March 10, 2026
HIPAA's security framework predates the modern threat landscape by decades. The gaps aren't oversights — they're architectural limitations baked into a law written before broadband existed.
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March 7, 2026
CMS released an RFP to replace four decades-old legacy claims processing systems with a single commercial platform. This procurement learned from previous federal failures, emphasizing competition, prototypes, and COTS over custom development.
February 28, 2026
Hard data on the Pentagon's Anthropic designation: market penetration, enterprise exposure, legal precedent, and the double standard created in a single evening.
The Opening Act
#75February 27, 2026
The Anthropic fight was never about one company. It was a warning.
February 26, 2026
The Pentagon's complicated relationship with AI it simultaneously depends on and wants to restrict.
February 24, 2026
A pivotal date for defense health contracting and what it means for the federal health IT landscape.
February 24, 2026
A structural shift in how defense health contracting works, and what capture and BD teams have to rewrite in their playbooks to keep up.
February 21, 2026
A practical guide to building competitive bids for the Community Care Network Next Generation contract by company type. Different company types need different strategies. Here is how to read the evaluation criteria for yours.
February 14, 2026
The GLP-1 medication coverage gap isn't just a benefits issue — it's a military readiness problem hiding in plain sight.
February 12, 2026
The 'human weapon system' concept moves from rhetoric to reality in defense health strategy.
February 10, 2026
The uncomfortable truth about military healthcare access that no one wants to address.
February 5, 2026
What the VA's RISE initiative signals for the future of federal health contracting and the structural reshuffling of federal healthcare spend.