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Caroline Catherman

Caroline joined Healthcare Brew in July 2024 after three years as a health reporter for the Orlando Sentinel. Her work has appeared in outlets including CNN, Science Magazine, and The Chicago Tribune. She holds a master’s in health, environment, and science journalism from Northwestern University and degrees in psychology and English from Emory University, where she was first author on a public health study. Get in touch: [email protected]

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Payers

Gyde CEO Will Johnson on how health insurance brokers can benefit from AI

Could AI could be a life raft for brokers drowning in advisory work?

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Telemedicine

Mount Sinai teams up with telehealth DTC disruptor Wisp on HIV prevention

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.

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Payers

Why some provider-sponsored health plans weren’t as successful as expected

Several health systems are dropping their insurance arms due to lackluster financial performances.

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Hospitals & Facilities

Hospitals are seeing more uninsured patients after ACA subsidy expirations

Millions have dropped insurance after the government reduced subsidies.

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Tech

Recall Roundup: May 2026

Medical device malfunctions can have deadly consequences.

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Payers

The missing piece in prior authorization reform? Providers, some argue.

Prior auth reform is being, well, reformed.

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Payers

Some employers are putting health insurance in workers’ hands. Here’s how it’s going.

What ICHRA adoption looks like, six years after it first hit the market.

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Direct Care

On Rotation: May 2026

A roundup of which healthcare leaders got hired, fired, and retired.

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Retail Pharmacies

How Tennessee’s PBM law could affect retail pharmacies at large

The law is another step in an escalating national effort to curb vertical integration.

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Pharma

Experts are cautiously excited about ‘real-time’ FDA clinical trials

The FDA announced its idea for speedier drug approvals on April 28.