrowdStrike outage expected to cost healthcare industry nearly $2B.
  8. U.S. workforce confidence reaches new low.
  9. Los Angeles Department of Health Services hacked via “push notification spamming.”
  10. Twenty CFO exits in 2024.
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