Healthcare — AI coding lifts Mercyhealth revenue; FDA staffing losses detailed; Angelini buys Catalyst for $4.1B; drug-pricing promises meet mixed reality

Healthcare · 2026-05-07

TODAY'S SIGNAL — Three threads dominate today's healthcare landscape: operational AI adoption, regulatory erosion, and pharma deal-making under pricing uncertainty. Mercyhealth's deployment of autonomous AI coding to manage surging claim volumes represents the clearest proof-of-concept yet that mid-size health systems can extract measurable revenue cycle gains from AI without enterprise-scale IT…