HITshow Daily: September 3, 2025 (Wednesday)

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WellSpan expands its AI-driven partnership with General Catalyst, lawmakers push to extend telehealth and hospital-at-home, and SNAP cuts raise alarms for food-as-medicine programs. HHS finalizes real-time drug price transparency rules, while Evernorth invests $3.5B in Shields Health Solutions to expand specialty pharmacy.

HOST: Rhonda Brooks

📍 Health System Innovation — Logan Stokes
WellSpan expands its collaboration with General Catalyst’s HATCo, co-developing AI-driven solutions projected to reclaim 400,000 clinical hours annually and strengthen care delivery.

📍 Policy & Virtual Care — Anika Shah
Lawmakers introduce the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2025, extending Medicare telehealth flexibilities through 2027 and CMS’ hospital-at-home waiver through 2030.

📍 Social Determinants of Health — Teresa Vaughn
SNAP cuts put pressure on food-as-medicine programs, raising concerns that lower-income patients may lose access to nutrition interventions prescribed by clinicians.

📍 Compliance & Transparency — Jade Romero
HHS finalizes new rules requiring real-time prescription drug price data in EHR workflows, giving physicians tools to recommend lower-cost, appropriate medications at the point of care.

📍 Finance & Payers — Peter Betterworth
Cigna’s Evernorth Health Services invests $3.5B in Shields Health Solutions, expanding its specialty pharmacy footprint across 80+ health systems and tightening its influence in a fast-growing drug market.

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