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Atrium proposes $2B WakeMed merger, faces county delay
Advocate Health's Atrium unit seeks North Carolina's largest county health system as regulators cite competition concerns.
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Available source material contains only conference listings and copyright notices, lacking substantive content about Medicaid enrollment improvements.
UnitedHealthcare cuts 30% of prior authorizations by year-end
The nation's largest insurer eliminates approval requirements for outpatient surgeries, diagnostic tests, and therapies amid regulatory pressure.
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Healthcare Finance News URL leads to conference marketing pages, not the promised analysis of human oversight risks in medical AI systems.
CVS insurance arm Aetna drives Q1 earnings up 12.5%
Aetna's operating income jumped to $3.04B from $1.99B year-over-year, helped by Medicare rate increases and streamlined prior authorization hitting 95% within 24 hours.
Banks and crypto firms split on stablecoin yield in OCC rule comments
Public comments reveal fundamental disagreement over whether third-party rewards count as prohibited yield under GENIUS Act implementation.
Consumer spending runs on $18T debt, not resilience
Fed data shows falling loan demand for 8 of 10 quarters as economists keep citing mythical consumer strength while credit props up spending.
FinCEN's AML reform ignores broken reporting forms
New anti-money laundering rules demand results over volume, but CTR and SAR forms still waste compliance resources on unusable data.
Morgan Stanley launches crypto trading at 50bp, half of Robinhood
The bank's E-Trade platform undercuts Coinbase, Robinhood, and Schwab on fees as traditional finance moves into crypto.
Anthropic adds 10 finance agents, FIS partnership for AML
Claude agents now handle pitchbooks, credit memos, and loan underwriting, while FIS builds AML case investigation tools on Anthropic's platform.
Ziff Davis buys four media brands for under $20M, launches lifestyle
Digital media company acquires Dwell, Domino, Business of Home, and PopSci from distressed Recurrent Ventures to enter new vertical.
Old Navy hires Target CMO Francis as turnaround accelerates
Gap Inc. taps veteran retail executive Michael Francis as chief customer officer while Old Navy posts 3% sales growth amid broader portfolio struggles.