The chorus of voices singing the praises of value-based care is growing ever louder. But in LTPAC, it still feels like the system’s asking providers to do more—with less—and faster than ever.
For the past 25 years, financial strategy in long-term and post-acute care has been tied to two things: occupancy and payer mix. Around 70% of residents are covered by Medicaid. The rest—split between Medicare fee-for-service, Medicare Advantage, and private pay—bring in higher rates, especially
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Tandem Diabetes Care Launches t:slim X2 Pump Integration with Abbott FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus Sensor
What You Should Know:
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. today announced that its t:slim X2 insulin pump, featuring the advanced Control-IQ+ automated insulin delivery (AID) technology, is now available with the integration of Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensor in the United States.
- The launch represents the first step in a global commercial rollout, expanding choice and personalization for people worldwide living with diabetes.
Unifying
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Saudi Health Holding Co. and Mass General Brigham Advance Saudi Model of Care
What You Should Know:
- Saudi’s Health Holding Company, the largest healthcare provider in the region, and Mass General Brigham, one of the world’s leading academic health care systems, today announced the next phase of their strategic partnership during the Global Health Exhibition (GHE) 2025.
- The milestone focuses on advancing the implementation of the Saudi Model of Care, accelerating nationwide adoption, building national capacity, and strengthening clinical governance to
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Curve Biosciences Secures $40M to Launch Whole-Body Intelligence Platform
What You Should Know:
- Curve Biosciences, the Whole-Body Intelligence™ company, today announced it has raised $40M in Series A funding led by Luma Group, with participation from First Spark Ventures, Techas Capital, Civilization Ventures, LifeX Ventures, and others.
- The funding will be used to accelerate the clinical validation and commercialization of its platform for chronic disease monitoring.
Molecular Blueprint for Chronic Disease
Curve Biosciences is addressing
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The Future is Hybrid: Why AI Must Coexist with Fax and Forms in Healthcare Workflows
Health technology headlines often sound futuristic—AI scribes that capture visits in real time, or voice-activated assistants guiding patients through their care. These innovations are real, and they’re being tested in hospitals and clinics today.
Yet the reality across much of healthcare looks very different: paper forms, fax machines, and manual data entry remain part of everyday life.
This isn’t a contradiction. It’s the reality of healthcare—an industry shaped as much by policy,
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Arya Health Secures $18.2M to Automate Post-Acute Care with AI Agent Teams
What You Should Know:
- Arya Health (Arya), an AI company focused on helping home health and post-acute care providers automate scheduling, compliance, and administrative operations secures $18.2M in Series A funding led by ACME Capital.
- The funding also included participation from Ridge Ventures, Twelve Below, executives from OpenAI, and leading post-acute care providers, bringing Arya's total funding to $25M.
Solving the Post-Acute Administrative Crisis
The post-acute care
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CustoMED Secures $6M to Scale AI-Driven, Patient-Specific Orthopedic Surgery
What You Should Know:
- CustoMED, a pioneer in AI-driven, surgeon-first platforms for patient-specific orthopedic solutions, announced the successful completion of its seed round, bringing total funding to $6M.
- The investment round includes participation from Longevity Venture Partners, Varana Capital, Flag Capital, the Israel Innovation Authority, a leading orthopedic implant company, and Avishai Abrahami, Co-founder and CEO of Wix.
Accelerating Personalized Surgery from
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Baptist Health and RapidAI Transform Stroke Care Across Arkansas
What You Should Know:
- In recognition of World Stroke Day, Baptist Health, Arkansas’ most comprehensive health care organization, is highlighting how its partnership with RapidAI, the global leader in deep clinical AI and workflow integration, is helping clinicians across the state deliver faster, more connected care for stroke patients.
- Baptist Health’s stroke teams have long relied on RapidAI’s intelligent, integrated platform to enhance imaging interpretation, streamline
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Aeroflow Health Partners with UnitedHealthcare to Expand Virtual Nutrition Services Nationwide
What You Should Know:
- Aeroflow Health, a pioneering healthcare company that leverages cutting-edge technology to support the delivery of medical products and services, today announced a nationwide partnership with health insurance provider, UnitedHealthcare, to connect patients with virtual nutrition services provided by qualified dietitians.
- UnitedHealthcare Commercial and Medicare patients can now participate in Aeroflow’s medical nutritional therapy program designed to improve
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Wolters Kluwer Launches Ovid Synthesis Expert AI to Accelerate Quality Improvement (QI) Projects
What You Should Know:
- Wolters Kluwer Health today announced the launch of new AI features in Ovid®Synthesis to further support nursing and quality improvement leaders, practitioners and researchers in elevating the quality, speed, and impact of their improvement work.
- Created with feedback from customers and industry experts and now available as an optional add-on to the Ovid Synthesis platform, Ovid Synthesis Expert AI helps organizations accelerate evidence-based practice (EBP),
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