Med Tech Solutions (MTS) Acquires Avarion HIT Advisory to Expand Acute Care Managed Services
Med Tech Solutions (MTS) announced the acquisition of Avarion HIT Advisory, a two‑time Best in KLAS healthcare IT advisory firm, to broaden its footprint in acute‑care managed services. The deal merges MTS’s hands‑on capabilities—EHR management, cloud hosting, and cybersecurity—with Avarion’s strategic consulting and leadership expertise. Avarion CEO Robert Kitts will join MTS to head its strategic advisory and staffing divisions. The combined entity aims to offer health systems a single partner that can design, implement, and operate digital transformation initiatives across the entire care continuum.
The Hidden Data Discovery Problem Inside Modern Healthcare Enterprises
Healthcare enterprises are hitting a hidden bottleneck: finding and trusting the right data before any analytics or AI work can begin. Avinash Maddineni notes that teams often spend one to two weeks digging through stale catalogs and manually tracing lineage,...
Premier Inc. Appoints Dr. Emad Rizk as CEO and Chairman to Drive Healthcare Transformation
Premier Inc. has named Dr. Emad Rizk as its chief executive officer, president, and chairman of the board. Rizk arrives with more than three decades of experience, most recently steering Cotiviti through a multibillion‑dollar shift toward payment accuracy and value‑based...
Village Raises $9.5M for AI-Powered Specialty Pediatrics and Coordinated Care Platform
Village, a Los Angeles‑based health‑tech startup, secured $9.5 million led by Upfront Ventures to expand its AI‑driven pediatric specialty platform. The system’s Vera agent automates documentation, scheduling, billing and care coordination for independent therapists, creating a unified network for children with developmental,...
The Intelligence Gap: Why Oncologists Are Buried in Data While Patients Wait for Breakthroughs
Manan Sheth highlights a growing "intelligence gap" in oncology, where physicians juggle an average of 260 active patients while spending roughly 30% of their week on administrative tasks. Rapidly expanding clinical data outpaces human processing, contributing to a 20% failure...
Impact Advisors Acquires Canopii Collaborative to Expand Epic Payer and Tapestry Expertise
Impact Advisors has acquired Canopii Collaborative, a fast‑growing consulting firm that specializes in Epic's payer platform Tapestry, revenue‑cycle optimization, and managed services. Canopii, founded in 2021 and recently ranked 67th on the Inc. 5000, brings deep technical expertise to Impact’s broader...
The Medicaid Maternity Cliff: 84% of Health Plan Leaders Expect Major Care Disruption in 2026
Sage Growth Partners’ Q1 2026 report flags a looming "Medicaid Maternity Cliff," with 52% of Medicaid‑enrolled pregnant women expecting to lose coverage after eligibility redeterminations. The study finds 84% of health‑plan leaders anticipate moderate to severe disruption in maternal and infant...
RevSpring Report: 50% of Consumers Cut Back on Care Due to Financial Confusion and Cost
RevSpring’s national survey of 2,024 U.S. adults finds 94% of consumers want healthcare to be easier to navigate. Roughly 38% struggle to locate an in‑network provider, while 79% are surprised by medical bill prices. Half of respondents admit they cut...
Beyond Concierge Medicine: The Rise of Retained Health Management for Founders
Brad Pierce, co‑founder of Human Sync, argues that founders treat their bodies like an unmanaged asset, relying on annual physicals or concierge medicine that only speed access. He proposes a retained health‑management model that continuously monitors biomarkers, genetics and performance,...
Solving the $150B No-Show Problem: The Rise of Healthcare Conversation Intelligence
Healthcare providers lose up to $150 billion a year to missed appointments, a problem that persists despite the phone’s central role in patient access. Conversation intelligence—AI‑driven analysis of call content, sentiment, and outcomes—turns unstructured voice data into scalable insights. By flagging...
Spring Health Completes Acquisition of Alma to Expand Global Mental Health Network
Spring Health has closed its acquisition of Alma, a membership platform for independent clinicians, creating a unified AI‑native mental‑health network. The combined entity now supports more than 170 million lives across employers and health plans, aiming to eliminate the "reset" problem...
GoodRx Partners with Novo Nordisk to Offer Self-Pay Pricing for New Oral Ozempic® Pill
GoodRx has teamed with Novo Nordisk to sell the newly launched oral Ozempic® pill at transparent self‑pay rates, ranging from $149 to $299 per month depending on dosage. The tiered pricing covers the 1.5 mg, 4 mg and 9 mg strengths, letting patients...
ECRI Urges Congress to Strengthen Regulatory Transparency for Digital Health and CDS Tools
ECRI, a nonprofit patient‑safety group, submitted recommendations to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee urging stronger regulatory transparency for digital health and clinical decision‑support (CDS) tools. The organization warns that many wellness devices—such as blood‑pressure and glucose monitors—operate without FDA...
Medisolv Acquires Health Elements AI to Automate Data Abstraction and Expand Clinical Registry Support
Medisolv has acquired Health Elements AI, an AI‑first platform that automates clinical data abstraction with a reported 96% accuracy rate. The deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, targets the more than 4,000 abstracters Medisolv supports and aims to reduce...
6 Strategies to Help Meet HR1 Eligibility and Enrollment Requirements
The One Big Beautiful Bill (HR1) overhauls Medicaid and SNAP eligibility, with compliance deadlines of Dec 31 2026. State agencies must modernize their enrollment systems to avoid costly delays. Mike Hall outlines six strategies—redesigning community‑engagement workflows, launching early data‑driven outreach, adopting flexible...
AiZtech Labs Launches iSelfie BioSignals in U.S. to Automate Intake and Digital Biomarker Detection
AiZtech Labs has launched iSelfie BioSignals in the United States, a smartphone‑based platform that extracts digital biomarkers from a standard selfie. The system, validated in six studies with over 5,000 participants, measures heart rate, SpO2 and calibrated blood pressure under...
Viz.ai and NRHA Collaborate to Deploy AI in Rural Hospitals
Viz.ai has teamed up with the National Rural Health Association to launch a Rural Hospital & Clinic Partnership Program aimed at narrowing the AI adoption gap in U.S. rural hospitals. Rural facilities are 25% less likely to adopt new technologies...
Healthcare AI Governance: Implementing NIST Trustworthy AI and OWASP Security Guardrails
The article outlines how healthcare providers can operationalize AI governance by adopting NIST’s Trustworthy AI characteristics and OWASP’s security guardrails. It advises treating AI risk like any enterprise risk, appointing accountable executives, and building a cross‑functional oversight committee. A balanced...
Greatly Health Secures $4M to Scale MSK-Validated Integrative Oncology Platform
Greatly Health announced a $4 million seed round co‑led by Pear VC and Commonweal Ventures to expand its MSK‑validated virtual integrative oncology platform. Clinical trials at Memorial Sloan Kettering showed a 16 percent absolute improvement in two‑year overall survival and a 69 percent...
Roon AI-Native Physician Network Launches to Replace MedTwitter with High-Trust Knowledge Exchange
Roon, an AI‑native digital community founded by former Pinterest executive Vikram Bhaskaran and neurosurgeon Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna, has launched a dedicated platform for verified physicians to exchange clinical expertise. The network, positioned as a high‑trust replacement for the waning “MedTwitter,”...
WellSky and AutoMynd Launch First Ambient AI Documentation for Personal Care Agencies
WellSky, in partnership with AutoMynd, is launching WellSky Ambient Documentation for Personal Care, an AI‑driven tool embedded in its EHR platform. The solution records spoken client intake data in real time, automatically populating ADL, IADL and preference fields. Early adopters...
Nordic 2026 Survey: Epic Managed Services Transition From Staffing Support to Strategic IT Operating Model
Nordic Global’s 2026 survey shows 61% of healthcare IT leaders now treat Application Managed Services (AMS) as a core component of their IT strategy rather than a supplemental safety net. The study highlights a stark urban‑rural split: 70% of urban...
Rula State of Mental Health Report 2026: Financial Stress and AI Chatbot Trends in Behavioral Healthcare
Rula’s 2026 State of Mental Health Report, based on a survey of 2,037 U.S. adults, reveals a widening gap between mental‑health awareness and actual service use. Financial stress is the top barrier, with 25% citing cost and half cutting health...
Talkiatry and New York Cancer & Blood Specialists Partner to Expand Mental Health Access for Oncology Patients
New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (NYCBS) has partnered with telepsychiatry provider Talkiatry to embed psychiatric care into its oncology network. The collaboration will roll out across more than 30 NYCBS locations, giving patients access to over 300 board‑certified psychiatrists...
Moderna Deploys Salesforce Agentforce Life Sciences to Unify Global Commercial Operations
Moderna has chosen Salesforce’s Agentforce Life Sciences platform to unify its global commercial operations. The solution will merge data from SAP, e‑commerce and regional systems into a single Customer 360 view, powered by IQVIA OneKey. AI‑driven agents will automate cycle planning,...
Why ‘Wound Closure’ Is The Wrong Metric for Trauma Surgery
The article argues that wound closure is an outdated success metric for trauma surgery, emphasizing that true recovery hinges on functional, aesthetic, and quality‑of‑life outcomes. It highlights regenerative technologies—autologous cell systems and dermal scaffolds—that deliver superior skin regeneration, reduce donor‑site...
Availity Abrasion Index 2026: Denials and Prior Authorization Top Payer-Provider Friction Points
Availity released its inaugural 2026 Abrasion Index, a dual‑sided study measuring administrative friction between U.S. health plans and providers. The report finds that roughly 70% of claim denials are later overturned, creating costly churn, while physicians devote an average of...
The $26B Blind Spot: Why Hospitals Are Failing to Stop Pressure Injuries
Hospital-acquired pressure injuries claim roughly 60,000 U.S. lives and cost an estimated $26.8 billion each year. About 2.5 million patients develop these injuries, with up to one in four ICU patients affected. While electronic health records and predictive analytics flag risk, the...
FDA Clears Tandem Control-IQ+ for Type 1 Diabetes During Pregnancy: First AID System to Earn Indication
The FDA has cleared Tandem Diabetes Care’s Control‑IQ+ system for use in pregnancies complicated by type 1 diabetes, making it the first automated insulin‑delivery (AID) platform with a pregnancy indication in the United States. The clearance covers both the t:slim X2 pump...
Auxira Health and St. Luke’s University Health Network Partner to Expand Virtual Cardiology Support
St. Luke’s University Health Network has teamed with Auxira Health to embed virtual cardiology support teams within its Heart & Vascular network. The pilot launches with 24 cardiologists, each paired with nurse practitioners, medical assistants and registered nurses who handle...
NEJM Catalyst Study Validates No Barrier’s Hybrid AI-Human Model for High-Stakes Surgical Communication
A NEJM Catalyst study at Mass General Brigham independently evaluated No Barrier’s AI‑powered medical interpretation platform alongside remote video interpretation (RVI). The research used a modified technology acceptance model with 23 Spanish‑speaking surgical patients, finding RVI preferred for emotionally sensitive...
EClinicalWorks Launches Healow CCM Specialist Service to Automate Monthly Patient Outreach and Documentation
eClinicalWorks has launched the healow Chronic Care Management (CCM) Specialist Service, a specialist‑as‑a‑service model that embeds certified clinicians into ambulatory practice workflows. The service handles monthly outreach, prescription follow‑ups and care‑plan reviews, automatically documenting calls in the EHR for Medicare...
Compliance-First AI Engineering in Healthcare: Why Platforms Matter More Than Models
In 2025 the healthcare sector spent about $3.7 billion on AI, yet Gartner finds roughly 75 % of pilots never reach production. Piyoosh Rai argues the chief obstacle is not model accuracy but the absence of robust deployment platforms that guarantee compliance,...
IKS Health Acquires TruBridge for Rural EHR and RCM Solutions Expansion
IKS Health announced a definitive agreement to acquire TruBridge for $26.25 per share, valuing the deal at up to $565 million in cash. The merger will combine IKS’s agentic AI care‑enablement platform with TruBridge’s long‑standing rural EHR and revenue‑cycle‑management solutions. Post‑close,...
Almanac Health Launches with $10M to Scale Research-Validated Clinical AI for Point-of-Care Support
Almanac Health announced a $10 million seed round, bringing total funding to nearly $12 million, led by F‑Prime with participation from General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Founded by Stanford physician‑researcher Cyril Zakka, the company commercializes a retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) system that...
Backed by Redesign Health, Gravity Rail Launches with $2.75M to Provide No-Code AI Operating System for Healthcare
Gravity Rail, backed by Redesign Health, launched with a $2.75 million seed round. The no‑code AI operating system lets healthcare teams build, certify, and run AI engagement workflows across voice, SMS, email and web without programming. Early adopters reported a 30%...
Zócalo Health Raises $15M to Expand Community-Based Primary Care and Medicaid Partnerships
Zócalo Health closed a $15 million Series A round led by EO Ventures, raising its total capital to $22.75 million. The company’s AI‑enabled platform and "promotoras de salud" community health‑worker model have delivered four‑fold revenue growth and expanded Medicaid partnerships from two in...
Ambience Healthcare Appoints Dr. Michael Han as CMO to Lead Clinical AI Strategy
Ambience Healthcare announced the appointment of Dr. Michael Han, MD, MBA, as its first Chief Medical Officer to lead the company’s clinical AI strategy and platform expansion. Han, formerly Enterprise CMIO at MultiCare Health System and a dual‑board‑certified urologist and...
Kipu Health Acquires Team Recovery Technologies to Unify the Entire Behavioral Health Patient Journey
Kipu Health has acquired Team Recovery Technologies, adding mobile‑first alumni engagement tools to its already extensive behavioral‑health platform. The deal expands Kipu’s reach beyond clinical and billing functions to cover post‑discharge support, aiming to reduce relapse rates. Team Recovery serves...
Infinitus Systems Launches “Studio”: The First No-Code AI Agent Builder Purpose-Built for Healthcare Complexity
Infinitus Systems has launched Studio, a no‑code AI agent builder designed specifically for healthcare. The platform lets operational teams create and deploy agents via a natural‑language interface, cutting deployment time by 90% and boosting accuracy 40% over manual methods. Its...
How to Scale a Private Medical or Dental Practice From One to 100 Locations
Paul Vigario, CEO of SurfCT, argues that scaling a private medical or dental practice from one to 100 locations hinges on building a flawless first office rather than perfecting clinical skills or splurging on equipment. He warns that perfectionism and...
Strata 2026 Healthcare Financial Outlook Report: Medicaid Cuts and Labor Costs Top CFO Concerns
Strata Decision Technology’s 2026 Healthcare Financial Outlook finds Medicaid reimbursement cuts and rising labor expenses now dominate CFO agendas, with 66% naming Medicaid cuts as their top concern. While 43% anticipate modest margin growth, 25% expect declines, underscoring a focus...
The AI Therapy Crisis: Why the AMA Is Urging Congress to Regulate Mental Health Chatbots
The American Medical Association has written to the Congressional AI and Digital Health Caucuses urging lawmakers to impose strict regulations on mental‑health chatbots. While acknowledging AI’s potential to broaden access to care, the AMA warns that unregulated bots can encourage...
Amperos Health Raises $16M for Agentic AI Denial Management and Revenue Recovery Platform
Amperos Health closed a $16 million Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, building on a $4.2 million seed round. The company launched the first AI‑native, end‑to‑end denial management platform that uses agentic large language models to navigate payer portals, call insurers,...
Real-Time Enrollment: Covered California Scales Google Cloud AI to Transform CalHEERS
Covered California is expanding its partnership with Google Public Sector and Deloitte to revamp CalHEERS, the state’s health insurance eligibility platform, using Google Cloud’s Document AI. The AI automates verification of 25 document types, cutting manual processing by 40% and...
Treehub Launches Stanford-Adjacent AI Health Residency for Early-Stage Academic Founders
Treehub, a boutique residency in Los Altos near Stanford, launches to fund early‑stage academic founders in AI‑driven healthcare. Backed by the AI Health Fund, the program provides a “first check” before incorporation and runs quarterly cohorts of up to 10...
Lumeris Launches Native Audio for Tom Platform to Address US Primary Care Physician Shortage
Lumeris has launched Native Audio for its Tom primary‑care‑as‑a‑service platform, embedding Google Cloud’s Gemini native‑audio models to enable real‑time speech‑to‑speech interactions. The feature aims to alleviate the U.S. primary‑care crisis, where roughly 100 million adults lack a regular provider and a...
Eleos Debuts Agentic AI Suite for Community-Based Care
Eleos launched an agentic AI suite at NatCon 2026, adding Clinical Insights, Revenue Cycle Management, and Compliance tools for community‑based care. The platform embeds a HIPAA‑compliant AI co‑pilot into existing workflows, addressing a "shadow IT" crisis where 57% of providers...
From Governance to Enablement: How Healthcare CIOs Can Stop Killing AI Innovation
Healthcare CIOs risk stifling AI projects by treating governance as a barrier. Tony Pastorino argues that rebranding oversight as data enablement and forming cross‑functional teams can unlock responsible innovation. He advises separating idea generation from compliance checks and focusing on...
AcuityMD Secures $80M to Bring Agentic AI to MedTech Sales
AcuityMD announced an $80 million Series C round led by StepStone Group, pushing its valuation to roughly $955 million after raising more than $160 million total. The capital will accelerate the rollout of AcuityAI, an agentic AI platform that delivers real‑time sales insights for...