Healthcare

Boca Raton, Fla. – September 25, 2026 -- AnswersMD has opened a concierge medicine office in Boca Raton, marking the membership-based primary care practice's first location on Florida's east coast and its third statewide.

New office joins existing Tampa and St. Petersburg locations

The Boca Raton office, branded Royal Palm Concierge Medicine, is located at 1801 S Federal Hwy adjacent to Royal Palm Yacht Club and began accepting members on its opening day. It joins AnswersMD's flagship Tampa office at Bayshore and its St. Petersburg office on the St. Anthony's Hospital campus.

Washington – – September 25, 2026 -- The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) has released "Quiet Leadership in Medicine: An Early-Career Clinician's Guide to Building Programs That Change Care," a book by Kardie Tobb, DO, MS, CPE, FACC, FASPC, FACOI, aimed at closing the gap between clinical training and organizational leadership skills for junior physicians.

Book targets clinicians at career start, not mid-career

AAPL positions the title as the first framework of its kind written explicitly for early-career clinicians rather than seasoned executives. The guide covers building stakeholder coalitions, framing clinical initiatives for hospital administrators, sustaining programs post-launch, and using routine interactions — rounds, follow-up emails, hallway conversations — as tools for institutional change.

Hollywood, Fla. – September 25, 2026 -- The South Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners has unanimously voted to maintain its millage rate at 0.0805, the lowest level in the district's recorded history, even as Memorial Healthcare System expands facilities and services across South Florida.

Board keeps tax rate unchanged after 15 years of cuts

The 0.0805 rate was first set in 2025 following 15 consecutive years of millage rate reductions. The decision to hold the rate steady comes despite rising healthcare costs and broader industry cost pressures facing hospital systems.

"Maintaining the lowest tax rate in the district's history reflects our commitment to being responsible with taxpayer dollars," said Elizabeth Justen, chair of the South Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners.

Overland Park, Kan. – September 24, 2026 -- Aria Care Partners has appointed Veda Lewis-Simmons, DPM, MHA, as chief medical officer of podiatry, giving her oversight of operational effectiveness and clinical quality for the company's onsite podiatry services across skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).

Aria Care Partners taps board-certified podiatrist to lead clinical quality for SNF foot care programs

Dr. Lewis-Simmons holds a master's degree in healthcare administration and a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery from Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences. She completed her residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and is board certified.

Austin, Texas – September 24, 2026 -- A proposed Medicare payment change involving Modifier 25 would reallocate approximately $889 million in annual fee-for-service payments, with private practices and solo physicians absorbing $724.4 million, or 81.5%, of the modeled reductions, according to a new analysis from Jiro Health.

Six specialties bear 82.3% of the total reduction

Jiro's Practice Impact Analysis, titled "Who Pays for CMS's Modifier 25 Proposal?", found that six medical specialties account for roughly $732 million of the modeled impact. Dermatology alone represents $395.4 million, or 44.5% of the total reallocation. Podiatric medicine and surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, ophthalmology and family medicine together account for an additional $336 million.

Vancouver – September 24, 2026 -- Clarius Mobile Health has been named to TIME's list of the World's Top HealthTech Companies 2026 for the second consecutive year, placing it among just 500 companies selected from thousands reviewed globally.

TIME and Statista ranked Clarius on financial performance, reputation and online engagement

The list, presented by TIME and Statista Inc., was announced on September 17, 2026. Statista evaluated thousands of HealthTech companies worldwide before narrowing the field to the top 500 recognized for their performance across financial, reputational and engagement metrics.

New York – September 24, 2026 -- Eighty-one percent of senior living executives say resident acuity has increased over the past two years, according to a new report from Sage, an integrated Care Intelligence Platform for senior living and skilled nursing. The findings, unveiled at Sage's caregiving summit Sage Shift, draw on a survey of 510 senior living executives, community leaders and caregivers conducted between July 9 and August 31, 2026, alongside operational data from communities running Sage's platform.

Los Angeles – September 24, 2026 -- MDpanel, one of the largest providers of expert medical opinions in the United States, has appointed Manish Nariwal as Chief Operating Officer and Jim Andrews as Chief Client Officer, both reporting to Chairman and CEO Jason Erdell.

Linköping – September 24, 2026 -- Northeast Georgia Medical Center has gone live with Sectra's cloud-based enterprise imaging platform, Sectra One Cloud, under a five-year contract covering an expected annual imaging volume of around 850,000 exams.

Hospital deploys radiology, breast imaging and cardiology modules in first rollout phase

The Gainesville-based flagship hospital of Northeast Georgia Health System initially activated three specialty modules on the unified platform, allowing clinicians across sites to view, share and report on patient studies from a single system rather than separate applications tied to each specialty.

Richard Wright, Executive Director of Imaging Services for Northeast Georgia Medical Center, said the consolidated workflow has reduced steps between viewing studies and finalizing reports, and enables clinicians at different sites to consult on the same case.

Sacramento, Calif. – September 23, 2026 -- HealthSherpa is expanding its multi-year partnership with AmeriHealth Caritas to include Marketplace Operations, its enrollment, premium billing and reconciliation platform for individual and family health plans sold on and off the Health Insurance Marketplace.

AmeriHealth Caritas will use the platform to reconcile enrollments and collect premiums

Under the expanded deal, AmeriHealth Caritas will process and reconcile enrollments directly with the Health Insurance Marketplace, collect subsidy and member premiums, and resolve data discrepancies before they affect member bills or coverage status.