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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to MODI, a prescription software-as-a-medical-device (SaMD) application developed by DreaMed Diabetes Ltd. that calculates and delivers autonomous insulin dose titration recommendations directly to patients.The clearance establishes a new digital therapeutics category by bringing automated algorithmic dose optimization to the 85% of insulin users who rely on daily injections rather than continuous
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How Virtual Care and AI Unlock Outcomes-Based Autism Therapy
For years, autism therapy has forced healthcare purchasers into a false choice: expand access or control costs.
But as diagnoses in the U.S. have climbed to one in every 31 children, demand for care has outpaced the supply of Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs), the profession's most highly trained clinicians. Providers are responding by prescribing more therapy hours delivered by larger teams of lesser-trained clinicians, while payors continue to reimburse them for every additional
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PHTI Survey Reveals Majority of Employers and Health Plans Tie Digital Health Payments to Performance
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The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) released its 2026 State of Digital Health Purchasing survey report surveying 321 digital health purchasing decision-makers across U.S. health plans (n=106), employers (n=115), and health systems (n=100) in partnership with KRC Research.The findings demonstrate a structural transition toward risk-bearing procurement, with a majority of commercial purchasers—including 68% of employers and 55% of commercial health plans
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Google Fitbit and Weight Watchers Team Up on Employer-Sponsored Weight Health
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Weight Watchers announced a strategic enterprise collaboration with Google Health Enterprise, integrating wearable biometric tracking and AI-driven insights directly into employer-sponsored health programs.The collaboration debuts through select Weight Watchers for Business client organizations, granting eligible members access to Google Fitbit Air devices and Google Health Premium software features upon meeting specific activity and program duration milestones.The
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Basalt Health Raises $20M to Scale Post-Acute AI Transition Platform Across 111 Markets
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Basalt Health, an AI-driven platform automating patient transitions and admissions into post-acute care facilities, raises $20M Series A financing round, bringing its cumulative capital raised to $24.5M.The financing was led by return investor New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with continued participation from healthcare venture funds Frist Cressey Ventures (FCV) and 25m Health (the healthcare venture studio of 25madison, backed by Apollo Global Management).The technology
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Everlywell Appoints Chief Commercial and Product Officers to Expand Payer Diagnostic Care Platforms
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Diagnostics and virtual care platform Everlywell announced the strategic expansion of its enterprise executive leadership team, appointing Charles Cuzzell as Chief Commercial Officer and Mike Considine as Chief Product Officer.Cuzzell will oversee enterprise sales, strategic health plan partnerships, account management, and customer success, while Considine will direct enterprise product architecture, digital design, and clinical UX across the company’s diagnostic and
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Hims Launches AI-Native Weight Loss Care Platform Featuring Closed-Loop Action Engine and Clinical Escalation
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Digital health and direct-to-consumer healthcare leader Hims & Hers Health, Inc. announced the rollout of its AI-native care platform to Hims weight loss members, expanding foundational capabilities previously launched across Labs AI and the Hers ecosystem.Replaces legacy, asynchronous telehealth messaging models with a closed-loop clinical operating system designed to maintain longitudinal context, learn from patient outcomes, and eliminate repetitive patient intake
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UltraSight Secures $24M to Scale Point-of-Care Cardiac Ultrasound Across Health Systems
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UltraSight™, a pioneer in AI-guided cardiac ultrasound workflows, announced it raised $24M in Series B2 financing.Alive HealthTech Growth Fund led the funding round, with co-investment from Deep Insight, Star51 Capital, Connecticut Innovations, and eHealth Ventures, and participation from existing clinical and venture stakeholders, including Mayo Clinic Ventures, NYU, and Iron Nation.Proceeds will fund the U.S. commercial expansion of the UltraSight Echosystem and
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Theranica’s 53,000-Patient Study Proves 30-Day Longitudinal Patterns Predict Migraines with 91% Precision
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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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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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