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The Acquisition: Health Management Associates (HMA), a massive national health and human services consulting firm, has acquired HealthTech Solutions, a premier provider of Medicaid-focused technology and analytics.The Target: HealthTech Solutions brings serious technical firepower to the table. The company features a modular cloud-based platform and a specialized workforce of over 300 professionals dedicated to state agency systems modernization, reporting, and regulatory
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How Workflow-Embedded Learning Solves the Healthcare Compliance and Staffing Crisis
On a busy hospital floor, a reminder pops up on a nurse’s screen. She needs to complete a mandatory compliance training by the end of the week, but a glance at the census board tells her that’s not feasible. Fourteen patients need support, they’re down three nurses this week and there’s a long list of people waiting in the ER for a bed on her floor. She closes the tab. Compliance is important to her, but she doesn’t have the capacity to step away from patient care to watch a 90-minute training
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Collectly Acquires AI Automation Startup Pledge Health to Streamline Pre-Service Workflows
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The Acquisition: Collectly, a dominant AI-powered patient financial experience platform that has processed over $1 billion in payments across 3,000+ facilities, has acquired Y Combinator-backed Pledge Health.The Missing Piece: Collectly has historically owned the post-visit patient billing and engagement experience. Pledge Health brings powerful, upstream pre-service automation (coverage verification, upfront cost estimates, prior auth readiness).The Tech Upgrade: Pledge
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Mayo Clinic Study Uses Wearables and Machine Learning to Predict COPD Rehab Participation
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The Research: A new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health by researchers at the Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery reveals that wearable data may help predict patient engagement in remote COPD rehabilitationThe Core Problem: Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) frequently drop out of remote, 12-week pulmonary rehabilitation programs. Because COPD severely impacts sleep, patients often lack the energy to complete
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Innovaccer and Longevity Health Expand Partnership to Launch AI Center of Excellence
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Partnership Expansion: Innovaccer and Longevity Health (a national Institutional Special Needs Plan, or I-SNP) are expanding their partnership following a highly successful first year. After using Innovaccer’s Gravity™ platform to unify their fragmented healthcare data, Longevity Health achieved massive cost reductions. Now, they are scaling that success by building an enterprise-wide AI Center of Excellence to deploy generative AI, custom risk models, and internal
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What’s Next for Emergency Response Data in 2026?
In emergency response, the name of the game has always been speed and adaptability: getting the right people in the right place at the right time to save lives. But in 2026, data is completely reshaping how agencies respond to emergencies.
For years, agencies have been playing catch-up: responding to emergencies as they come, reacting to problems as they hit us. Now, it’s possible for your data to work in real time and help you see what’s coming next, from surging demand to resource
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Adonis Secures $40M for AI‑Driven Revenue Cycle Operations Platform
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The Funding: New York-based Adonis, an AI orchestration platform for Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), has raised $40M in Series C funding. The round was led by Quadrille Capital, bringing the company's total funding to over $95M since its founding in 2022.The Financial Velocity: Adonis is scaling rapidly. The company reported achieving more than 4x revenue growth in 2025 and an impressive net retention rate above 130%.The Market Crisis: The healthcare reimbursement
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Thesis Care (Formerly Trovo Health) Secures $45M to Scale AI-Powered Clinical Care Teams
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The Funding & Rebrand: New York-based Thesis Care (recently rebranded from Trovo Health) has secured $45M in Series A funding. The round was led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from CRV and Black Opal Ventures, bringing total funding to $60M.The Leadership: The company was founded in 2024 by CEO Dr. Niren Gandra and CPO Aditya Pandyaram, both former executives at the patient financial engagement giant Cedar.The Core Model: Thesis does not sell a traditional SaaS tool
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Infosys Acquires Optimum Healthcare IT for $465M to Accelerate Healthcare Digital Transformation
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The Acquisition: Global consulting giant Infosys has signed a definitive agreement to acquire U.S.-based Optimum Healthcare IT for up to $465M in an all-cash deal. They are purchasing the firm from private equity group Achieve Partners.The Dual Deal: In a $560 million push into the U.S. market, Infosys simultaneously announced the $95M acquisition of the insurance tech consulting firm, Stratus.The Target: Based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Optimum Healthcare IT is a
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Beyond the AI Arms Race: Why Collaborative Intelligence Is the Only Path Forward for Utilization Management
Healthcare's utilization management crisis didn't start with artificial intelligence — but AI threatens to make it exponentially worse if we don't change course now.
A recent peer-reviewed study from Stanford University, published in the January 2026 issue of Health Affairs, evaluated 21 predictive and/or generative AI tools currently deployed across the utilization review landscape. The findings should serve as a wake-up call: we're
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