The article about Pediatric Associates in CA has a nugget with a potentially outsized impact: the implication that VFC vaccines…
News 1/5/26
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CMS establishes the Office of Rural Health Transformation. The new office will oversee distribution of $50 billion in grants to all 50 states through the five-year Rural Health Transformation Program. It will also offer technical assistance to program participants, coordinate partnerships, and ensure program oversight.
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Former US Marine Gregory Alexander (Ellipsis Health) joins Syra Health as CEO.
CareCloud promotes Stephen Snyder to CEO and A. Hadi Chaudhry to chief strategy officer.
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TherapySouth will implement Stride’s EHR and RCM software across its 51 clinics in three states.
Richstone Center (CA) implements the Qualifacts InSync EHR.
Government and Politics
The CDC will revise the childhood immunization schedule, recommending 10 vaccines instead of 17 and reassigning non-consensus vaccines to certain high-risk groups or populations and shared clinical decision-making.
CMS will no longer require states to report childhood and adolescent immunization statuses as it works on developing new vaccine measures.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation includes HCRG Care Group among its Breachies 2025 (dis)honorable mentions. The British provider group earned the nod for its ineffective attempt to legally shame a US media outlet into taking down coverage of a ransomware attack on the group.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting profiles Richard Cole, MD owner of and sole physician at Patrick County Family Practice. Founded 35 years ago, the practice cares for 38,000 patients – more than double the number of county residents. Cole, who operated an urgent care for several years before closing it due to lack of personnel, envisions finally being able to retire as young medical professionals begin committing to working in the county: “I’ve never seen so much interest in young doctors wanting to come here and practice. It opens up the door for me to finally retire.”
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