September 23, 2026
Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa, Kentucky. The CEO is optimistic about becoming a nonprofit.
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STAT+ | A private equity-owned hospital chain is becoming a nonprofit. Is it just a bailout for investors?

Quorum Health, with 11 rural hospitals, is converting to nonprofit status, promising tax savings and other benefits. But the deal also adds $300 million in debt.

By Tara Bannow


STAT+ | UnitedHealth, CVS push back on Medicare plan to curb remote patient monitoring

Major insurers are pushing back on a Medicare proposal that would significantly disrupt how doctors can bill for remotely monitoring their patients' health.

By Mario Aguilar


STAT+ | AI doomerism: Here’s how to make sense of it

In this edition of STAT's AI Prognosis newsletter: Brittany Trang offers a few stories to make sense of the AI doom/slowdown talk, and more.

By Brittany Trang



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STAT+ | Drugmakers, biotech VCs show ‘reinvigorated’ interest in osteoporosis treatments

New FDA guidelines on bone density endpoints are driving a surge in venture capital and pharma investment for next-generation osteoporosis treatments.

By Allison DeAngelis


The latest in the legal saga for youth gender-affirming care in the U.S.

Today's health news includes new initiatives on animal testing, a private-equity owned hospital chain goes nonprofit, and more

By Theresa Gaffney


Opinion: Mentally ill women deserve more support to have children

The Lindsay Clancy trial showed reproductive psychiatry’s limits. For many women, the problems begin even before pregnancy.

By Meg LeDuc


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