Osteoporosis is often seen as an inevitable part of aging, especially for postmenopausal women. Many of us grew up with the image of the little old lady, hunched over by kyphosis walking gingerly with a cane. We know older women have to be careful when walking, because a simple trip can cause a life-threatening fracture. We accepted, and even expected, that this was part of the normal and natural age progression for women.
Now is the time to think differently. Menopause may be the end of a
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Strive Health Raises $550M to Expand Value-Based Kidney Care with AI and Analytics
What You Should Know:
- Strive Health, a provider of value-based kidney care announced it has secured $550M, consisting of a $300M Series D equity round and $250M in debt financing.
- The equity funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with additional investments from a syndicate of leading financial institutions, including CVS Health Ventures, CapitalG, and BlackRock, Inc.. Hercules Capital led the debt financing.
- The funding will enable Strive and its team of
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M&A: Cohere Health Acquires ZignaAI to Transform Payment Integrity
What You Should Know:
- Cohere Health, a leader in clinical intelligence solutions, has acquired ZignaAI and launched a new Payment Integrity (PI) Suite, which is anchored by Cohere Validate™. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Cohere Health’s approach is designed to provide transparency, accuracy, and control to claims payments through clinical intelligence. The new solution is already delivering faster payments, 30% efficiency gains, and 8-9x ROI to health
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Pear Suite and Instacart Partner to Bring Food-as-Medicine to Medicaid Members
What You Should Know:
- Pear Suite, a digital health company that empowers community health workers (CHWs), and Instacart, a grocery technology company, have announced a partnership to bring "food-as-medicine" solutions to communities across the country.
- The collaboration will enable thousands of CHWs to address food insecurity and increase access to fresh and healthy foods for Medicaid members.
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Pear Suite provides thousands of CHWs nationwide with
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Data Silos and Patient Safety: Why Connected Tech is the Unused Key to Better Care
In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, disconnected systems can be as dangerous as delayed diagnoses. The healthcare industry currently generates more data than any other sector, but up to 97% of this data goes unused due to siloed operations. The inability to access and share data across departments and systems has reverberating effects across healthcare organizations, impacting workforce efficiency, economic margins and patient safety.
Disconnection within health systems goes beyond
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athenahealth Launches AI-Native athenaClinicals with Predictive Diagnoses and Ambient Notes
What You Should Know:
- athenahealth, a provider of network-enabled software and services, has announced new advancements in its electronic health record (EHR), athenaClinicals.
- The new features are part of the company's ongoing launch of its AI-native athenaOne platform and are designed to simplify clinical workflows, automate routine tasks, and deliver personalized insights to enable a more patient-centered approach to care.
Intelligent and Adaptive Clinical
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Acentra Health Launches Safe AI in Medicaid Alliance (SAMA) to Develop AI Governance Frameworks
What You Should Know:
- Acentra Health, a technology and health solutions company launches of the Safe AI in Medicaid Alliance (SAMA). SAMA was created with input and participation from the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA), the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Amazon Web Services (AWS), McKinsey & Co., Arcadia, and the Acentra Health Healthcare Advisory Board.
- The new initiative brings together Medicaid leaders, policy experts, and technology
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Ascend Learning Acquires Laudio to Enhance Healthcare Workforce Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Ascend Learning, a healthcare and learning technology company, has announced its acquisition of Laudio, an innovator in frontline leader solutions for health systems.
- The acquisition will enhance Ascend’s suite of workforce management tools and extend its support of the healthcare workforce beyond the classroom, from the student to the practice.
Comprehensive Workforce Solution
Health system frontline leaders today face mounting pressures, often
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Data-Driven VBC: How Tech and AI Are Transforming Value-Based Care
The transition from fee-for-service to value-based care (VBC) puts continued pressure on the healthcare industry, especially as organizations push to remain relevant in a competitive environment while improving patient outcomes. The primary goal of VBC is to enhance clinical results and reduce overall healthcare costs, aligning care delivery with the evolving expectations of payers and patients. Learning to utilize comprehensive, real-time, and actionable data from advanced technology will fully
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Hospital Margins Dip to 0.9% in Q3 as Supply and Drug Costs Escalate
What You Should Know:
- A new Strata Decision Technology report on the financial performance of U.S. hospitals and physician groups, drawn from monthly data from over 1,600 hospitals and 135,000 physicians, reveals that health system operating margins dipped to 0.9% in July 2025. While health systems continue to benefit from steady revenue growth, they face persistent pressures from rising expenses.
- The report finds median year-to-date (YTD) health system operating margin was 0.9%
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