Morning Headlines 11/13/25
RCM vendor R1 sells Tonic Health, which offers a a mobile patient intake, survey, and payments platform, to patient access, engagement, and intake vendor Luma Health.
Shutdown deal extends Medicare telehealth coverage
The deal to end the federal government shutdown will extend Medicare’s coverage of telehealth through January 30 and ensure providers are retroactively paid for virtual services provided during that time.
Sentara Health will implement Andor Health’s agentic AI virtual care software at its 12 hospitals, starting with virtual nursing, virtual sitting, remote consultations, and transactional care management.
In fairness to the person on the thread the other day: Now THIS is politics on the blog. :)