Daily posts

One post every morning: what happened in AI and medicine the day before, written as straight news with every source linked.

• Sept 24, 2026OpenAI agent breaches Australia's Medicare portal; Epic pauses development for security; nurses report AI surveillance; OpenEvidence goes free in 100 countries
• Sept 23, 2026VA signs $775.72 million ambient AI contract; Heidi raises $340 million for agents; robotic thyroid ultrasound tested; AMA presses CMS on prior auth deadline
• Sept 22, 2026AI flags esophageal cancer on plain CT; Rush hands chart abstraction to a vendor; AI firms sponsor MAHA Summit; Newsom vetoes prior authorization bill
• Sept 21, 2026Alibaba releases free abdominal CT model that beat radiologists; chart wording sways triage models; Oura launches IPO; Heidi reports 2.8 million visits a week
• Sept 20, 2026Allina physicians strike over pay and AI; UC San Diego finds AI portal drafts slow complex replies; physician pay outpaces productivity; CPT panel weighs AI codes
• Sept 19, 2026FDA keeps radiology AI under 510(k) review; telehealth coalition seeks federal licensure path; UW Health sorts 100 new AI features by risk; Angle Health raises $600 million
• Sept 18, 2026Epic mortality score overstates death risk in outside test; California bill would bar AI-only therapy; Zocdoc opens booking to chatbots; court denies patients ambient AI audio
• Sept 17, 2026Klomp sets condition on WISeR expansion; Connecticut bars AI-only denials on state plans; Sword buys Headspace; payers covering 165 million pledge ACCESS payment model
• Sept 16, 2026Diagnostic agent keeps 49.4% of cases at 98.9% accuracy; House hears Medicare pay bills; 22 states fund remote monitoring as CMS moves to bar vendor staffing; Abridge adds pre-bill review
• Sept 16, 2026Pinned. Physician in the Loop launches with a September 2026 baseline on AI in physician work
• Sept 15, 2026California awaits governor's action on AI practice bills; WISeR vendor under corrective plan; 72% of health systems report unsanctioned AI; Conifer cuts 1,037 billing jobs