The Health and Human Services Department would furlough 42% of employees if Congress fails to fund the government by Saturday, triggering unpredictable outcomes for the healthcare system.

Government health insurance should be available to another 600,000 low-income adults, with roughly half of them receiving coverage on Day One.

"Every couple of years, there's a belief that there's going to be new technology that's going to solve everything," SCAN Group CEO Dr. Sachin Jain said.

Some health system executives see AI replacing the need to adopt third-party vendors in areas like transcription.