What You Should Know:
- United We Care, a global deep-tech mental health company, has partnered with Mason County, Washington, to successfully launch a digital mental health pilot program in one of the nation's mental health care deserts. The initiative provides residents with 24/7 confidential access to mental health and substance use support.
- The program has shown promising early results: 50% of users booked a session with a licensed mental health provider, 72.5% completed
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Charlie Health Expands Virtual Behavioral Healthcare to Ages 8-64
What You Should Know:
- Charlie Health, a provider of virtual high-acuity behavioral healthcare, has announced a major expansion of its services to include individuals ages 8 to 64. With this change, Charlie Health is directly addressing critical care gaps for younger children and midlife adults, reinforcing its position as the only provider to offer this level of care to such a broad age range at scale.
- Access to high-acuity behavioral healthcare is more critical than ever,
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PathAI and Moffitt Cancer Center Partner to Deploy AI Digital Pathology Platform, AISight® Dx
What You Should Know:
- PathAI, a provider of AI and digital pathology solutions, and Moffitt Cancer Center, a top cancer hospital, have announced a multi-year strategic collaboration to deploy PathAI’s digital pathology platform, AISight® Dx, across Moffitt’s pathology programs. The partnership aims to transform cancer detection and research through the use of AI.
AISight® Dx: Cloud-Native Digital Pathology
AISight® Dx is a cloud-native digital pathology image management
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HHS Terminates California’s PREP Grant Over Refusal to Remove Gender Ideology Content
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Administration for Children and Families (ACF), has terminated California’s Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) grant.
-The termination follows California’s refusal to remove "radical gender ideology" from the federally funded education program, which is designed to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
Rejecting Mandate to Change Sex-Ed
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J.D. Power Study: Medicare Advantage Member Satisfaction Declines Amid Policy Changes
What You Should Know:
- A new report from J.D. Power reveals a significant decline in member satisfaction with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Medicare Advantage Study reveals that satisfaction dropped to an average score of 623 out of 1,000, which is down 29 points from the previous year.
- According to the study, the primary cause for this decline is a 39-point drop in members' overall trust in their plans. This trend is occurring in the wake of significant
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Inovalon and AWS Partner to Enhance AI-Powered Solution for Medicare Advantage Audits
What You Should Know:
- Inovalon, a provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, has announced an expanded collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance its Converged Record Review™ solution.
- The enhancement is in direct response to the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirement for annual Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) audits for all Medicare Advantage (MA) contracts, beginning in 2026.
Increasing Scrutiny from Health
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Policy: CMS Launches New Oversight Initiative to Verify Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility
What You Should Know:
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a new oversight initiative to ensure that enrollees in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or have a satisfactory immigration status. The program aims to safeguard taxpayer dollars and protect these vital programs from abuse.
- CMS will provide states with monthly enrollment reports that identify individuals whose citizenship or
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Talkdesk and Epic Integrate to Automate Patient Outreach with AI
What You Should Know:
- Talkdesk, Inc. has announced the integration of its Talkdesk Advanced Dialer with Epic through the Epic Workshop program.
- The new integration directly connects Epic workqueues and Cheers outreach campaigns to the Talkdesk AI-powered contact center platform, enabling healthcare organizations to automate proactive patient outreach and close gaps in communication and care.
From Manual Tasks to Automated Workflows
Following up with patients is a process
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Innovaccer Launches AI-Powered Prior Authorization Solution: Flow Auth
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer Inc., a healthcare AI company launches Flow Auth, a new AI-powered prior authorization solution.
- As part of the company's revenue cycle performance platform, Flow by Innovaccer, Flow Auth is designed to automate the entire prior authorization (PA) workflow, helping healthcare organizations accelerate care delivery and optimize revenue capture.
- Innovaccer projects that the solution could lead to a 50% reduction in the time clinicians
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Lovell and CalmiGo Partner to Provide Anxiety and PTSD Relief for Veterans
What You Should Know:
- Lovell Government Services and CalmiGo, a mental health platform for anxiety, PTSD, and panic attacks, have announced a new partnership to serve federal healthcare systems, including the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the Military Health System (MHS), and the Indian Health Service (IHS). Through this collaboration, Lovell Government Services will act as CalmiGo’s Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) vendor to provide the CalmiGo Plus
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