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The crumbling employer-based health insurance system
Today's D.C. Diagnosis newsletter covers maintaining diversity in drug trials and troubling trends in employer-based health insurance.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok Review - A Solid Expansion Well Worth Its Price
Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok is a massive expansion that enhances the base game while providing more of what it makes so enjoyable
America’s employer health insurance is decaying
STAT's Bob Herman examines the under-the-radar crisis brewing in employer-based health insurance.
WHO says progress stalling on air pollution, and other health stories
Top stories: Air pollution progress stagnates - WHO; Ebola epidemic impacting livelihoods - UN; World's largest database of human genomes released.
Tank Bigsby among 3 biggest NFC North RB fantasy bargains
Running backs frequently make or break fantasy seasons. Here are three of the biggest RB fantasy bargains in the NFC East based on ADP.
Court: Religious schools can’t be exempt from Maine’s nondiscrimination laws
Religious schools accepting public funds are required to follow Maine laws that protect against discrimination based on faith, gender identity and sexual orientation, a federal court has ruled.
A dozen businesses have opened in Ardmore this year. Here’s a list of what’s new, and what’s on the horizon.
Newcomers to the Main Line community include mom-and-pop shops, national chains, and expansions of popular local names such as decorated Szechuan restaurant EMei and Jersey-based eatery Gouldsburgers.
Expired food, soiled ice bin among issues cited at St. Clair County restaurants
The BND has added 173 health code violations to its Metro-East Restaurant Inspection Database.
Bluffs focusing on business expansion, entertainment
Bluffs is trying to expand its business and entertainment offerings based on months of discussion about what residents would like.
The 10 most livable cities in the world
EIU ranked 173 cities around the world to capture how livable they are based on healthcare, infrastructure, and other factors.
Minnesota K-12 health standards’ future unclear after administrative judge objects
Officials expected to phase in the state’s first-ever statewide school benchmarks on topics from nutrition and first aid to sex abuse prevention through 2028. That timeline is in jeopardy now after an administrative law judge ripped the state’s process to implement the standards.
Atrium Health settles class-action lawsuit in Charlotte alleging it shared patient data
The Charlotte-based healthcare organization agreed to a $1.8 million settlement.
America’s small businesses are giving up on health insurance
America's employer-based health insurance system is crumbling. STAT investigates why, in our new series, “Out of Pocket, Out of Reach.”
America’s small businesses are giving up on health insurance
America's employer-based health insurance system is crumbling. STAT investigates why, in our new series, “Out of Pocket, Out of Reach.”
Explosive Growth Anticipated: Generative AI in Media and Entertainment Market Set to Surpass $8 Billion by 2030
Key market opportunities in generative AI for media and entertainment include integration with VR/AR, cloud-based AI services, real-time personalization, and growth in interactive gaming. Trends involve AI-powered content creation, personalization, and storytelling. The market seeks innovation to enhance user experiences and content efficiency. Generative AI in Media and Entertainment Market Generative AI in Media and Entertainment Market Dublin, July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Generative
Advantage Business Capital Welcomes New Senior Vice President
Advantage Business Capital welcomed Todd Waldrip to its growing team. With over 30 years of experience in the industry, Waldrip will be focused on asset-based
World Cup: Despite U.S. loss, Phoenix businesses expect booming crowds to continue
Even with the U.S. team out of the tournament, local Phoenix bars are gearing up for two more weeks of high energy and big crowds from diverse fan bases.
Nationals Star Displays Most Insane Power Surge Since Kyle Schwarber
About two weeks ago, I wrote that Luis Garcia Jr. was the missing piece on the team that was going to push the Washington Nationals to the next level. Well, I was right and wrong. I was right because since that point, Garcia has been absolutely raking. Over his last 15 games, the Nats first baseman ...
Block Parties Are The New Business Meeting For Millennial Founders
Community based events are helping millennials foster real business connections.
The Hub at Nocatee plans to combine retail, dining and entertainment
Tampa-based Center Connect Development has two similar concepts in the state, but the Hub at Brooklyn is not one of them.
All-conference college baseball player detained by ICE
The family of Savannah State star baseball player Johan Sandoval is asking for help after they say he was detained by ICE.
Behavioral Health Art Show Celebrates Creativity and Personal Growth
County Behavioral Health Services brought creativity and community together on June 12 at the Southeastern Live Well Center for its annual Strengths Based Case Management Art Show. More than a showcase, the art show highlights how creativity can open doors to healing and give participants a chance to be seen for their talent, not their challenges.
An Urgent Threat to the Foundation of Federal Science Funding
New proposed regulations on the use of federal funding could cripple American science by replacing merit-based peer review of research projects with the whims of political appointees and ending support for the publication of research results. An entomologist and former federal government leader urges anyone who supports science to contact policymakers to oppose the proposed rules.
Here's How the iPhone 18 Pro Max Will Compare to the iPhone 18 Pro
Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max in September. The devices will have a lot in common, but the latest leak suggests that the Pro Max model will take an even bigger step forward in regards to battery life. According to new filings in a Chinese regulatory database, it appears that the iPhone 18 Pro Max will be equipped with a 5,567mAh battery in the U.S., while the iPhone 18 Pro will seemingly have a 4,288mAh battery.
Rogers Completes Toronto Sports Empire With $3.1B MLSE Purchase
Rogers Communications has reached an agreement with Kilmer Sports to buy the remaining 25% of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), which owns the NHL’s Maple Leafs, NBA’s Raptors and MLS’ Toronto FC. Rogers is paying CAD $4.35 billion ($3.06 billion based on current exchange rates). The transaction, which is expected to close in the …
Sisters Behind For Goodness Cakes Co. Share Business Journey
Sisters Sammy Eiserman and Sydney Ferraro, founders of the New York based food truck and bakery, For Goodness Cakes Co., sit down with TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer to share how they built their dessert business together.
Oregon Ducks Football Baseball News
Oregon Ducks Football Baseball Headlines from around the country
iPhone 18 Pro Battery Capacities Revealed by Regulatory Filings
New Chinese regulatory certification filings appear to confirm the battery capacities of Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max models. According to new filings in China's C3 database, spotted by the leaker known as "Digital Chat Station" on Weibo, the iPhone 18 Pro is seemingly rated for 4,056mAh in China and 4,288mAh in the U.S., up modestly from the iPhone 17 Pro's 3,988mAh and 4,252mAh.
Startups move to Colorado amid concerns state losing its luster for tech companies
A biotech startup and an aerospace startup said their moves to Colorado were based on lifestyle issues and the state’s business climate.
AeroSafe Global turns sustainable healthcare logistics into a high-growth business
Rochester-based AeroSafe Global pioneers cold-chain-as-a-service, employing nearly 200 locally and operating in 80 countries with sustainable pharma logistics.
These 5 Android apps are so good, I'm surprised they're free
Free Android apps almost always have some catch. These don't — no paywalls, no subscriptions, not even ads.
SSM Health seeks to toss St. Mary’s nurse union election
Nurses at Madison’s St. Mary’s hospital won a union election last month. Missouri-based SSM Health, who owns the hospital, wants to throw out the results.
Integrating Behavioral Health Into Value-Based Care
Learn how a primary care–anchored model can improve behavioral health access, outcomes and value-based care performance
What if the Universe Isn’t as Uniform as Scientists Think?
A study based on 47 million galaxies found that the cosmic web retains patterns on enormous scales, which could force a reevaluation of a pillar of cosmology.
We tried Base44's first LLM model to make a website
Base44 said its new AI model aims to be faster, burn through fewer credits, and produce better designs than frontier models. We put it to the test.
Famitsu's most wanted games - July 5, 2026 - Xenoblade Genesis makes first appearance, Zelda moves up
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart outlining what Japanese gamers are looking forward to based on reader votes. This is a pretty interesting week as more titles are starting to pop up from the summer showcases. As part of that, Xenoblade Genesis lands on the chart for the first time. Zelda: Ocarina of Time also just...
Bulls rookie Caleb Wilson reveals his favorite sport before basketball
Recent No. 4 overall pick Caleb Wilson revealed that baseball was his favorite sport growing up, before he ultimately chose basketball.
Opinion: Legislating fisheries management from DC is fishy politics
Sen. Dan Sullivan’s bill risks turning a science-based system into election-year politics, with coastal communities left to pay the price.
Tencent Music (TME) Stock May Be 36% Undervalued On Cash Flow Strength
Tencent Music Entertainment Group stock has had a tough run over the last year, yet both the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) intrinsic value estimate and the earnings-based valuation checks currently point to the shares trading at a discount to that underlying assessment. Over the past 12 months, Tencent Music Entertainment Group is down 54.5%, which means recent shareholders are sitting on sizeable paper losses despite the stock screening as undervalued. The key support for any upside case is...
Yankees Social Media Spotlight: The Fourth of July
The Fourth, LeBron shenanigans, and the less we talk about baseball, the better.
Pirates Series Takeaways: Speedy Griffin, Offense By Committee
The Pirates (46-45) took two out of three against the Nationals in Washington, posting a 4-3 record through the first […] The post Pirates Series Takeaways: Speedy Griffin, Offense By Committee appeared first on Pittsburgh Baseball Now.
Science SARU's New 'The Ghost in the Shell' Series Premieres on Prime Video on July 7
A new anime series based on the hugely popular Ghost in the Shell franchise is coming to Prime Video on July 7. The news was announced at Prime Video’s new International Originals event held in London. The new Ghost in the Shell series will be directed by Mokochan, who will be making his directorial debut […]
Virginia Hemp Farmers And Businesses Worry About Changes Included In Newly Passed Marijuana Market Legislation
Legislators want to “change the law that they created, to clearly favor Wall Street corporations over Virginia farmers and small businesses.” By Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury A legal cannabis market is set to take effect in Virginia next summer under the final state budget, but Mannassas-based Barbara Biddle has already given notice to her […]
Connections: Steve Toth appointed Thrilled Land company president
Cave Springs-based Thrilled Land Investments LLC, parent company of Leadership Properties and Thrilled Home Builders, recently named Fayetteville business leader Steve Toth as the company’s first president. Toth has more...
Electronic Health Record Ehr Systems Market Forecast Points Higher Toward 2035, Driven by Interoperability Mandates and Cloud Migration
World EHR systems market forecast to 2035: 6-8% CAGR, cloud adoption, interoperability mandates, and value-based care drive growth. Key players and regional insights.
Science & Medicine: Training health care workers to save lives in Texas maternity care deserts
In the nearly half of Texas counties considered maternity care deserts, few health care workers are trained to handle a pregnancy emergency like maternal cardiac arrest. A simulation-based training program from an expert at UT San Antonio's Kate Marmion School of Public Health aims to change that, and reduce preventable deaths in the process.
Science & Medicine: Training health care workers to save lives in Texas maternity care deserts
In the nearly half of Texas counties considered maternity care deserts, few health care workers are trained to handle a pregnancy emergency like maternal cardiac arrest. A simulation-based training program from an expert at UT San Antonio's Kate Marmion School of Public Health aims to change that, and reduce preventable deaths in the process.
For the 2014 film Interstellar, director Christopher Nolan hired Caltech physicist Kip Thorne as his science consultant — and the visual simulations Thorne helped design for the film's black hole were so mathematically accurate that they generated two peer-reviewed scientific papers and became the model for how astrophysicists visualize black holes today
In late 2012, when the American film director Christopher Nolan formally took over the production of a Warner Brothers science-fiction project that had been drifting through Hollywood development since approximately 2005 (originally intended for Steven Spielberg, based on a screenplay concept the film producer Lynda Obst had developed jointly with the Caltech theoretical physicist Kip […]
MLB All-Star rosters announced, with Dodgers, Braves and Phillies tied for most players named
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will start at first base despite having, so far, the worst season of his career.
Royals vs Phillies, July 4 game discussion
The Royals must battle for their independence from the MLB cellar against one of the best teams in baseball
Gavin Newsom Signs Law Limiting Mental Health Diversion for People Accused of Crimes
A new California law gives just more flexibility to keep defendants in jail rather than releasing them to community-based mental health treatment programs.
Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Stock May Be Cheap On Cash Flow Yet Pricey On Earnings
Sphere Entertainment has delivered very strong share price gains over the last three years, yet the valuation signals are pulling in different directions, with the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) intrinsic value estimate pointing to some upside while market based multiples look stretched. Sphere Entertainment has returned roughly 387.2% over three years, which puts a spotlight on whether recent gains already reflect most of the good news in the story. Expectations around demand for The Wizard of...
Neil Sudra joins First Fed at Edmonds Business Center
Neil Sudra has joined First Fed as vice president, commercial relationship manager. He will be based in First Fed’s Edmonds Business Center with the Cascade Commercial Banking Team. Sudra has […]
ENTERTAINMENT: ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ onstage at WAC
A touring company brings “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” (a jukebox musical featuring tunes from Jacques Offenbach to Lady Gaga with a book by John Logan, based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film) to Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center.
Opinion: Sports is one of America's greatest traditions and a powerful force that unites us
From Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier to Pat Tillman enlisting after 9/11, American sports showcase patriotism and unity at their finest.
I took my 3 kids to a Mets Sunday family game. It's a core memory.
Watching my three children experience their first Major League Baseball game reminded me why family traditions are worth starting.
For one small business, AI was key to a quick start and expansion
Here Now Health isn't an AI-based company, but its quick path from an idea in founder Michelle Turner's mind to an operating mental health platform for foster children relied deeply on the technology now restructuring the U.S. economy.
For one small business, AI was key to a quick start and expansion
Here Now Health isn't an AI-based company, but its quick path from an idea in founder Michelle Turner's mind to an operating mental health platform for foster children relied deeply on the technology now restructuring the U.S. economy. Working from her Virginia Beach home, she used AI tools to school herself in startup culture, create a business plan and fine-tune a presentation for early-stage investors. Funding began to flow, and the company, launched in January 2025, now has 16 employees and is certified in three states to provide Medicaid-funded mental health counseling for children entering the foster system, a gap in care she identified through her own experience as a foster parent.
The World Cup is just now discovering Middle America’s big heart. These Irish bingo kingpins built a $24 million business knowing it all along
Craig Reynolds and Will Meara launched Bingo Loco in a Dublin basement in 2017. Nine years later, Locomotive sells a million tickets a year in 300 cities.
The Nationals scorch the Pirates with 5 home runs to push Bucs back under .500
WASHINGTON — The ball was flying on a scorching Friday in D.C. It didn’t seem to fly as far for the Pirates. The Washington Nationals hit five...
Coco Gauff supports younger brother's baseball dreams but finds the sport a bit slow
Tennis star Coco Gauff knows baseball pretty well and watches her younger brother's games when she can.
FSU Health nurse practitioner arrested on drug fraud, falsifying medical records charges
A Tallahassee-based nurse practitioner is accused of obtaining prescription medications by prescribing them to her receptionists for her to pick up.
R.J. Harvey among 3 biggest AFC West RB fantasy bargains
Running backs frequently make or break fantasy seasons. Here are three of the biggest RB fantasy bargains in the AFC West based on ADP.
Top Marketing and Business Leaders at Cannes Lions: Strictly Business
Leaders from NBCUniversal, IBM, State Farm, Autodesk and Coinbase talk trends on Variety's 'Strictly Business' podcast recorded during Cannes Lions.
1 in 5 adults make health decisions based on what they see on social media despite widespread mistrust
Every few scrolls, another health expert appears on the screen. While some are genuinely qualified, others simply sound convincing enough to pass as one. With AI-generated content flooding feeds, avoiding ...
Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Slugger Esmerlyn Valdez headlines pickups going into 4th of July weekend
Cavalli and Contreras get 7-game bans after Nationals-Red Sox fight
Washington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli and Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras were each issued seven-game suspensions by Major League Baseball for their role in a benches-clearing fight between the two teams.
Gem Printing has survived wars, recessions and battled e-commerce to make it to 108
A 108-year-old, family-owned business in Metairie has stuck around due to a fervent customer base and a pervasive party culture in New Orleans.
Roma, Basel reach agreement over Calafiori’s resale clause
Riccardo Calafiori is one of the players who emerged from Roma’s youth system and has managed to establish himself on the big stage. The former Giallorossi defender won the Premier League with Arsen...
Claude Fable 5 isn’t permanently leaving subscriptions, Anthropic says
Anthropic says Claude Fable 5 won't be accessible via Claude subscriptions after July 7, but it's not a permanent change, and the company expects the model to return outside the usage-based plan soon.
Global dietary estimates for conducting health, environmental and economic impact assessments
Nature Food - The Global Dietary Database for Impact Assessments provides information on what people eat across countries and demographic groups by integrating data on food availability,...
‘Check Your Political Identities at the Door’: Lawmakers Come to UVA Darden to Practice Leadership
A select group of state legislators will gather at UVA Darden for a nonpartisan leadership program focused on productive disagreement, values-based decision-making and leading across political differences.
MAGA Base Stays Quiet After Trump Reports Billions in Personal Gains
A new mandatory disclosure revealed that the president has earned $2.2 billion during the first year back in the White House.
Ben Rice Reveals New Yankees Partnership Ahead of Twins Series
New York Yankees first baseman Ben Rice made a special announcement.
F.B.I. Assigns Scores of Analysts to Examine Election Records in Georgia
The expansion of an investigation into Fulton County’s election office reflects President Trump’s desire to prove his baseless claims that the 2020 election in Georgia was rigged.
Exclusive: Trump administration plans to boost worksite immigration enforcement after increase in criminal probes
The Trump administration is planning for an increase in worksite enforcement operations, with multiple federal agencies involved in determining how to boost the number of immigration arrests and placate the president’s base, according to five sources familiar with the discussions.
Businesses Are Stuck in an Efficiency Illusion — Here's Why More Decks Don't Mean Better Decisions
In an AI-accelerated workplace where output is increasingly easy to generate, real professional value comes from judgment, restraint and clarity. Here's why professionals must move beyond volume-based execution and learn to deliver the strategic conviction leaders actually trust.
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Could Be Getting Story DLC
A listing on the Epic Game Store database points to multiple DLCs
2026 Phillies MLB Draft Preview: Caden Sorrell, OF
Just as I was trying to figure out who to write up next, Baseball America popped out their 5th mock draft, this time with a new name as the Phillies pick. It doesn’t sound like there’s sourcing for this or actual rumors of Phillies interest so much as there is “It’s the 36th pick. Who […]
Entertainment-focused Cosmic Sports launches black light ice hockey venture
Cosmic Sports founder Chris Martin the success of Cosmic Baseball to the ice, announcing the launch of the glow in the dark, barnstorming property Cosmic Hockey.
iPhone 18 Pro Max’s huge battery size reportedly leaked
A new report from Macworld based on social media leaks claims to know iPhone 18 Pro Max’s exact battery capacity, and it seems impressive.
City Hall visit, packed entertainment slate highlight 2026 HBCU Swingman Classic schedule
Major League Baseball today announced the pregame and philanthropic details for the 2026 HBCU Swingman Classic presented by USA Baseball, highlighted by a team visit to City Hall, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s first pitch, uniform patches honoring HBCU legend Roger Cador and pregame entertainment by Grammy-Award winner Durand Bernarr
Rep. Young Kim Introduces Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Act to Strengthen U.S. Leadership, Support American Jobs, and Help Families Globally
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) introduced the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Act to deploy proven, American-made interventions that reduce maternal and child mortality around the globe while supporting U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. Each year, nearly 260,000 women die from preventable pregnancy-related complications. Evidence-based solutions like Multiple Micronutrient Supplement (MMS) prenatal vitamins,
Croatia criticised for ‘unambitious’ changes to 2022 science law
Croatia’s science ministry has been accused of a lack of ambition, and even incompetence, over proposed changes to the country’s 2022 science law. Critics say an opportunity has been missed to fix wider shortcomings in the research and universities system.“This law, like all the previous ones, will not significantly change the current state of science in Croatia,” Vlatko Silobrčić, a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences, told Science Business. “A small shift here and there will not have a significant impact.”The 2022 law introduced multi-year block grant financing of research, based on results, and changes intended to boost employment and career progression for researchers and lecturers. But implementation of the law has been uneven. “It became apparent that certain of its provisions were subject to different interpretations by higher education institutions and scientific institutes,” the science ministry said in its proposal for change. “This caused legal uncertainty in the system, administrative difficulties in implementation and, in certain cases, unequal treatment of teachers, scientists and students.”Most of the proposed amendments deal with technicalities in hiring and promoting staff, such as extending the committee deadlines from 60 to 90 days, or allowing applicants to cite all of their achievements and not only those since their last appointment.Both the ministry and Croatian media highlighted changes that would raise the retirement age from 65 to 67 years and allow part-time students 15 year rather than 10 years to finish their studies.The change to retirement age has been criticised for reinforcing a weakness in the system. According to Matko Marušić, professor emeritus at the University of Split, this will “allow unproductive teachers to advance and work longer, while hindering and discouraging productive ones.”A longtime campaigner for excellence-based meritocracy, he sees little hope in the new legislation. “I am not optimistic that things will improve,” he told Science Business. “As recent changes to the law in Croatia show, the legal framework is becoming increasingly hypocritical and harmful.”For Marušić, who analyses Croatia's university system in a recently published book, the situation is “unfavourable and constantly deteriorating” due to the criteria used for academic advancement.“The key criterion for advancement should be scientific productivity,” he said. “In Croatia [. . .] scientific criteria are increasingly lowered, and ineffective and absurd criteria such as waiting times for promotion and age limits for remaining in a job are promoted.” He would also like to see better criteria for the quality of teaching at universities. “In practice, teaching is not monitored or evaluated,” he said, estimating that up to a third of teaching simply does not take place. “Under the guise of university autonomy and bad laws, universities and faculties are allowed to earn additional money by increasing enrolment quotas that have nothing to do with the needs of the labour market.” Lack of ambitionDora Kršul, a reporter at Telegram.hr who covers science policy in Croatia, finds the rationale for changes “bizarre.” “The ministry responsible for supervising the uniform application of the law is changing the law because it is being implemented unevenly,” she said. “This primarily speaks to the power relationship in the sphere of science and higher education in Croatia, that is, the question arises as to who actually manages this system.”Rather than raising quality, she continued, the changes appear to be designed to help vocational and applied universities who have not been complying with the law.The Independent Union of Research and Higher Education Employees of Croatia said that the changes were “unambitious” and represent a missed opportunity for more important changes. “We think some of the changes are even negative,” it said in its statement on June 25. One of these is introduction of an “assistant” job title that allows people to be hired only for the duration of a project. Related articles: Elections to top science bodies test Croatia’s gender equality in researchSlovakia revises R&D approach to increase focus on competitivenessLatvia pilots citizen engagement in research grant evaluationsThe union’s president, Tvrtko Smital, who was part of the 15-member working group tasked with drafting the changes, told the local media there was a “worrying lack of ambition” in the process, and “lack of competence” in terms of research experience and understanding the problems in the system.“There is no clear will to deal with the problems,” said Smital, an assistant professor of marine and environmental sciences at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb. “It’s a combination of unambitiousness and incompetence,” he went on, expressing his “deep frustration” with the situation. “There is no strategy, no clear thinking, and money is not being spent optimally.”Croatia’s science ministry has not responded to requests for comment.
NJ lawmakers approve extra mental health support for schools
New Jersey lawmakers approved a plan to expand school-based mental health services over the coming years, a priority for Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who is expected to sign the bill.
Why Norma Kamali Swapped Fashion Shows for Team Fitness
The New York-based designer says free exercise classes are an investment in her team’s mental health and her brand’s resilience.
4 surprising (and evidence-based) health benefits of drinking coffee
Hundreds of studies have shown that a cup of joe — or more! — every day may protect against some major diseases.
Sports entertainment veteran homers with interactive gaming sports bar, baseball outing indoors
Serial entrepreneur Lance Windholz — who spiked a career in tech to build community around beach volleyball in Shawnee — is batting again; this time, taking a swing at sports entertainment and the resurgent popularity of baseball.
CMS proposes updates to home health payments for CY 2027, updates to provider enrollment and quality and value-based purchasing programs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 1 issued its calendar year 2027 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system. The rule proposes a 2.4% update, which includes a 3.1% market basket update, reduced by a 1.0 percentage point cut for productivity, as well as an 0.3 percentage point increase related to outlier payments. In addition, the agency proposes a temporary cut of 3.0% that it states is necessary to achieve budget-neutral implementation of the Patient-driven Groupings Model.
Manager Jacqueline Mosher Joins Industry Entertainment
EXCLUSIVE: Manager Jacqueline Mosher has joined Industry Entertainment. Mosher works with a mostly literary-focused client base across film and TV and comes to Industry after seven years at Rain Manag...
Experity acquires AI firm to automate urgent care revenue management
The move by the Machesney Park-based Experity is meant to accelerate revenue cycle management automation through artificial intelligence.
How Bridge Entertainment Labs' Steven Olikara Is Building Community Across America's Deepest Divides
Steven Olikara identifies a "division industrial complex" where media and politics profit from societal polarization, fostering hatred based on false narratives. To counter this, Olikara, drawing from...
How Bridge Entertainment Labs' Steven Olikara Is Building Community Across America's Deepest Divides
Steven Olikara identifies a "division industrial complex" where media and politics profit from societal polarization, fostering hatred based on false narratives. To counter this, Olikara, drawing from his experiences in music and politics, founded Bridge Entertainment Labs.
VOTE: Are Supreme Court decisions based more on the Constitution or base politics?
Do you think the Supreme Court makes decisions based on the U.S. Constitution or base politics?
Anthropic launches Claude Science AI workbench for researchers
Claude Science connects more than 60 databases and tools in one environment, running on existing Claude models with no specialized biology training
ACCESS Model: behavioral health edition
A new value-based care program for chronic condition management begins July 5. | A new payment model is designed to pay digital health companies based on outcomes in chronic condition management. But where does behavioral health fit? This episode explores that question with SonderMind and Headspace, two companies participating in the model's behavioral health track.
Sony will cease production of discs for new PlayStation games in 2028
New games sold for PlayStation consoles will only be available digitally and won’t be sold on discs effective January 2028, Sony has announced. The move applies to all PlayStation games released from that point on, including those made by Sony and those released by third parties. The PlayStation group calls the change “a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs,” according to a PlayStation blog post reviewed by Game File in advance of its publication. As movies, TV and music have shifted from physical media to an age of downloads and streaming, Sony’s move could speed the demise of physical media in a gaming. The industry has offered consumers games via cartridges, cassettes, floppy discs, CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays across a 50-year stretch. Sony has been reporting to investors in recent years that PlayStation games have been increasingly purchased as downloads, not as discs. The most recent figures show nearly four in five purchases of full games for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 were purchased digitally in the past year. Stats like that may cause today’s news to carry an air of the inevitable. But Sony’s declaration for 2028 is still likely to produce a shock, as the biggest gaming platform on the planet that uses game discs leaves them behind. Discs going away, but the fate of game boxes is unknown Sony is committing to still selling games in physical retailers even after they drop discs in 2028. Just how those games will be sold—in boxes with codes inside, as cards marked with digital redemption codes—is unclear. Digital games will also continue to be sold in the online PlayStation Store. New games released for PlayStation consoles prior to January 2028 will be unaffected by the policy change, Sony says. That means the PS5 games of 2027, be they a new Madden, a new God of War, a new Call of Duty, a new Sly Cooper (one can dream?), would still potentially be offered on disc. PlayStation 6 implications Sony’s timeline for a transition to a no-disc era will also spin up more speculation about the timing and configuration of Sony’s next-generation console, the probable PlayStation 6. “This pretty much guarantees that PS6 won’t arrive until 2028 at the earliest,” Piers Harding-Rolls, senior games research analyst at Ampere Analysis tells Game File. Harding-Rolls also concludes from today’s news that “the base version of a PS6 will not include a physical media drive,” as Sony looks to keep costs down on the device. Sony itself is saying nothing about the PS6 today: not its timing, nor how it might or might not support internal or external disc drives in order to run disc-based PS4 and PS5 games, should the console be backwards compatible. The many signs this was coming Industry support for games being released on physical media has been waning. As has consumer interest in them. PC games effectively went all-digital years ago, thanks to the popularity of playing games through Steam and other digital storefronts. The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that kept much of the global population home helped shift shopping patterns toward downloads. Sony’s own data shows PlayStation game downloads being an uncommon consumer choice a decade ago and now becoming the norm. On consoles, physical media has been in such decline that Sony and Microsoft both launched their current gen Xbox Series and PS5 consoles in 2020 with cheaper versions that lacked disc drives. In early 2024, Phil Spencer, then head of Xbox, told me that ““[w]e ship games physically and digitally, and we’re really just following what the customers are doing.” He added that the game industry had become an outlier in still supporting disc-based entertainment, even as movies and TV have bailed on discs in favor of downloads and steaming: “Gaming consoles themselves have kind of become the last consumer electronic device that has a drive. And this is a real issue, just in terms of the number of manufacturers that are actually building drives and the cost associated with those. And when you think about cogs that we’re going to go put in a console—and as you have fewer suppliers and fewer buyers—the cost of the drive does have an impact.” Last year, the Nintendo’s Switch 2, which uses cartridges rather than discs, introduced the concept of game-key cards, which are physical media that contain no game, just a prompt for a download. Even disc-based games aren’t what they once were, now frequently containing just stubs of games rather than the whole thing. The website Does It Play has tested over 3000 games and found that, for example, that the disc version of this year’s hit 007: First Light, only contained the game’s first mission, with the rest needing to be downloaded. Beyond all that, last week brought the news that Grand Theft Auto VI, likely the biggest game launch this decade, will debut for PS5 and Xbox Series without a disc-based version. Today’s big news comes to you for free. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and ensure more of my work is possible, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Discs helped define PlayStation However the trends in entertainment may be going, it is still remarkable to see PlayStation ditch discs given their importance in PlayStation history: In the late 1990s, the first PlayStation’s support for games on relatively cheap CD-ROMs instead of traditional game cartridges allowed the upstart console to outmaneuver cartridge-based systems from Nintendo and Sega, as it drove down game prices down in the process. (The cheaper disc format even prompted Final Fantasy VII maker Square to taunt Nintendo in a magazine ad, saying that if the game was “available on cartridge, it’d retail for around $1200.”) PlayStation devices often doubled as machines for watching movies and TV on the latest disc-based formats. In the late 2000s, for example, Sony’s pricy PS3 gained traction as a go-to device for playing then-novel Blu-Ray discs. In 2013, Sony effectively roasted the digital game-sharing restrictions proposed by rival Microsoft for its upcoming Xbox One console by showing how games could be shared for the then-upcoming PS4. In a 21-second clip that has over 20 million views on YouTube, one PlayStation executive simply handed a game box—presumably with disc inside—to another, who said “thanks.” Sony’s possible motivations The PlayStation announcement today cites “consumer preferences” and a shift away from discs among “the broader entertainment industry,” but does not delve into the decision-making process that brought Sony to this point. Sony is not discussing the economics of this move (I asked!), but there are a number of potential factors: Abandoning discs will spare Sony the cost of manufacturing and shipping them, which analysts and industry veterans I spoke to said could account for $1 or so of a game’s retail price. For first-party games, that’s direct savings for Sony, though the amount is limited by the winnowing percentage of people who were even buying the disc-based versions. For third-party games, Sony could pass the savings on to partners or just retain the better profit margin for themselves. As the 2024 comments from Phil Spencer alluded to, leaving discs behind could mean leaving disc-drives behind, allowing Sony to produce consoles more cheaply. Switching to digital-only for games could diminish the risks of copies of new games leaking. It would also seemingly make second-hand sales of used games impossible, pushing more people to buy their own copies of games. These economic benefits for Sony could be boons for the games industry overall, Ampere analyst Piers Harding-Rolls tells Game File. Among other things, it could free publishers and retailers from having to worry about securing an inventory of game discs when trying to sell games, he noted. “If there is a way to streamline the business of games retail, I generally think it’s a good thing for the industry as it removes unnecessary costs,” Harding-Rolls said. “This will help offset pressure on margins from other directions – development and staffing costs for example.” Should the industry shift from game boxes that contain discs to smaller, cheaper game cards, Harding-Rolls said, that reduces pressure on publishers and retailers. “The advantage of everything going digital for the industry is that sales can be tracked much more easily and there is less commercial risk for publishers wanting to continue selling via retail,” he said. The shift to no discs will also likely impact game development timelines, as developers will no longer face the same urgency to have a build ready to submit to PlayStation for the production of a disc, as industry experts noted around GTA VI’s no-disc news last week. Instead, projects may gain weeks of development time, in the event delivery deadlines for platform approval move closer to release date. Preservationists’ likely worries While millions of gamers have shifted to digital, there are still people who associate game discs—and only game discs—with actual ownership of PlayStation games. That portion of the gaming community spoke up last week about wanting to buy a version of GTA VI that they could hold in their hands, could lend to a friend and could potentially pop into a well-preserved PS5 console three decades from now and still see it run. Such gamers didn’t want to worry that they’d merely purchased a digital copy that could lose access to the game if, say, the company behind the game someday turns of the servers that transmit downloadable copies. Digital copies of games are inherently less long-lasting, because consumers aren’t actually buying a game (on a disc), just buying access to the game. The fine print in online gaming shops notes this, as does a recent law that went on the books in California in 2025. That lasw requires game publishers doing business in the state to refrain from words like “sell” when offering digital copies of games, unless they explicitly tell consumers that what’s being sold isn’t the game itself but a potentially revocable license to access it. A Sony spokesperson noted to Game File that “[w]ith all digital content, including games, movies, and music, players are purchasing a personal license for non-commercial use.” Regarding the fears of PlayStation games being lost to time in an all-digital era, the rep also noted that Sony remains “committed to delivering experiences from past generations to the new platforms our players are using.” They noted that PlayStation has used emulation and remasters to keep offering its classic games to modern gamers. It’s true that many consumers have become accustomed to not having physical copies of new music albums or movies, but the relative precariousness of digital copies of games is in fact being highlighted today by…. Sony’s other big announcement: the upcoming closure of the PS3 and PS Vita online stores Sony said today that it will be closing the online marketplaces for its PlayStation 3 console and PS Vita handheld in most countries in July 2027 (sooner elsewhere: August 2026 for the PS3 store Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua; late 2026 for PS3 in other Latin American countries and the Middle East). “We know this news may be disappointing to PS3 and PS Vita players who hold a special place in their hearts for this generation of gaming,” Sony said in its announcement, saying the move “was not an easy decision for us to make.” Sony said that PS3 and Vita marketplaces “are no longer able” to support modern commerce systems, prompting a “need” to close the shops and focus on more modern PlayStation platform stores. The news may spark some deja vu. Sony announced back in March 2021 that it planned to take the PS3, Vita and PlayStation Portable marketplaces offline that summer. The move would have caused some 2,000 digital-only games to become unavailable for new purchasers, according to a VGC analysis at the time. Fans complained loudly. By April 2021, Sony walked back the PS3 and Vita shop closures, with then PlayStation boss Jim Ryan saying “it’s clear that we made the wrong decision here.” This time around, Sony is giving a longer notice period in most regions. The closure of those stores is still likely to cut off access to new purchases of digital-only PS3 and Vita games. The current PlayStation 5 marketplace sells PS5 and PS4 games, as well as a selection of PS1 and PS2 games. It does not sell PS3 games, because games for that platform can’t run on the system (some are offered via a PlayStation Plus streaming option). Vita games also aren’t sold via PS5. Sony says digitally purchased PS3 and Vita games will be downloadable after the stores’ shutdowns “for the foreseeable future.” Sony’s move contrasts with Microsoft’s Xbox platform, which continues to sell and support games from all four Xbox console generations. But it puts it in line with Nintendo, which disabled purchases in the marketplace for its Wii console (a contemporary of the PS3) in 2019. Nintendo discontinued purchases in the online shop for its 3DS portable (a contemporary of the Vita) in 2023. The big questions about Sony’s 2028 post-disc era Will Microsoft follow suit, ending support for new disc-based games on Xbox platforms and therefore all game consoles, too? Whether Microsoft does or not, will third-parties that can no longer release games on discs for PlayStation, simply ditch the disc options across the board? Given the GTA VI no-disc experiment launching this November, will more game publishers decide to forgo disc-based offerings even in 2027? How will no-disc PS5/6 games be packaged and sold in brick-and-mortar retail stores? What becomes of game sharing in an all-digital era? Will Sony modify its current set-up, which currently allows some sharing of digital games across a pair of consoles, to allow more casual lending? (See for example, Nintendo’s year-old system of letting players lend a digital game to another player in a “family group” for up to 14 days.) Will there be a version of a PS6 with a disc drive? Or will a drive be offered as an add-on? And how will gamers who want to retain access to PS4/PS5 disc-based games react to whichever configurations Sony chooses to offer? What will the final disc-based PlayStation game be?
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