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Axoft Secures $55M for Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces and Fleuron™ Material Global Trials

Axoft Secures $55M for Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces and Fleuron™ Material Global Trials

04/30/2026 By Fred Pennic Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Axoft has raised an oversubscribed $55M Series A led by C.P. Group Innovation, bringing its total funding to over $60M.The capital will be used to expand global clinical trials, progress U.S. regulatory approval for its implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces (iBCIs), and build
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Operationalizing Precision Medicine 2026: U.S. Health Systems Scale Genetic Testing and AI Integration

Operationalizing Precision Medicine 2026: U.S. Health Systems Scale Genetic Testing and AI Integration 

by Fred Pennic 04/29/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Precision medicine has transitioned from "one-off" testing to organized institutional programs at more than three-quarters of surveyed U.S. health systems, according to new
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CareDx to Acquire Naveris for $160M to Expand into HPV-Driven Cancer MRD Monitoring

CareDx to Acquire Naveris for $160M to Expand into HPV-Driven Cancer MRD Monitoring

by Fred Pennic 04/29/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know CareDx has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Naveris, a precision oncology company specializing in blood-based monitoring for viral-mediated cancers.The deal
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Rad AI Appoints David Leonard as COO and Elizabeth Bergey, MD, as First Chief Clinical Officer

Rad AI Appoints David Leonard as COO and Elizabeth Bergey, MD, as First Chief Clinical Officer

by Healthcare Executive Hires 04/29/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Rad AI has appointed David Leonard as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Elizabeth Bergey, MD, as the company’s first Chief Clinical Officer (CCO).Leonard, previously Head of
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Why Healthcare Must Give Patients Control of Their Data

Why Healthcare Must Give Patients Control of Their Data

by Jaeson Paul, Head of CX at CI T 04/29/2026 Leave a Comment

For the longest time, “personal finance” was anything but personal. Consumers had very little insight into or control over important things like their savings and investing. Most of their financial
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Rula State of Mental Health Report 2026: Financial Stress and AI Chatbot Trends in Behavioral Healthcare

Rula State of Mental Health Report 2026: Financial Stress and AI Chatbot Trends in Behavioral Healthcare

by Jasmine Pennic 04/29/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Rula has published its 2026 report, "State of Mental Health Report," based on a national survey of over 2,037 U.S. adults.A widening "Awareness-Action Gap" persists: while 60%
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Flatiron Launches 6 AI-Powered Hematology Datasets to Advance Blood Cancer RWE

Flatiron Health and COA Study: Community Oncology Survival Rates Outperform SEER National Benchmarks

by Jasmine Pennic 04/29/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Patients with metastatic breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) treated in independent community oncology practices lived longer than national benchmarks.Median
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Talkiatry Launches New Couples Therapy Program, Expanding Access

Talkiatry and New York Cancer & Blood Specialists Partner to Expand Mental Health Access for Oncology Patients

by Jasmine Pennic 04/29/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (NYCBS) has partnered with Talkiatry to provide integrated, high-quality psychiatric care to oncology and hematology patients.The
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How Online Education Scales the Primary Care Workforce

How Online Education Scales the Primary Care Workforce

by HITC Staff 04/29/2026 Leave a Comment

How Online Education Scales the Primary Care Workforce Flexible digital learning platforms are steadily breaking down long-standing barriers in medical education, opening the door for more
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Moderna Deploys Salesforce Agentforce Life Sciences to Unify Global Commercial Operations

Moderna Deploys Salesforce Agentforce Life Sciences to Unify Global Commercial Operations

by Fred Pennic 04/28/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Moderna has selected Salesforce’s Agentforce Life Sciences to serve as its unified, global platform for commercial operations and customer engagement.The platform will
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KLAS Points of Light 2026: Top Payer-Provider Partnerships for Interoperability and Alignment

KLAS Points of Light 2026: Top Payer-Provider Partnerships for Interoperability and Alignment

by Fred Pennic 04/28/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know KLAS has released its 2026 Points of Light report, honoring 24 strategic partnerships that successfully improved data sharing, operational efficiency, and financial
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UChicago Medicine Partners with Artisight to Deploy Smart Hospital Platform Across 1,800 Patient Rooms

UChicago Medicine Partners with Artisight to Deploy Smart Hospital Platform Across 1,800 Patient Rooms

by Jasmine Pennic 04/28/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know UChicago Medicine has signed an enterprise agreement to deploy Artisight’s Smart Hospital Platform, implementing more than 1,800 devices across its clinical enterprise.The
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FDA Announces Real-Time Clinical Trial Pilot Program and Proof-of-Concept Studies with AstraZeneca and Amgen

FDA Announces Real-Time Clinical Trial Pilot Program and Proof-of-Concept Studies with AstraZeneca and Amgen

by Fred Pennic 04/28/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The FDA has launched two proof-of-concept (PoC) real-time clinical trials (RTCT) that report endpoints and data signals to the agency as they occur.AstraZeneca is leading a
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Beth Israel Lahey Health Partners with Heidi to Roll Out Ambient AI Scribing to All Physicians

Beth Israel Lahey Health Partners with Heidi to Deploy Ambient AI Scribing to All Physicians

by Fred Pennic 04/28/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) is expanding its partnership with Heidi to provide ambient AI scribing capabilities to all of its more than 6,000 providers.An initial 6-month
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Koda Health Secures Funding to Expand Advance Care Planning Capabilities

Koda Health Secures Investment from UPMC Enterprises for AI-Enhanced Advance Care Planning Platform

by Fred Pennic 04/28/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The Investment: Koda Health secured a Series A strategic investment from UPMC Enterprises to aggressively scale its AI-enhanced Advance Care Planning (ACP) platform across
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Sage Launches Tasking Solution with ALIS EHR Integration for Senior Living and Skilled Nursing

Sage Launches Tasking Solution with ALIS EHR Integration for Senior Living and Skilled Nursing

by Jasmine Pennic 04/28/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Sage has launched Tasking, a solution that unifies planned care from EHRs with unplanned care alerts into a single, real-time mobile workflow.The solution initially launches
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Why 'Wound Closure' Is The Wrong Metric for Trauma Surgery

Why ‘Wound Closure’ Is The Wrong Metric for Trauma Surgery

by Saeed A. Chowdhry, MD 04/28/2026 Leave a Comment

With the advancements in traumatic wound care, the question is no longer whether we can close the wound — it's how well we can restore what was lost. Key Takeaways: Wound closure has long been
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Why Healthcare Interoperability Software Is Essential for Modern Care

Why Healthcare Interoperability Software Is Essential for Modern Care

by HITC Staff 04/28/2026 Leave a Comment

 It costs between $6,500 and $10,000 per bed to link health systems. That is just the start. Upkeep adds 15% more each year. Most hospitals run on margins below 3%. That gap hurts. When systems
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What You Should Know Covera Health and Medmo have officially merged into a single organization, creating a unified platform that manages diagnostic imaging for nearly 6 million Americans. The combined entity is backed by additional capital from Insight Partners and serves major clients, including Walmart, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and three of the five largest national health plans. Covera’s AI-driven platform focus on diagnostic accuracy has produced up to 12 percent lower downstream healthcare costs by routing patients to high-performing Centers of Excellence. Medmo’s care coordination technology has facilitated over 1 million patient journeys, delivering a 35 percent reduction in radiology spend and 30 percent higher study completion rates. The new infrastructure "closes the loop" in radiology, managing the entire lifecycle from the initial referral and scheduling to the delivery of clinically significant findings. In the modern healthcare journey, radiology is often the point where critical clinical decisions are made—and where care frequently goes off the rails. A study that is never completed, performed at a sub-par facility, or interpreted with insufficient precision can contaminate every subsequent treatment decision. Covera Health and Medmo have announced their combination to solve this foundational crisis, merging Covera’s expertise in diagnostic quality with Medmo’s high-touch care coordination infrastructure. Historically, health plans and employers have struggled with the "invisible variation" in imaging quality. The same MRI, ordered for the same clinical reason, can yield vastly different results depending on the facility and the radiologist. By joining forces, Covera and Medmo are creating the first platform that ensures a patient not only reaches the right imaging center but that the resulting report is accurate and actionable for the entire care team. Solving the "Visibility Gap" from Referral to Results One of the most persistent hurdles in diagnostic imaging is that providers often lose visibility the moment a patient walks out of the office with a paper order. Medmo was built specifically to close this gap by managing the patient journey through scheduling, prior authorization, and engagement. Operating in all 50 states, the Medmo platform has already demonstrated a 30 percent increase in study completion rates, ensuring that the "missing foundation" of a diagnosis is actually captured. By integrating Medmo’s coordination engine with Covera’s AI-powered quality oversight, the combined organization now brings clinical intelligence to every step of the imaging process. Covera’s platform measures accuracy across more than 1,100 sites, routing members to "Centers of Excellence" that have been actuarially validated to improve outcomes. This ensure that when a study is finally performed, it serves as a reliable basis for authorized procedures and interventions. A New Infrastructure for Value-Based Care For the thousands of value-based primary care physicians now connected to the combined platform, this merger provides a strategic "system of action." The infrastructure doesn't just record data; it surfaces clinically significant findings and routes them back to the referring physician in real-time. This level of integration is essential for managing downstream utilization and preventing the unnecessary procedures that often stem from flawed initial reports. Jeff Horing, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Insight Partners, noted that diagnostic quality is the "missing foundation" of the value-based care movement. The additional capital provided by Insight Partners is intended to accelerate the expansion of this new model, moving it from an incremental improvement to a foundational piece of national healthcare infrastructure. As the organization scales, it aims to continue driving down radiology spend while simultaneously increasing the precision of the U.S. healthcare system. Why This Matters For healthcare executives, this represents a move toward "Integrated Diagnostic Management." As employers and payers face mounting pressure to control costs, the 12 percent reduction in downstream expenses offered by Covera’s platform becomes a powerful lever. This combined entity isn't just a new vendor; it’s a quality-control layer for the most critical diagnostic tool in the medical arsenal.

Covera Health and Medmo Combine to Launch Nationwide AI Diagnostic Imaging and Care Coordination Platform

by Fred Pennic 04/27/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Covera Health and Medmo have officially merged into a single organization, creating a unified platform that manages diagnostic imaging for nearly 6 million Americans.The
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Availity Abrasion Index 2026: Denials and Prior Authorization Top Payer-Provider Friction Points

Availity Abrasion Index 2026: Denials and Prior Authorization Top Payer-Provider Friction Points

by Fred Pennic 04/27/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Availity has launched the 2026 Abrasion Index, a dual-sided research report quantifying administrative friction between U.S. health plans and healthcare providers.Denials
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The $26B Blind Spot: Why Hospitals Are Failing to Stop Pressure Injuries

The $26B Blind Spot: Why Hospitals Are Failing to Stop Pressure Injuries

by Eric Race, Founder and CEO of Atlas Mobility 04/27/2026 Leave a Comment

Hospital leaders are navigating one of the most transformative periods in modern healthcare as organizations invest heavily in artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and digital
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TytoCare Receives FDA De Novo Classification for Tyto Insights ENT Suite AI Image Analysis

TytoCare Receives FDA De Novo Classification for Tyto Insights ENT Suite AI Image Analysis

by Fred Pennic 04/27/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know TytoCare has received FDA De Novo classification for its Tyto Insights™ for ENT Suite, creating a first-of-its-kind regulatory category for "ear, nose, and throat image
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FDA Clears Tandem Control-IQ+ for Type 1 Diabetes During Pregnancy: First AID System to Earn Indication

FDA Clears Tandem Control-IQ+ for Type 1 Diabetes During Pregnancy: First AID System to Earn Indication

by Jasmine Pennic 04/27/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The FDA has cleared Tandem’s Control-IQ+ technology for use in pregnancies complicated by type 1 diabetes, making it the first and only commercially available AID system with
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Auxira Health and St. Luke’s University Health Network Partner to Expand Virtual Cardiology Support

Auxira Health and St. Luke’s University Health Network Partner to Expand Virtual Cardiology Support

by Fred Pennic 04/27/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is collaborating with Auxira Health to integrate virtually-embedded teams into its Heart & Vascular network.The model provides
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NEJM Catalyst Study Validates No Barrier’s Hybrid AI-Human Model for High-Stakes Surgical Communication

NEJM Catalyst Study Validates No Barrier’s Hybrid AI-Human Model for High-Stakes Surgical Communication

by Jasmine Pennic 04/27/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know No Barrier’s AI-powered medical interpretation platform was tested in an independent study at Mass General Brigham, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
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Accenture Ventures Invests in Iridius to Scale Compliant-by-Design AI for Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals

Accenture Ventures Invests in Iridius to Scale Compliant-by-Design AI for Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals

by Fred Pennic 04/27/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Accenture Ventures has made a strategic investment in Iridius, an enterprise AI infrastructure company specializing in compliant-by-design solutions for highly regulated
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eClinicalWorks Launches healow CCM Specialist Service to Automate Monthly Patient Outreach and Documentation

by Jasmine Pennic 04/27/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know eClinicalWorks has introduced the healow CCM Specialist Service, a "specialist-as-a-service" model that embeds certified clinicians directly into ambulatory practice
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Elevating the Assessment: 4 Solutions to Common IT Challenges When Implementing Equipment or Software

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Compliance-First AI Engineering in Healthcare: Why the Platform Layer Matters More Than the Model

Compliance-First AI Engineering in Healthcare: Why Platforms Matter More Than Models

by Piyoosh Rai, Founder and CEO of The Algorithm 04/24/2026 Leave a Comment

The healthcare industry spent an estimated $3.7 billion on artificial intelligence solutions in 2025, according to Statista. Executives cite clinical decision support, revenue cycle
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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Clinicians: Free AI Documentation and Research Tool for Verified Physicians

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Clinicians: Free AI Documentation and Research Tool for Verified Physicians

by Fred Pennic 04/23/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know ChatGPT for Clinicians is a new, free version of ChatGPT designed specifically for verified physicians, NPs, PAs, and pharmacists in the U.S. to support documentation,
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IKS Health Acquires TruBridge for Rural EHR and RCM Solutions Expansion

IKS Health Acquires TruBridge for Rural EHR and RCM Solutions Expansion

by Fred Pennic 04/23/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know IKS Health will acquire TruBridge for $26.25 per share (up to $565M) in an all-cash transaction, with the deal expected to close in the third calendar quarter of 2026.The
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Almanac Health Launches with $10M to Scale Research-Validated Clinical AI for Point-of-Care Support

Almanac Health Launches with $10M to Scale Research-Validated Clinical AI for Point-of-Care Support

by Fred Pennic 04/23/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Almanac Health has raised $10M in a seed round led by F-Prime, with participation from General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing total funding to nearly
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Gravity Rail Launches with $2.75M to Provide No-Code AI Operating System for Healthcare

Backed by Redesign Health, Gravity Rail Launches with $2.75M to Provide No-Code AI Operating System for Healthcare

by Fred Pennic 04/23/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Gravity Rail has officially launched with a $2.75M seed investment led by Redesign Health.The platform functions as a model-agnostic operating system, allowing healthcare teams
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Zócalo Health Raises $15M to Expand Community-Based Primary Care and Medicaid Partnerships

Zócalo Health Raises $15M to Expand Community-Based Primary Care and Medicaid Partnerships

by Jasmine Pennic 04/23/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Zócalo Health has closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by EO Ventures, bringing its total capital raised to $22.75M.The company specializes in serving high-need
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Ambience Healthcare Appoints Dr. Michael Han as CMO to Lead Clinical AI Strategy

Ambience Healthcare Appoints Dr. Michael Han as CMO to Lead Clinical AI Strategy

by Healthcare Executive Hires 04/23/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Ambience Healthcare has appointed Dr. Michael Han, MD, MBA, as its first Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to lead clinical strategy and platform expansion.Dr. Han previously served
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Kipu Health Acquires Team Recovery Technologies to Unify the Entire Behavioral Health Patient Journey

Kipu Health Acquires Team Recovery Technologies to Unify the Entire Behavioral Health Patient Journey

by Jasmine Pennic 04/23/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Kipu Health has officially acquired Team Recovery Technologies, a specialist in mobile-app-based patient engagement and alumni connectivity. Financial details of the
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ŌURA Acquires Galen AI to Pioneer Unified Health Companion, Merging Clinical Records with Continuous Biometrics

ŌURA Acquires Galen AI to Pioneer Unified Health Companion, Merging Clinical Records with Continuous Biometrics

by Jasmine Pennic 04/23/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know ŌURA has officially acquired Galen AI, a startup founded by Stanford graduates that specializes in unifying fragmented health data from over ten thousand healthcare systems.
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Infinitus Systems Launches "Studio": The First No-Code AI Agent Builder Purpose-Built for Healthcare Complexity

Infinitus Systems Launches “Studio”: The First No-Code AI Agent Builder Purpose-Built for Healthcare Complexity

by Fred Pennic 04/23/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know Infinitus Studio allows healthcare teams to design and deploy AI agents using a natural-language interface, requiring zero coding knowledge.The platform delivers significant
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How to Scale a Private Medical or Dental Practice from One to 100 Locations

How to Scale a Private Medical or Dental Practice from One to 100 Locations

by Paul Vigario, CEO and Founder, SurfCT 04/23/2026 Leave a Comment

For many private practitioners, getting one brick-and-mortar medical or dental office up and running is hard enough. The thought of going from zero to one location — let alone scaling your practice
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Strata 2026 Healthcare Financial Outlook Report: Medicaid Cuts and Labor Costs Top CFO Concerns

Strata 2026 Healthcare Financial Outlook Report: Medicaid Cuts and Labor Costs Top CFO Concerns

by Fred Pennic 04/23/2026 Leave a Comment

Strata 2026 Report: U.S. Healthcare Finance Leaders Pivot from Volatile Recovery to Strict Operational Discipline What You Should Know Government funding and Medicaid cuts have surged to the top
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The AI Therapy Crisis: Why the AMA is Urging Congress to Regulate Mental Health Chatbots

by Fred Pennic 04/22/2026 Leave a Comment

Why the AMA Says Mental Health Chatbots Need Crisis Detection What You Should Know The Legislative Push: In letters to the Congressional AI Caucus, the Congressional Digital Health Caucus, and
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Courier Health Raises $50M to Solve Biopharma’s Data Fragmentation

Courier Health Raises $50M to Solve Biopharma’s Data Fragmentation

by Fred Pennic 04/22/2026 Leave a Comment

The Biopharma Bottleneck: Why Courier Health Raised $50M to Fix Fragmented Patient Journeys What You Should Know The Funding: New York-based Courier Health has closed a $50 million Series B
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How Healthcare CIOs Can Innovate Without Compliance Becoming a Bottleneck

From Governance to Enablement: How Healthcare CIOs Can Stop Killing AI Innovation

by Tony Pastorino, Director of Healthcare Practice, Resultant 04/22/2026 Leave a Comment

AI governance in healthcare has a branding problem. The word "governance" alone is enough to make half the room shut down. I've seen it happen. You put that word on a meeting invite, and suddenly
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Amperos Health Raises $16M for Agentic AI Denial Management and Revenue Recovery Platform

Amperos Health Raises $16M for Agentic AI Denial Management and Revenue Recovery Platform

by Fred Pennic 04/22/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know:  The Funding: Amperos Health has closed a $16M Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Uncork Capital and Neo. This follows a
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Real-Time Enrollment: Covered California Scales Google Cloud AI to Transform CalHEERS

Real-Time Enrollment: Covered California Scales Google Cloud AI to Transform CalHEERS

by Jasmine Pennic 04/22/2026 Leave a Comment

Real-Time Verification: How Covered California is Using Google's Document AI to Fix Health Insurance Enrollment What You Should Know The Partnership: Covered California is expanding its
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Treehub Launches Stanford-Adjacent AI Health Residency for Early-Stage Academic Founders

Treehub Launches Stanford-Adjacent AI Health Residency for Early-Stage Academic Founders

by Fred Pennic 04/22/2026 Leave a Comment

Treehub Launches as Premier Academic Residency to Bridge the Gap Between Breakthrough Labs and Billion-Dollar Healthcare Ventures What You Should Know Treehub is a first-of-its-kind boutique
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Rural Health Revolution: Lumeris, Teladoc, Deloitte Launch AI Coalition for CMS Program

Lumeris Launches Native Audio for Tom Platform to Address US Primary Care Physician Shortage

by Jasmine Pennic 04/22/2026 Leave a Comment

Lumeris Integrates Google Gemini Native Audio into Tom Platform to Revolutionize Patient-Provider Interactions What You Should Know Lumeris has officially launched Native Audio for Tom,
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AI for Behavioral Health Gets Boost With Ontrak-Eleos Partnership

Eleos Debuts Agentic AI Suite for Community-Based Care

by Jasmine Pennic 04/22/2026 Leave a Comment

Eleos Debuts Agentic AI Suite for Community-Based Care What You Should Know The Launch: Eleos, a technology platform built for community-based care, has expanded its suite by launching new
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Semax and Cognitive Signaling 

by HITC Staff 04/22/2026 Leave a Comment

Within the evolving landscape of regulatory peptides, Semax occupies a distinctive conceptual niche. Originally derived as a short synthetic fragment inspired by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH),
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UT Austin is Building the Nation's First 'AI-Native' Hospital, Backed by $750M

Why UT Austin is Building an ‘AI-Native’ Hospital from Scratch

by Fred Pennic 04/21/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The Launch: The University of Texas at Austin has announced the UT Dell Medical Center, a comprehensive, "tech-native" academic medical center slated to open in 2030.The MD
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The Casino Model: Why Medtech VCs Are Betting Billions on Unproven AI

by Leeza Osipenko, PhD, Founder and CEO of Consilium Scientific 04/21/2026 Leave a Comment

Last week I ended up at a fancy venue hired by a hopeful medtech company trying to impress potential investors with delicious food and an emotional story about their life-saving device. Pitching has
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AcuityMD Secures $80M to Bring Agentic AI to MedTech Sales

AcuityMD Secures $80M to Bring Agentic AI to MedTech Sales

by Fred Pennic 04/21/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The Funding: AcuityMD has secured an $80M Series C led by StepStone Group, with participation from Benchmark, Redpoint Ventures, ICONIQ, and Atreides Management. The company
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Yelp Partners with Zocdoc to Launch Real-Time Healthcare Appointment Booking

Yelp Partners with Zocdoc to Launch Real-Time Healthcare Appointment Booking

by Fred Pennic 04/21/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The Partnership: Zocdoc has officially partnered with Yelp to allow patients to book medical appointments directly from a doctor's Yelp business page.The Tech Integration: The
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Amazon One Medical Launches Nationwide GLP-1 Management Program Integrated with Primary Care

Amazon One Medical Launches Nationwide GLP-1 Management Program Integrated with Primary Care

by Jasmine Pennic 04/21/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The Launch: Amazon One Medical has rolled out a nationwide GLP-1 management program that explicitly integrates obesity treatment with comprehensive primary care.The Clinical
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Atropos Unveils Largest De-Identified Patient Data Source, New Tech for Data Security & Linkage

Atropos Health Launches Alexandria: The World’s Largest Medical Evidence Library

by Jasmine Pennic 04/21/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The Launch: Atropos Health has officially launched Alexandria, the world’s largest source of novel medical content. The library currently features over 33 million artifacts of
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ConcertAI Launches Cadence Suite to Accelerate Patient Access to Life-Changing Therapies

ConcertAI Launches Cadence Suite to Accelerate Patient Access to Life-Changing Therapies

by Jasmine Pennic 04/21/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The Launch: ConcertAI has introduced Cadence Suite, an AI-native suite of applications specifically designed for pharmaceutical commercial and field teams to identify and
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ViewsML Raises $4.9M for AI-Driven Virtual Biomarker Staining Platform

ViewsML Raises $4.9M for AI-Driven Virtual Biomarker Staining Platform

by Fred Pennic 04/21/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The Funding: ViewsML, a company building the computational layer for biomarker discovery, has closed an oversubscribed $4.9M seed round led by Wittington Ventures, with
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Why First-Pass Approval Rate Is the Only Payer Enrollment Metric That Actually Matters

Why First-Pass Approval Rate Is the Only Payer Enrollment Metric That Actually Matters

by Rahul Shivkumar. Co-founder of Assured 04/21/2026 Leave a Comment

What Is First-Pass Approval Rate in Payer Enrollment? First-pass approval rate is the percentage of payer enrollment applications approved by an insurance payer on the initial attempt, without
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ModMed Acquires AI Patient Engagement Platform Bonsai Health to Build the 'AI-Powered Practice'

ModMed Acquires Bonsai Health to Accelerate Agentic AI in Specialty Medicine

by Fred Pennic 04/20/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The Acquisition: Specialty-specific EHR and software provider ModMed (backed by Clearlake Capital) has acquired Bonsai Health, a high-growth "agentic AI" patient engagement
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Digital Health Funding Hits $7.4B in Q1 2026 Driven by AI Drug Discovery and M&A

Digital Health Funding Hits $7.4B in Q1 2026 Driven by AI Drug Discovery and M&A

by Fred Pennic 04/20/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The Spending Boom: Healthcare now captures nearly half of all vertical AI spend, projected to hit $1.5 billion in 2025 (more than tripling from $450 million the year prior),
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KLAS Arch Collaborative Releases 2026 Report on CMIO & CNIO Perspectives on Clinician Experience

KLAS Arch Collaborative Releases 2026 Report on CMIO & CNIO Perspectives on Clinician Experience

by Fred Pennic 04/20/2026 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know The Core Paradox: According to a new 2026 report from the KLAS Arch Collaborative, healthcare organizations that prioritize costs above all else are experiencing the highest
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