Breaking: Alignmt AI, Pacific AI, Signal 1, lensai and Ferrum will provide AI governance support for health systems as assurance service providers for the Coalition for Health AI, CHAI CEO Brian Anderson just announced at a member convening at Stanford Medicine.

Breaking: The National Institutes of Health is releasing an AI request for information on AI strategic plan for the agency, NIH principal deputy director Matthew Memoli announced at a CHAI convening this morning. Comments are due July 15.

RT @MoveHealthHome: MHH Executive Director Krista Drobac joined @FierceHealth @emmabeavins to discuss efforts to advance SNF-at-home progra….

SCOOP: CMS is announcing five new health tech initiatives. Read it here first @FierceHealth

I spent a long time combing through CMS and ASTP's RFI on data access and interoperability. 📓Read my story here:

RT @MargaretManto: The MAHA Report cites studies that don’t exist. New w/ @emilyykennard:.

RT @FierceHealth: Internet connectivity, staff and funding are just some of the constraints rural clinics face in trying to implement #Arti….

RT @transcarent: Now is the time for employers to demand better choice, quality, and affordability in health and care. @GlenTullman tells….

BREAKING: DEA has postponed two telehealth prescribing rules that were supposed to go into effect today until Dec. 31. The first would expand access to buprenorphine via telehealth, and the second would benefit veterans.

The Senate has averted a government shutdown.

House passes C.R. with a six month extension for Medicare telehealth flexibilities and the acute hospital care at home program. The C.R. does not include a doc pay fix, which Republican congressional leaders committed to doing under budget reconciliation.

Steve Posnack has been named acting assistant secretary of technology policy at HHS, where he will lead efforts to improve medical record interoperability and transparency in AI.

As a healthcare journalist that covers the ambient AI space closely, this head-to-head review by Cleveland Clinic was fascinating. Read to learn why Cleveland Clinic chose to deploy Ambience as its AI scribe.

RFK Jr. has been confirmed as the Secretary of HHS, in a 52-48 vote on Thursday. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell was the only Republican who voted against him.

RT @kaitlancollins: Vice President JD Vance has played a notable role in alleviating the concerns of skeptical Republicans regarding Trump'….

In a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., defended his crucial vote to endorse Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health Secretary on the premise of his personal oversight of Kennedy and HHS. RFK also promised not to disrupt federal vaccine safety monitoring programs.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been endorsed by the Senate Finance committee, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, in a 14-13 vote to become Secretary of HHS. He will move on to the full Senate for a final vote.

Congress avoided a government shutdown by passing a narrowed down spending bill on Dec. 20. Healthcare programs like Medicare telehealth and hospital at home have been extended through March 31, 2025.

In the second, "clean" C.R., healthcare programs were extended for 90 days, until March 31, 2025. The timeline would set up a fight for a longer term health package early in the Trump administration, amidst a slew of other time consuming negotiations.