The Trump administration is creating clinical AI agents with a 3-year FDA approval timeline

Anthropic is pushing into the healthcare market as it launches artificial intelligence tools and resources purpose-built for providers and payers.

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In one of the first experiments of its kind, Utah is using its AI regulatory sandbox to waive licensing laws for AI to refill common prescriptions.

An internal memo to employees said the health system will be able to afford higher pay increases "because of the difficult choices we made in 2025," when the 51-hospital system laid off employees and management across multiple divisions.

Cencora is spending $5 billion to accelerate its majority buyout of OneOncology, New Mountain Capital considers sale and consolidation of five health tech portfolio companies and more merger and acquisition news from December.

Health technology company Apella developed an OR optimization platform that uses ambient AI, computer vision and analytics to provide organizations with real-time data to improve OR efficiency.

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your shop, and we will feature it here at the end of each week.