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- 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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Pear Suite and Instacart Partner to Bring Food-as-Medicine to Medicaid Members
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- 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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athenahealth Launches AI-Native athenaClinicals with Predictive Diagnoses and Ambient Notes
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- 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.
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How Digital Therapeutics Are Reshaping Chronic Care for the Better
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Chronic diseases are a major health and financial burden in the U.S., yet current care models remain outdated, reactive, and fragmented.Digital therapeutics (DTx) offer personalized, clinically validated, software-based interventions that provide continuous, real-time support and monitoring for chronic conditions.DTx addresses key failures in traditional care through behavioral reinforcement, AI-driven personalization, and integration with clinical workflows.Despite
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Acentra Health Launches Safe AI in Medicaid Alliance (SAMA) to Develop AI Governance Frameworks
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- 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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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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Living Optics and NVIDIA Jetson Showcase Real-Time Hyperspectral Imaging
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- Living Optics, a leader in hyperspectral imaging (HSI), has announced its latest real-time blood perfusion demonstration, which was built on the NVIDIA Jetson platform. The demonstration offers a glimpse into the future of edge AI for healthcare, life sciences, and precision imaging.
- The live demo showcases how the company’s spectral vision technology can distinguish between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in real-time. This capability provides critical
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Hello Patient Raises $22.5M to Scale Conversational AI for Patient Communications
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- Hello Patient, a conversational AI company secures $22.5M in Series A financing led by Scale Venture Partners with participation from 8VC, Bling Capital, Max Ventures, Remus Capital, and FirstLook Partners.
- The Hello Patient platform handles end-to-end patient conversations across voice, text, and chat, helping healthcare practices run leaner, grow faster, and deliver better care. With this new funding, the company plans to continue expanding its product
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Modernizing Medicare Advantage Translations: How AI Streamlines Compliance for Health Payers
For healthcare payers offering Medicare Advantage and Dual Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs), the translation of member-facing materials is a costly, complex and high-stakes process. Translation requirements place an enormous burden on payers and, yet, it is critical for a positive member experience and accessibility in the U.S., where nearly 68 million people speak a language other than English at home.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mandates that materials such as Annual
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MCG Health and Avo Launch AI Assistant to Reduce Hospital Length of Stay
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- MCG Health, a part of the Hearst Health network, and Avo, a clinician-created AI platform, have launched a new AI assistant designed to tackle the challenge of hospital length of stay (LOS).
- The partnership integrates recovery milestones from MCG's proprietary guidelines directly into electronic health record (EHR) workflows using Avo's new assistant. This tool gives hospitalists and case managers a real-time picture of each patient’s readiness to go
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