HITshow Daily: December 8, 2025 (Monday)
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Today on HITshow:
Big decisions in the background—deals that don’t close, policies that reshape the market, and operational “leaks” that quietly drain health systems. Aya Healthcare walks away from its planned $615 million acquisition of Cross Country Healthcare. Hologic heads toward privatization with Blackstone and TPG acquiring the company for up to $79 per share. Federal health agencies roll out a unified AI strategy coordinating efforts across CDC, CMS, and FDA. The FDA introduces TEMPO, a new pilot pathway for digital health technologies. New research shows acute care at home can improve outcomes for rural patients. Plus a practical look at how health systems stop losing money on referral leakage.
HOST: RHONDA BROOKS
📍 Healthcare Staffing Deal Falls Apart — Teresa Vaughn
Aya Healthcare is walking away from its planned $615 million acquisition of Cross Country Healthcare. Regulatory scrutiny made the path too uncertain. For health systems relying on external labor partners, the vendor landscape can shift fast—expect contract leverage conversations and margin protection pushes.
📍 Hologic Heads to Private Equity — Logan Stokes
Blackstone and TPG are acquiring Hologic for up to $79 per share in a roughly $18.3 billion deal. When PE commits at this scale, expect shifts in commercial strategy, contracting posture, and product investment priorities in women’s health diagnostics.
📍 Federal AI Strategy Alignment — Anika Shah
Federal health agencies are moving toward a unified AI approach, coordinating efforts across CDC, CMS, and FDA. Less “every agency does its own thing,” more shared principles for trust and oversight. Expect more attention to auditability, governance, and cybersecurity fundamentals.
📍 FDA’s TEMPO Pilot — Nate Collier
The FDA is introducing TEMPO to complement CMS’s ACCESS model—a structured pathway for certain digital health technologies to be used under a defined framework while evidence is gathered. The due diligence burden moves closer to the health system.
📍 Rural Hospital-at-Home Outcomes — Jalen Cross
New research suggests acute care at home can improve outcomes for rural patients. The make-or-break factor: reliable escalation. Rural hospital-at-home works when the “what if the patient turns” plan is crystal clear and resourced.
📍 Stopping Referral Leakage — Peter Betterworth
Health systems continue to lose money and continuity when referrals slip out of network. The fix: tighten pathways, standardize workflows, reduce manual handoffs, and track outcomes. One metric to demand weekly: closed-loop rate on outbound referrals.
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