UnityAI Secures $8.5M to Scale Agentic AI for Healthcare Operations
UnityAI announced an $8.5 million Series A round led by Third Prime, bringing its total capital to $15 million. The startup deploys an agentic AI workforce that autonomously manages patient scheduling, referrals, and staff shift coordination across hundreds of care sites. It already processes over 300,000 patient interactions each month, delivering 90% automated scheduling, under 6% escalation, a 25% lift in converted referrals, and up to 65% workforce savings. These results position UnityAI as one of the few AI firms that have moved beyond pilot projects into full‑scale operations.
Personalized, Measurable, Flexible: The Next Generation of Digital Health Networks
Employers have layered dozens of digital health point solutions, creating a fragmented benefits landscape that confuses employees and burdens HR teams. Kris Heinzen argues that true value emerges when these tools are woven into a unified network that prioritizes personalization,...
M&A: Quantum Health Acquires Virtual Care Provider CirrusMD
Quantum Health has acquired on‑demand virtual care provider CirrusMD, creating a combined platform that serves more than 20 million members and employs over 2,300 staff. CirrusMD’s chat‑first model connects patients with a physician in under 60 seconds, 24/7, and is being...
PHTI Evaluates Virtual GI Solutions: Clinical Outcomes and Cost Savings for IBS and IBD
The Peterson Health Technology Institute evaluated five virtual gastrointestinal platforms, separating them into wraparound and clinician‑led models. Wraparound solutions such as Cylinder and Digbi deliver nutrition and behavioral support that improve IBS symptoms and reduce commercial spending by $1,889 per...
Pivot Point Consulting Partners With Microsoft Rural Health Resiliency Program for Dragon Copilot Deployment
Pivot Point Consulting has teamed with Microsoft’s Rural Health Resiliency Program to roll out the Dragon Copilot AI assistant to financially strained rural hospitals. Microsoft is providing a 60% discount off the standard price, while Pivot Point offers free readiness...
DarcyIQ Integrates with Epic and Athenahealth to Slash Admin Time
DarcyIQ, an AI‑powered revenue acceleration platform from Innovative Solutions, has launched native, HIPAA‑aligned integrations with Epic and athenahealth’s athenaOne using Model Context Protocol. The conversational layer lets clinicians and revenue teams interact with EHR data via natural language, eliminating platform...
Medbridge Launches Hybrid Pathway to Prevent Workplace MSK Injuries
Medbridge has launched an Occupational Health Pathway within its Medbridge One Care platform, offering a hybrid (live and virtual) model to prevent musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries among industrial workers. The solution targets three high‑risk groups—production and material handlers, maintenance staff, and...
Anterior Integrates Clinical AI Into HealthEdge GuidingCare for Utilization Management
Anterior has embedded its clinician‑led AI reasoning engine into HealthEdge’s GuidingCare platform, which serves more than 70 health plans and 30 million members. The integration places AI directly inside utilization management workflows, eliminating the need for separate tools. Early production data...
Designing Telehealth for Every Age: What Providers Need to Know About Serving Older Adults
Telehealth’s rapid expansion has left older adults behind because most platforms ignore age‑related cognitive, sensory, and usability challenges. Studies show that while over half of seniors are interested in video visits, only a third feel comfortable using them, highlighting a...
RadNet’s $269M AI Play: DeepHealth Acquires French AI Gleamer
RadNet’s digital health arm DeepHealth is buying French AI specialist Gleamer for up to €230 million in cash, forming the world’s largest provider of clinical radiology AI solutions. Gleamer’s SaaS platform, which automates routine X‑ray triage and draft reporting, boasts a...
M&A: DoseSpot and Arrive Health Merge to Form Interra Health, Advancing ePrescribing Price Transparency
DoseSpot and Arrive Health have merged to create Interra Health, a new player in healthcare technology backed primarily by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities with minority stakes from PSG, Providence and UPMC Enterprises. The combined firm is already profitable, growing at...
Procode AI Exits Stealth With $4M and Acquires RCM Leader The Auctus Group
Procode AI has emerged from stealth with a $4 million funding round led by Story Ventures and backed by CHAP Health Ventures, Progression Fund, and Dmitry Shevelenko. The startup immediately acquired The Auctus Group, the top U.S. medical biller for plastic...
AI in Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management: Moving From Automation to Prediction
Healthcare revenue cycle leaders are shifting from rule‑based automation to AI‑driven predictive analytics. Machine‑learning models now scan claim data, documentation and payer behavior to flag denial risks before submission. Early corrections improve first‑pass acceptance, shorten cash cycles and reduce revenue...
Managing Migraines and Diabetes? Theranica Proves Migraine Wearable Is Safe to Use with CGMs
Theranica published a peer‑reviewed study confirming that its Nerivio Remote Electrical Neuromodulation (REN) wearable can be used concurrently with leading continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems without compromising data accuracy. The trial involved 21 adults with diabetes, testing Abbott FreeStyle Libre...
Handl Health Raises $14.2M to Optimize Employer-Sponsored Health Plans
Handl Health announced a $14.2 million Series A round led by Arthur Ventures, aimed at scaling its unified health‑plan platform for brokers, carriers, and TPAs. The solution aggregates pricing, utilization, benefit, and quality data to let employers model and continuously...
FDB Vela Integrates With Photon Health Digital Prescription Marketplace
First Databank’s cloud‑native ePrescribing network, FDB Vela, has integrated with Photon Health’s digital prescription marketplace. The partnership combines FDB Vela’s HITRUST‑certified, redundant cloud infrastructure with Photon’s consumer‑focused platform that lets patients compare pharmacy options by price, location and availability before...
Honest Health Raises $140M to Scale Value-Based Care Enablement
Honest Health announced a $140 million financing round led by NewSpring Healthcare, with participation from K2 HealthVentures, Rubicon Founders, Oak HC/FT and others. The capital will fund the company’s push to scale its technology‑enabled care coordination and analytics platform across full‑scale...
GE HealthCare and UCSF Health Announce 10-Year Care Alliance for Advanced Imaging
GE HealthCare and UCSF Health have signed a 10‑year Care Alliance to embed advanced imaging technology throughout UCSF’s expanding health system. The partnership will support the construction of two new hospitals—an adult facility at Parnassus Heights and a pediatric center...
Walgreens Launches Virtual Weight Management Platform for Self-Pay GLP-1 Patients
Walgreens has added a virtual weight‑management clinic to its digital health platform, charging a flat $49 per video visit with no monthly subscription. The service targets self‑pay adults aged 18‑64 who need FDA‑approved GLP‑1 medications, and it bundles prescription discounts...
Eko Health Deploys SENSORA AI Cardiac Detection Platform at Wayne General Hospital
Eko Health has partnered with Wayne General Hospital in Mississippi to roll out its SENSORA AI‑assisted cardiac detection platform across emergency and primary‑care units. The system pairs a digital stethoscope with FDA‑cleared AI that analyzes heart sounds in under a...
Baba Emerges From Stealth with $6.5M to Launch Medicare Advocacy Platform
Baba, a patient‑advocacy startup for seniors, announced its emergence from stealth with a $6.5 million seed round led by General Catalyst. The platform blends dedicated nurses and social‑workers with an AI companion to resolve insurance denials, scheduling gaps, and other operational...
CMS Updates MIPS for 2026: Administrative Claims, TEFCA Bonuses, and AI Safety Measures
CMS released its 2026 Merit‑based Incentive Payment System updates, adding administrative claims scoring, a TEFCA participation bonus, and a new AI safety measure. The changes affect quality, interoperability, improvement activities, and cost categories, with retroactive application to 2025 for large...
Beyond Generative AI: Why Healthcare’s Next Leap Depends on Agentic Systems That Can Actually Do the Work
Healthcare’s administrative crisis stems from fragmented, manual workflows rather than mere documentation. While generative AI has streamlined drafting tasks, it fails to automate end‑to‑end processes like prior authorizations, eligibility checks, and denial management. Agentic AI systems, capable of pulling data...
RevSpring Acquires TrustCommerce to Expand Integrated Healthcare Payment Gateway
RevSpring, backed by Frazier Healthcare Partners, has acquired TrustCommerce to create a comprehensive, end‑to‑end healthcare payment platform. TrustCommerce adds enterprise gateway connectivity and deep Electronic Health Record integrations, enabling a "Bring‑Your‑Own‑Merchant" (BYOM) model that lets hospitals retain existing banking relationships....
6 Ways Hospitals Can Structure CMS TEAM Collaboration Agreements with Specialists
The CMS Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) now holds hospitals financially accountable for costly surgical episodes, prompting a shift toward true specialist collaboration. Hospitals must craft Collaboration Agreements that align incentives, share data, and avoid punitive scoring to keep surgeons...
Hims & Hers Acquires Australian Digital Health Eucalyptus for Up to $1.15B
Hims & Hers Health announced a definitive agreement to acquire Australian digital‑health firm Eucalyptus for up to $1.15 billion, with $240 million paid in cash and the balance structured as deferred and earn‑out payments. Eucalyptus, founded in 2019, serves more than 775,000...
4 Out of 5 Rural Texans Face a “Life-Threatening” Chronic Disease Crisis, PCCI Data Shows
An analysis by the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation using its Community Vulnerability Compass finds that four out of five rural Texans live in areas highly vulnerable to life‑threatening chronic diseases. Over 670,000 residents face elevated risk for coronary heart...
Alira Health Sued for Stock Manipulation and Fraud
Alira Health and its CEO Gabriele Brambilla face multiple lawsuits from startup founders alleging fraud, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Securities Exchange Act. The plaintiffs claim Alira used inflated stock to acquire companies, set unattainable performance targets, and then...
Verily Launches Self-Serve Access to Pre Platform with New Segmed and RefinedScience Datasets
Alphabet’s Verily has introduced a free, self‑serve Standard tier for its Pre precision‑health platform, allowing researchers to access the Exchange catalog and Workbench environment with just a Google account. The rollout adds three high‑impact datasets: a single‑cell AML cohort from...
Elsevier ClinicalKey AI Adds NEJM, The Lancet, and HIPAA Compliance
Elsevier has upgraded its ClinicalKey AI platform by adding full‑text access to more than 130 top‑tier medical journals, including NEJM and The Lancet, and by integrating clinical guidelines from leading societies. The new version introduces real‑time traceability, linking AI‑generated answers...
Frist Cressey Ventures Raises $425M Fund to Invest in AI-Native Care
Frist Cressey Ventures closed an oversubscribed $425 million Fund IV, lifting its assets under management close to $1 billion. The new fund zeroes in on early‑stage, AI‑native healthcare companies that can reshape care delivery. Strategic limited partners such as Cigna, MedStar Health and...
Sensei Biotherapeutics Acquires Faeth Therapeutics, Raises $200M to Solve PI3K Resistance
Sensei Biotherapeutics has completed a stock‑for‑stock acquisition of Faeth Therapeutics while simultaneously raising $200 million in a private placement. The deal centers on PIKTOR, an oral combination that simultaneously inhibits PI3K‑alpha and mTORC1/2 to overcome resistance mechanisms in the PI3K/AKT/mTOR axis....
Rainfall Health Raises $15M to Turn CMS Team Mandates Into Revenue
Rainfall Health announced a $15 million Series A round led by Two Bear Capital as the CMS Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) takes effect on Jan 1, 2026. The TEAM mandate ties reimbursement for five high‑cost surgeries to quality metrics, offering hospitals up to a...
Synchrony Medical Secures $5M to Commercialize LibAirty Airway Clearance System
Pivot Point Consulting Acquired by SV Health Investors’ Portfolio Company to Expand Managed Services
Innovative Consulting Group (ICG), a portfolio company of SV Health Investors, has acquired Pivot Point Consulting, which was divested from Highspring. The combined entity will operate under the Pivot Point brand, leveraging its #1 Best in KLAS managed services unit....
The “Silent” Risk in the NICU: Why Your EHR Can’t Protect Infant Feeding
Feeding in neonatal intensive care units is a high‑risk, high‑frequency workflow that many hospitals still manage with paper logs and manual checks because commercial EHRs were not built for end‑to‑end feeding control. The article highlights how gaps in verification—especially before...
GE HealthCare Expands $35M BARDA Contract to Develop AI-Powered Trauma Ultrasound
GE HealthCare has secured a $35 million expansion of its BARDA contract to accelerate AI‑powered ultrasound development for trauma care. The funding will support both hardware and software to create point‑of‑care devices that automatically detect lung collapse and intra‑abdominal bleeding. The...
The Great Opt-Out: Why Patients Are Ditching Insurance for Cash-Pay Digital Care
Vanessa Slowey, CEO of TelyRx, highlights a growing shift as millions of Americans, burdened by rising premiums, limited ACA subsidies and fragile telehealth policies, are opting for cash‑pay digital care. Uninsured rates sit at 27 million, and roughly one‑quarter of insured...
McLaren Health Care Partners with Bunkerhill Health for AI-Powered Cardiovascular Screening
McLaren Health Care has launched Michigan’s first AI‑driven cardiovascular screening program in partnership with Bunkerhill Health. The initiative uses Bunkerhill’s Carebricks platform to analyze routine chest CT scans for incidental coronary artery calcium and aortic valve calcium, biomarkers of heart...
SpendRule Launches AI-Powered Contract Intelligence Platform with OSF HealthCare and MemorialCare
SpendRule has launched an AI‑driven contract intelligence platform that adds a fourth validation layer—contract terms—to traditional three‑way matching in hospital accounts payable. The solution targets the $323 billion purchased‑services spend category, where industry analysts estimate $32 billion in preventable overpayments each year....
The “Pilot Purgatory”: Why 80% of Pharma AI Projects Fail (And How to Fix It)
Artificial intelligence projects in pharma face a steep attrition rate, with roughly 80% of pilots never reaching production. The primary barrier is not algorithmic sophistication but fragmented data silos and delayed governance that hinder scalable deployment. Experts argue that interoperable,...
How Checking Accounts Cut Cash Flow Woes in Your Clinic
Medical clinics face chronic cash‑flow volatility due to delayed reimbursements, labor costs, and fragmented financial systems. The article argues that the structure of a clinic’s checking account is a core revenue‑cycle asset, not merely a passive fund holder. By integrating...
Atlas Oncology Raises $28M to Take “Full Risk” On Patient Costs
Atlas Oncology Partners closed a $28 million Series A financing round led by Flare Capital, with backing from Rubicon Founders. The startup operates a value‑based care platform that assumes full financial risk for a patient’s entire cancer journey, aligning its incentives with...
Montreal AI Company Secai Raises $6.2M to Automate the Front Desk and the Exam Room
Montreal‑based Secai announced a $6.2 million Series A round to scale its dual AI platform—Voxira, an autonomous voice receptionist, and NoteGen, a real‑time clinical documentation tool. The solutions automate patient intake and EMR entry, directly tackling staffing shortages and physician burnout. Secai...
HealthMark Group Acquires Cloud Imaging Provider Purview to Expand Clinical Data Exchange
HealthMark Group announced the acquisition of Purview, an Annapolis‑based cloud medical imaging platform, to strengthen its clinical information exchange portfolio. The deal targets the persistent reliance on physical discs for radiology image sharing, which still accounts for roughly two‑thirds of...
Should Healthcare Organizations Transition to Biometric Security?
Biometric authentication is now mainstream in U.S. healthcare, with roughly 78% of organizations deploying fingerprint or facial‑recognition systems. The technology promises stronger identity assurance, faster workflow access, and reduced patient misidentification, directly addressing HIPAA compliance and safety concerns. However, high...
How Data Integrity Enhances Healthcare Payer Efficiency and Member Trust
Healthcare payers are increasingly judged on billing accuracy and financial predictability, making data integrity a strategic priority. Clean, verified data enables faster eligibility checks, claim approvals, and reduces manual interventions, directly improving operational efficiency. By minimizing billing errors, payers lower...
Medicomp Launches AI Validation Tools to Stop Clinical Hallucinations
Medicomp Systems unveiled a Model Context Protocol (MCP) that links generative AI models to its 45‑year clinical knowledge graph, filtering hallucinations before data enters electronic health records. The suite enables safe AI APIs for diagnostic prompting, chart summarization, quality‑measure evaluation,...
Achieving Independence: Navigating the Landscape of Advanced Mobility and Recovery Support
Specialized mobility restoration providers are increasingly judged on multidisciplinary expertise, advanced prosthetic technology, and measurable outcomes. The article outlines key components such as individualized assessments, integrated rehab services, and continuous patient education that signal high‑quality care. It also highlights the...
Anterior Secures $40M to Expand AI Deployments in Health Plans
Anterior, a clinician‑led AI platform for health insurers, closed a $40 million financing round, raising its total capital to $64 million with investors including NEA and Sequoia. The company differentiates itself through a “Forward Deployed Clinician” model that embeds medical professionals alongside...
