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Blue Shield of California and Cedars-Sinai Health System reached a new four-year long-term agreement, ensuring uninterrupted in-network access for Commercial HMO and PPO members across Southern California.The renewed contract covers major hospital facilities—including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, and Huntington Hospital—alongside ambulatory surgery centers, ancillary providers, and associated
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XiFin and Notable Systems Form Strategic Alliance and Announce Series B Investment
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XiFin, Inc. and Notable Systems announced a multi-year strategic alliance to develop and embed purpose-built agentic AI capabilities across the XiFin Empower AI RCM ecosystem.As part of the multi-year alliance, XiFin made a strategic investment in Notable Systems during Notable's Series B financing round.The partnership targets complex billing domains—including diagnostics, outpatient laboratories, specialty pharmacies, and durable medical equipment (DME)—by automating
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Kyndryl to Acquire Healthcare IT Leaders: Scaling AI Modernization Across Hospitals and Payors
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Kyndryl announced its intent to acquire Healthcare IT Leaders, LLC, an enterprise IT services and consulting provider for hospitals, health systems, and payors.The acquisition bridges Kyndryl’s core IT infrastructure capabilities with Healthcare IT Leaders’ domain expertise in clinical, operational, and workforce application managed services.Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.The deal is expected to close during the second quarter of Kyndryl's fiscal
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CliniComp Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for EHR-Integrated PACS Viewer
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CliniComp received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its PACS Viewer as a Medical Image Management and Processing System (MIMPS).The clearance enables diagnostic-quality image viewing, manipulation, and advanced processing directly within CliniComp's New Era EHR with Native AI Solution Suite.By eliminating application switching between standalone PACS and EHR systems, clinicians can review imaging alongside vital signs, laboratory results, medications, and clinical history
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PwC and Zyter Collaborate to Deploy AI Execution Platform for Healthcare Payers and Providers
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Professional services firm PwC and digital health company Zyter announced a strategic collaboration targeting Total Cost of Care (TCOC) management for healthcare payers and providers.The alliance pairs PwC’s healthcare consulting, operations, and transformation capabilities with Zyter|TruCare’s Vertical AI Execution Platform, agentic AI orchestration engine (Zyter Symphony), and clinical services.The operational scope focuses on core administrative and clinical workflows,
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Definitive Healthcare Launches Early Adopter Program for AI-Powered Intelligence Platform
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Definitive Healthcare announced an early adopter program for its new AI-powered healthcare intelligence platform, inviting select customer organizations in August 2026.General availability for the platform is targeted for late 2026, informed by feedback from early adopter cohorts across health systems, life sciences companies, and commercial healthcare vendors.The platform integrates Definitive Healthcare's proprietary datasets—spanning healthcare providers,
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Nordic Opens Mexico Delivery Facility to Support Healthcare AI, Managed Services, and Epic Optimization
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Global healthcare IT consulting firm Nordic® announced the opening of a new delivery facility in Mexico to expand its nearshore technical capabilities.The Mexico facility will support core digital transformation domains, including Epic services, application managed services (AMS), cloud infrastructure, data and analytics, and emerging AI-enabled health system solutions.Operating under newly appointed CEO Alicia Harkness, the expansion addresses widespread health system
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4DMedical Invests $3.4M in RevealDx to Build a Connected Cardiopulmonary Platform
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Seattle-based RevealDx has secured a $3.4M strategic investment and a global distribution agreement with Melbourne-listed 4DMedical.The agreement appoints 4DMedical as the distributor for RevealDx's flagship software, RevealAI-Lung, across the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.RevealAI-Lung is an AI CADx software that generates a Malignancy Similarity Index (mSI™) to characterize incidental lung nodules, validated on over 1,500 patients.The tool has
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HHAeXchange Releases 2026 Homecare Insights Survey Showing Increased AI Adoption in HCBS
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HHAeXchange published its 2026 Homecare Insights: Provider Voices survey, aggregating operational data from 465 home- and community-based services (HCBS) agencies.Compliance ranked as the #1 business priority for HCBS providers for the second consecutive year, with "ensuring a competitive advantage" ranking last, signaling a broader strategic focus on operational stability over outward growth.Regulatory pressures negatively impacted 52.1% of agencies over the last 12
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Epitel Closes $26M to Commercialize REMI Remote EEG Platform
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Salt Lake City-based digital health innovator Epitel, Inc. closed a $26M Series B funding round co-led by Catalyst Health Ventures and Genoa Ventures.The Series B financing supports the nationwide commercial footprint expansion of Epitel’s REMI® Remote EEG Monitoring System and REMI Vigilenz™ AI For Event Detection.Out of 9.2 million Americans experiencing seizures annually, 40% lack basic EEG access—largely because only 27% of U.S. hospitals possess native EEG diagnostic
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