{"id":89497,"date":"2026-04-06T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=89497"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:35:11","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-293","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/health-data-news-roundup-293\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: CMS ASPIRE and ACOs; HSS Reorganization; and ACA Enrollment for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals. <\/em><\/p>\n

New CMS Model Brings ACO Approach to Care for Kids at High Risk<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe CMS ASPIRE program aims to give high-risk children and their caregivers more support and encourages more proactive pediatric care, and will award five state Medicaid agencies with $125M, according the AMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HHS Reverses Biden-Era Reorganization of Top AI, Data, Tech Roles<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Department of Health and Human Services is reshuffling its top officials for data, artificial intelligence, and technology back under its chief information officer, undoing a 2024 reorganization of those roles under the Biden administration, according to FedScoop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Current Prior Authorization Landscape <\/strong><\/a>
\nEach year, healthcare providers and payers conduct tens of millions of prior authorizations, at an estimated cost of $35 billion for the U.S. healthcare system at large, and new report from Health Affairs<\/a> explores the challenges and opportunities in this landscape, as well as emerging artificial intelligence tools, laws, and regulations.<\/p>\n

UnitedHealthcare Launches AI Chatbot for Member Care Navigation<\/strong><\/a>
\nUnitedHealthcare has launched Avery, a consumer-facing AI chatbot intended to support the member experience through round-the-clock care navigation services, according to xtelligent Healthcare Payers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HL7 Launches Real\u2011Time Medical Device Interoperability Accelerator<\/strong><\/a>
\nHL7 International recently launched the Caliper FHIR\u00ae Accelerator, a new implementation community dedicated to improving how data from medical and personal health devices is exchanged, integrated and used across healthcare systems, according to MedTech Intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ACA Enrollment at 23.1 Million in 2026<\/strong><\/a>
\nACA enrollment reached 23.1 million in 2026, a 5% decrease from 2025, and while enrollment is down about 1.2 million consumers from the open enrollment period last year, 2026 enrollment is still 8% and 41% higher than enrollment in 2024 and 2023, according to Becker\u2019s Payer Issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals. New CMS Model Brings ACO Approach to Care for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":89498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[265],"tags":[488,481,284,274,485,489,483,486,310,487,482,406,484],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89499,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89497\/revisions\/89499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}