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The Funding: Third Way Health has raised an oversubscribed $15M Series A led by Health Velocity Capital (bringing total funding to $22.5M). This follows strategic 2025 investments from Astrana Health and MedPOINT Management.The Model: The company tackles healthcare's administrative crisis not just with software, but with an AI-enabled services model. They provide a hybrid front-office solution—combining AI automation with dedicated human teams—to handle scheduling, prior
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ARC Launches SmartER Ambient AI Platform at Sheba Medical Center Emergency Department
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The Launch: ARC (the innovation arm of Israel's Sheba Medical Center) has officially launched SmartER, a new ambient artificial intelligence platform deployed directly into its emergency department (ED).The Tech: Built in collaboration with the AI Center at Sheba and external partner ScribeMD, SmartER uses ambient listening to transcribe patient-physician conversations and automatically generate structured clinical summaries without manual typing.The Workflow Shift: The
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Qventus Launches AI-Powered Care Gap and Coding Automation Suite for EHR Workflows
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The Launch: Qventus has launched the Care Gap and Coding Automation Suite, an AI-powered platform embedded directly into the EHR to identify missed diagnoses, orchestrate clinical interventions, and complete documentation in real time.The First Module: The suite is debuting with Malnutrition Care Automation. Severe malnutrition is frequently overlooked in acute settings, resulting in longer hospital stays, higher readmission risks, and an average loss of $10,000 per
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Collective Health Launches CAI Platform with Google Cloud to Streamline TPA Services
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The Launch: Collective Health, an independent third-party administrator (TPA), has partnered with Google Cloud to launch Collective AI (CAI™), a suite of generative AI tools embedded directly into its benefits platform.The Three Pillars: CAI is broken into three distinct functions: CAI MX (a natural-language concierge for members on the app), CAI Intelligence (a real-time copilot for human customer service reps), and CAI CX (a project management tool that automates
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BlockIt Rebrands to Alluvium, Launches Orchestrate AI Platform for Healthcare Access
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The Rebrand: Enterprise access and capacity startup BlockIt has officially rebranded as Alluvium. The name change reflects the company's evolution from building point solutions to offering a comprehensive, unified data platform.The New Tech: Alongside the rebrand, Alluvium launched Orchestrate, a first-of-its-kind AI-powered operational data insights platform designed to manage network access and capacity.The AI Advantage: Orchestrate features a powerful Large Language
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Baba Emerges from Stealth with $6.5M to Launch Medicare Advocacy Platform
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The Launch: Baba, a new patient advocacy platform for older adults, has emerged from stealth with over $6.5M in seed funding led by General Catalyst.The Model: Baba embeds dedicated human advocates (nurses/social workers) into the care journey to handle "operational breakdowns" like insurance denials and scheduling. It pairs this with an AI companion for daily engagement—a hybrid model covered by Medicare and Medicare Advantage.The Backing: The startup is advised by
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GE HealthCare Launches Next-Generation LOGIQ Ultrasound Portfolio with AI Tools
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The Launch: GE HealthCare has unveiled the next generation of its LOGIQ™ general imaging ultrasound portfolio, including the E10 Series, Fortis™, and Totus™. The systems will debut at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2026.The Tech: The new systems feature the Auto Abdominal Suite 2.0, an AI-powered toolkit that automates measurements of the aorta and common bile duct. Data shows these tools can reduce system interactions by 80% and speed up measurements by 65%.The
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How AI-Powered Voice and Situational Intelligence Improve Patient Access
Consumers continue to expect (and increasingly demand) less friction in their provider interactions and greater access to healthcare. The adoption of AI and automation is a powerful accelerator in transforming organizations to deliver consumer-driven access, which maximizes scarce organizational resources.
Scheduling and managing appointments sit at the heart of this shift. It is the primary definition of “access” for consumers and is often the most meaningful touchpoint a patient has
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CMS Updates MIPS for 2026: Administrative Claims, TEFCA Bonuses, and AI Safety Measures
MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System), a Medicare program that rewards clinicians for delivering high-quality, cost-efficient care, is by nature an evolving entity.
Much the way healthcare continually changes as new knowledge, treatments, and technologies modify past practices, MIPS is ever-changing, with program updates, revisions, and new requirements.
While these changes are well-intentioned and support value-based healthcare, they don’t necessarily make it easier for
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Beyond Generative AI: Why Healthcare’s Next Leap Depends on Agentic Systems That Can Actually Do the Work
Healthcare’s administrative burden is not a documentation problem, it is a workflow problem.
Over the past year, healthcare organizations have widely adopted generative AI for an array of documentation-related activities such as drafting appeal letters, producing patient-friendly summaries, and even assisting with administrative writing. While these tools have improved how information is created, they do little to address the underlying issue: a fragmented, manual, and procedurally
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