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The Data Source: SmartSense by Digi, an IoT sensing-as-a-service provider, has released its 2026 Hospital CFO Technology Outlook Report, surveying 150 U.S.-based hospital financial leaders.Budgets Are Up, Timelines Are Down: While 73% of CFOs expect their technology budgets to increase in 2026, the required payback period has been brutally slashed. Historically, hospitals accepted a 3-year ROI window. Today, 51% of CFOs require returns to exceed 110% within 18 months, and
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Lantern Secures $30M to Scale Specialty Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- The Investment: Lantern has secured a $30 million growth investment led by Morgan Health (JPMorganChase) and Echo Health Ventures to accelerate expansion across employers and health plans.
- The Core Problem: Specialty care remains the largest cost driver in U.S. healthcare, with rising prices, fragmented navigation, and poor patient experiences burdening both employers and members.
- Commercial Traction: Lantern serves over 12
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How to Prepare Your Healthcare Organization for Delegated Credentialing and NCQA Audits
Every growing provider group eventually hits the same wall. The credentialing team is overwhelmed. Enrollment timelines are stretching to four and five months. New providers are sitting idle while the revenue they should be generating disappears into an administrative queue. Someone in the room suggests delegated credentialing as the solution, and the conversation usually goes one of two ways.
The first path: leadership moves fast, pursues a delegation agreement with a major payor, fails the
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Your Health Deploys Fathom Autonomous Medical Coding Platform Across All Service Lines
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The Deployment: Your Health, a rapidly growing senior-focused primary and specialty care organization, has deployed Fathom’s autonomous medical coding platform across its entire operation (spanning 14 physician offices, 278 assisted living facilities, 11 nursing homes, and telehealth).The Automation Scale: Since going live in October 2025, Fathom has achieved a staggering 95.5% encounter-level automation rate—meaning AI is completely handling the coding for the vast
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Wolters Kluwer Health Expands Publishing Partnership with American Heart Association to 12 Journals
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The Deal: Wolters Kluwer Health has officially renewed and expanded its publishing relationship with the American Heart Association (AHA).The Portfolio Addition: Wolters Kluwer will now publish the Open Access journal Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, bringing the total number of AHA journal titles under its management to twelve. This sits alongside flagship publications like Circulation and Stroke.The Platform: The AHA titles will be featured within Wolters
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M&A: MedArrive Acquires Inbound Health Assets, Names Ophir Lotan CEO to Scale Hospital-at-Home Logistics
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The Acquisition: MedArrive, a technology platform that optimizes in-home care logistics, has acquired assets from Inbound Health. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The Tech Acquired: The acquisition specifically brings Inbound Health's AI-backed patient-navigation capabilities into the MedArrive ecosystem. This technology uses AI scoring models to analyze clinical data and identify exactly when a patient is ready to transition from a hospital
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Doximity Releases 2026 Report on Physician AI Adoption Across 15 Medical Specialties
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The Data Source: Doximity, the massive digital networking platform used by over 85% of U.S. physicians, has released its 2026 State of AI in Medicine Report, based on surveys of 3,151 physicians across 15 specialties.Massive Adoption Spike: AI usage is no longer niche. A staggering 94% of physicians report they are either currently using AI or are interested in doing so. Actual daily usage jumped from 47% in early 2025 to 63% by early 2026.The Top Users: Neurologists lead
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Mount Sinai Health System to Deploy Midstream Health’s AI-Powered Financial Platform
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The Collaboration: The Mount Sinai Health System has announced a strategic collaboration with Midstream Health, an AI-powered financial action platform backed by a16z and CommonSpirit Ventures.The Initial Deployment: Mount Sinai is first deploying the AI platform specifically within its supply chain system. The health system spends "well in excess of $1 billion a year" on supplies, equipment, and services.The Core Problem: Large healthcare organizations suffer from
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M&A: Why Sutter Health is Absorbing Allina in a $2B Mega-Merger
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The Deal: California-based Sutter Health and Minnesota-based Allina Health have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for Allina to join the Sutter system, creating a massive, cross-country nonprofit healthcare network.The Tech Synergy: The merger is explicitly framed around regional technological strengths: combining Northern California’s dominance in AI and platform development with Minnesota’s historical position as a leading hub for medical technology and engineering.The
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M&A: Knowtion Health Acquires revly to Expand Intelligent Reimbursement and Claims Routing Solutions
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The Acquisition: Knowtion Health, a major player in healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM), has officially acquired revly, a startup specializing in intelligent reimbursement solutions and claims routing.The Buyer's Scale: Founded in 2008 and backed by Arsenal Capital Partners and Sunstone Partners, Knowtion Health already serves over 550 hospitals nationwide and manages more than $4.5B annually in outstanding balance accounts.The Technology Acquired: Founded in 2021,
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