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Healthcare marketplace Aligned Marketplace secured $20M in Series A funding led by healthcare venture firm Venrock.The platform directly connects self-insured employers and Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) to a national network of independent advanced primary care (APC) and direct primary care (DPC) practices across all 50 states (comprising 3,000+ clinics).Actuarial data from a 2025 Fortune 500 employer program demonstrated a 12% reduction in total cost of care for
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Cedar Launches Purpose-Built AI Agents for Patient Revenue Recovery
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Cedar officially announced the Kora Platform, evolving its single AI billing agent into an integrated suite of purpose-built, autonomous AI agents designed for healthcare revenue recovery.Built on a foundation of 1.5 billion+ patient interactions, $13.6 billion in processed payments, and 63 million+ patients served, Kora integrates directly into existing EHR, telephony, and contact center environments.The platform features Autonomous Inbound Voice, Autonomous Outbound
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Cityblock Health Expands Humana Partnership to Serve 20,000 North Carolina Medicare Advantage Members
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Cityblock Health announced a major expansion in North Carolina to deliver its 24/7 wrap-around care model to nearly 20,000 Humana Medicare Advantage and dual-eligible beneficiaries across 50 counties.Effective July 1, 2026, the partnership supports complex, hard-to-reach populations, including Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan (D-SNP) members, partial dual-eligibles, and Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) recipients.Cityblock's model provides 24/7 in-person and virtual care
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Assort Health Launches AI Agent to Automate End-to-End Referral Conversion
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Assort Health announced the general availability of Referrals, an AI agent purpose-built to automate inbound specialty referral processing, provider matching, and appointment booking.The agent identifies a better-fit provider than the one originally designated in 50% of inbound referrals, optimizing clinical alignment and reducing patient wait times.Powered by Assort's proprietary Synapse model, the agent extracts and structures data from e-faxes, scanned PDFs, EHR feeds,
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Zocdoc Partners with Google Gemini for Real-Time Healthcare Appointment Booking
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Zocdoc has officially partnered with Google as the Gemini app's first health appointments connected apps partner, enabling agentic, real-time appointment scheduling.Google Gemini users (ages 18+ in the US) can search for and book appointments across Zocdoc's network of over 200,000 providers, 200+ specialties, and 10,000+ insurance plans.Providers currently listed on Zocdoc are automatically enabled on Google Gemini without requiring additional software integrations.While
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Oracle Health Launches EHR-Integrated AI Assistant for Plain-Language Records
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The AI-powered Oracle Health Patient Portal is now generally available across the United States.The solution integrates directly into the Oracle Health Electronic Health Record (EHR), allowing patients to view summaries, medical histories, lab trends, and pending tasks in one secure environment.Embedded, context-aware AI translates complex medical documentation, diagnoses, lab results, and treatment options into plain, accessible language.Patients can manage scheduling
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Function Partners with NYU Grossman School of Medicine for Longitudinal AI Disease Detection
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Function announced a research collaboration with NYU Grossman School of Medicine (part of NYU Langone Health) focused on developing next-generation AI models for early, preventive disease detection.The initiative pairs NYU Grossman's deep, longitudinal clinical and treatment dataset with Function's broad, multimodal health monitoring pipeline—ingesting routine biomarker labs and advanced imaging scans before and after disease onset.Initial clinical focus areas target
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Viome Life Sciences Acquires Circulate Health to Launch Viome Professional Clinical Group
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Viome Life Sciences announced the acquisition of Circulate Health, a developer of outpatient therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) protocols targeting healthspan extension and chronic disease management.The transaction bridges Viome’s molecular diagnostic, microbiome, and precision nutrition platform with Circulate’s physician-guided outpatient TPE protocols and nationwide network of partner clinics staffed by specialized nurses.Circulate Health Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Brad
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Flagler Health Raises $50M to Build the AI Operating System for MSK Care
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Flagler Health announced a $50M Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing its total capital raised to $63M.Additional round participants include SignalFire, Alumni Ventures, Streamlined, 186 Ventures, Proof VC, Tribeca Venture Partners, and Offscript.Founded by CEO Albert Katz, CMO Dr. Leon Anijar, and CTO Will Hu, Flagler Health provides an AI-native operating system designed specifically for musculoskeletal (MSK) practices.The platform integrates
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Atlantic Health and K Health Embed PatientGPT into MyChart
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Atlantic Health partnered with AI care delivery provider K Health to launch Atlantic Health PatientGPT and Atlantic Health Virtual Primary Care, establishing New Jersey's first EHR-integrated AI digital front door.Integrated directly into Atlantic Health's Epic MyChart portal, PatientGPT leverages individual patient medical records to deliver personalized, context-aware health guidance rather than generic search engine results.The platform features direct clinical care
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