News 4/10/26

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The White House’s Office of Personnel Management asks 65 insurers that cover 8 million federal employees and their family members to submit monthly reports that include identifiable health data.

CVS Health, the only insurer to respond so far, urges OPM to reconsider, citing HIPAA compliance concerns.

OPM made a similar request in 2010 and ultimately agreed to accept de-identified data because of privacy concerns, but never implemented the plan.

Reader Comments

From K: “Re: robot. An ad for this popped up in an engineering newsletter I follow.” Ryan the Robot, which was developed by DreamFace Technologies, is a companion robot for seniors. The company’s clinical studies provide evidence of significant improvement in cognitive and depression measures. Dreamface was created by University of Denver’s computer vision and robotics lab in 2014.

From BetterPhysician: “Re: Teladoc Health. This letter lists the demands of activist investor Pineal Capital.” The Ireland-based investment firm, which has not disclosed its ownership stake in Teladoc, urges the board to take steps that it characterizes as operational improvements, but that seem to be more focused on setting up a sale or spinoff of Teladoc’s BetterHelp behavioral health business. Pineal has no established track record in activist investing and more closely resembles a special situations hedge fund. TDOC shares are down 98% from their February 2021 peak. The company acquired BetterHelp for $17 million in January 2015, and the business later grew to roughly $1 billion in annual revenue. Pineal proposes the following changes:

• Conduct a full strategic review.
• Authorize a large share buyback.
• Clarify acquisition criteria and avoid bolt-on deals.
• Implement aggressive cost-cutting.
• Improve transparency and long-term planning.

HIStalk Announcements and Requests

HIStalk readers funded the purchase of STEM lab tools for Ms. S’s elementary school class in Jonesboro, GA, fulfilling her Donors Choose teacher grant request along with matching funds from my Anonymous Vendor Executive. She reports,

Students conducted research to determine whether their prototype existed. They logged parts from Tinker Toys necessary to construct their models. Even though they have one more part, generating blueprints with AI, they are excited about how far they have gotten. They are able to see accomplishments. One student said, “My Tinker Toy structure is impactful to the world by helping to remove trash like plastic, etc., from the ocean. It will reduce pollution, helping animals avoid eating it or getting injured by foreign objects in the water.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Long-term care technology vendor LivTech acquires Alora Healthcare Systems, which offers AI-enhanced home health software.

Diagnostic membership company Function acquires Getlabs, which performs at-home blood draws.

People

IntelePeer names Brian Anderson (Hyro.ai) as chief revenue officer.

Announcements and Implementations

AdvancedMD introduces an electronic medication administration record that is integrated with its EHR for behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, long-term care, and specialty clinical settings.

Five Epic-using health systems connect with the Social Security Administration through TEFCA.

Epic introduces county-level Health Alerts, which analyze medical records to detect health condition rates that are higher than expected.

Government and Politics

The Defense Health Agency seeks proposals for a $300 million contract to deploy enterprise health IT systems, including MHS Genesis. A gatekeeper clause makes the contractor ineligible to perform any related follow-on work for 12 months after the project’s conclusion.

Privacy and Security

A ransomware attack takes Netherlands-based EHR vendor ChipSoft offline, creating challenges for the 75% of Dutch hospitals that use its systems.

Sponsor Updates

• Vyne Medical publishes an e-book titled “The People-Process-Technology Playbook for Smarter Healthcare Workflows.”
• Altera Digital Health completes a Sunrise 25.1 upgrade at BronxCare Health System.
• Five9 hires Jay Lee as chief marketing and growth officer.
• Ellkay offers a new customer success story titled “Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center: Why Data Access Can’t Wait.”
• FinThrive will present at the 2026 AZ HFMA Spring Conference April 10 in Scottsdale.
• Infinx will exhibit at the RBMA PaRADigm 2026 conference April 12-15 in Orlando.
• CereCore releases a new podcast titled “How GoHealth’s CXO Approaches Patient Experience at Scale.”
• Judi Health releases a new episode of “The Astonishing Healthcare Podcast” titled “Biosimilars, GLP-1s, PBM Reform, and Other 2026 Pharmacy Drivers, with Bridget Mulvenna.”
• AGS Health, Healthmonix, Navina, TeamBuilder, and WellSky will exhibit at the AMGA’s annual conference April 15-18 in Las Vegas.

Blog Posts

• Cerner to Epic: Understanding the Impact on Clinical Workflows (Optimum Healthcare IT)
• Inside the 2026 Connect Summit: Key Sessions You Won’t Want to Miss (Findhelp)
• Building a Contact Center AI Roadmap: From Strategy to ROI (Five9)
• CISO Brief April 2026: Cybersecurity Threat Recap & Key Insights (Fortified Health Security)
• What Retail Taught This Healthcare Leader About the Patient Experience (CereCore)
• Judi Health Partner Summit 2026 Highlights: Progress is Impossible to Ignore (Judi Health)
• Turning pharmacy data into return on investment at Catawba Valley Health System (Meditech)
• CMS just released the LEAD RFA. Here’s why it matters. (Navina)

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