Healthcare Finance & Growth: RadNet is seeking a $200M term loan to fund imaging expansion and acquisitions, adding to its 440 outpatient centers across 11 states. Medicare Policy: Penn’s Amol Navathe was named chair of the congressional Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, bringing a clinician-researcher view to Medicare payment debates. Physician Workforce & Pay: With a projected physician shortfall, practices are moving toward hybrid compensation models that blend base pay with productivity and quality incentives. Access & Operations: A new survey finds staffing shortages are increasingly limiting patient access, while health systems are turning to hybrid human-and-AI workflows to keep up. Hospital Pharmacy: A Bluesight survey flags drug shortages, staffing strain, and 340B pricing pressures as top hospital pharmacy concerns. Oncology Pipeline: ASCO updates include early signals for a dual-target ADC in mCRPC and multiple new trial readouts across cancers. Infectious Disease & Prevention: NYC malaria cases tied to migration show rising Plasmodium vivax proportions, and a claims-based study links pediatric flu vaccination to fewer influenza diagnoses. Digital Health & AI: Mayo Clinic and Microsoft are co-developing a “safe and trusted” healthcare AI model, and Elsevier is buying Wellsheet to better connect EHR data with clinical decision support. Drug Pricing & Policy: Public Citizen urges action on pharmaceutical patent abuse and monopoly-driven pricing tactics as lawmakers weigh reforms.