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Neuromodulation digital therapeutics pioneer Theranica announced the publication of a landmark, peer-reviewed clinical validation study in Neurology® Open Access evaluating Your Day Ahead, an integrated machine learning (ML) feature inside the Nerivio® mobile app.The investigation, titled “Machine Learning Assessment of Next-Day Migraine Likelihood Using Data From 53,000 App Users Living With Migraine,” analyzed 770,473 daily diary reports from 53,065 real-world users of
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Oracle Health Unveils Upstream AI Revenue Cycle Portfolio at Health and Life Sciences Summit
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At the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit, Oracle Health announced a major portfolio-wide expansion of embedded artificial intelligence capabilities across its Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) suite, scheduled for rollout in the coming months across U.S. healthcare organizations.The strategic deployment brings machine learning and generative workflows upstream into the earliest operational stages—spanning patient scheduling, financial clearance, clinical documentation,
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Heidi Secures $340M to Transition from Clinical Documentation to Supervised Agentic Execution
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Global clinical AI platform Heidi raises $340M in total new capital, comprising a $100M Series C equity round at a $900M valuation and a $240M growth investment from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF).The Series C equity financing was led by long-term investor Blackbird, with continued participation from Phoenix Court (LocalGlobe, Latitude, and Solar funds), Point72 Private Investments, and Headline, bringing Heidi’s cumulative funding to $436.6M.The $240M CVF
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Beyond Hospital Pre-Merger Notice: PESP Report Reveals States Are Targeting Private Equity Control via MSOs, Debt, and Sale-Leasebacks
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The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) released its comprehensive report, the 2026 State Healthcare Policy Review: Tracking Private Equity Oversight and Reform, examining nationwide legislative efforts to regulate private equity control across provider networks.As of August 2026, six states had enacted nine distinct healthcare oversight laws—one each in Washington, Vermont, and Delaware, and two each in Illinois, Maine, and Connecticut—while California and Oregon
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Abridge Wins Seat on $775.7M VA Enterprise Contract to Power Ambient Clinical AI
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Abridge, the AI-native clinician intelligence platform deployed across more than 300 U.S. health systems, announced it was selected through a distribution partner to provide ambient clinical AI under a landmark U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) enterprise contract.The multiple-award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract carries a total ceiling of $775.72 million over five years across all eligible competing vendors, allowing individual VA medical
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DexCare Acquires AI Care Coordination Platform Mila Health to Unify Patient Access and Conversational Scheduling
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Patient access and navigation leader DexCare, Inc. announced the acquisition of Mila Health, an AI-driven care coordination company whose conversational agents autonomously call, text, and chat with patients to manage scheduling, pre-visit preparation, and post-discharge follow-ups.The transaction represents DexCare’s second corporate acquisition, building on its 2022 purchase of Womp, Inc., and expands its capital-backed platform that has raised $146 million to date
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Ascend Learning Acquires AI Scheduling Platform M7 Health to Build End-to-End Healthcare Workforce Lifecycle
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Healthcare and education technology provider Ascend Learning announced the acquisition of M7 Health, an AI-powered clinical scheduling and workforce management platform utilized across large academic medical centers, community facilities, and rural hospitals nationwide.The transaction creates an integrated enterprise workforce platform connecting education, credentialing, competency management, frontline leadership engagement, and dynamic shift deployment under a single
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Experian Health Patient Access Curator Prevents $50M in Composite Health System Denials
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A commissioned Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study conducted by Forrester Consulting in August 2026 revealed that Experian Health’s Patient Access Curator™ protected $50.4M in revenue over three years for a modeled composite health system.Over a three-year implementation window, the platform reduced coordination of benefits (COB) denials by 40%, eligibility denials by 35%, and registration-related denials by 20%.The financial analysis evaluated a composite integrated
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Angle Health Secures $600M at $2.7B Valuation to Scale AI-Native Small Business Health Plans
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Angle Health, an AI-native healthcare benefits platform designed for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), announced a $600M equity financing transaction at a $2.7 billion valuation.The financing was led by global growth investor Vitruvian Partners, with participation from new backer Town Hall Ventures and existing investors Blumberg Capital, Portage Ventures, PruVen Capital, and Y Combinator.Angle Health currently serves more than 5,000 employer groups with customizable
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Harris Poll Reveals 70% of Gen Z Healthcare Workers Eye Departure as U.S. Faces 500,000-Worker Shortage
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The 2026 Healthcare Workforce Barometer, conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of Strategic Education, Inc. and its subsidiary Workforce Edge, surveyed 1,514 full-time direct patient care employees and 304 healthcare employers between June 12 and July 1, 2026.The study reveals that 59% of the total U.S. healthcare workforce is likely to look for a new role in the next year, while 70% of Gen Z healthcare workers plan to explore a new job over the same
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