News 4/24/26

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OpenAI introduces ChatGPT for Clinicians, which offers advanced healthcare-specific models and allows users to create reusable skills such as writing referral letters and searching peer-reviewed journals.

ChatGPT for Clinicians is offered at no charge to NPI-verified US clinicians. It also offers CME for asking clinical questions.

The product is designed to support a single clinician’s workflow as an assistant, as opposed to the enterprise-focused ChatGPT for Healthcare, which offers more compliance and governance capabilities.

The announcement suggests that companies such as OpenEvidence are seeing their core functionality commoditized by a globally familiar platform in a market where clinicians are likely to standardize on a single tool. Differentiation will hinge on transparency and trust, the quality of the information sources that are used, the capability to summarize information accurately, and the depth of integration with existing systems.

Reader Comments

From Bill Coed: “Re: No Surprises Act. Regulators assumed that it would protect patients and that doctors would play fair. Instead, it’s a lucrative workaround for providers who are willing to work the arbitration system in return for massive rewards. As always, financial incentives affect behavior more than the rules themselves.”

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

AI-driven RCM services provider IKS Health will acquire TruBridge for up to $565 million.

Almanac Health, which offers AI clinical decision support, raises $10 million in seed funding.

People

Med Tech Solutions appoints Dan Stoke (CTG) as chief growth officer and Matt Trevorrow (NTT Data) as CIO.

Inbox Health hires David Henderson (GroundGame.Health) as CFO.

Michael Han, MD, MBA (MultiCare Health System) joins Ambience Healthcare as chief medical officer.

Sandhills Medical promotes Amanda Duke to CEO.

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center appoints Andrea Daugherty, MHA (SHI International Corp.) as chief information and digital transformation officer.

Announcements and Implementations

A Nordic survey finds that managed services in healthcare IT have shifted from temporary staffing support to a core strategic function, with most health systems using them to drive long-term performance, modernization, and operational capacity.

Other

A New York Times report finds that physicians and provider groups are using the No Surprises Act to increase payments by routing out-of-network charges into arbitration, where arbitrators often award amounts that exceed typical insurer-paid rates. The federal government expected 17,000 cases to go to arbitration each year, but doctors filed 1.2 million cases in the first half of last year alone, winning 88% of them and generating $885 million in arbitrator fees. Arbitrators must choose either the insurer’s offer or the provider’s requested amount, and their decision cannot be appealed. A neurosurgery practice took a $2,700 diagnostic procedure to an arbitrator who awarded it $333,000. A plastic surgeon who charges $15,000 to $25,000 for breast reduction surgery has earned $440,000 for the procedure via arbitration. Health plans are raising their premiums to cover the extra costs.

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• PerfectServe ranks number one across all use cases in the “Gartner Critical Capabilities for Clinical Communication and Collaboration Report.”
• Fortified Health Security names Nicolas Selby business development representative.
• Health Data Movers releases a new episode of its “QuickHITs” podcast featuring Andrew Thompson of Estonian Multiomics Company.
• Consulting Magazine names Impact Advisors Managing Director Bill Faust a top consultant of the year.
• Judi Health releases a new episode of “The Astonishing Healthcare Podcast” titled “The Perfect Storm Driving the Future of Drug Pricing, With Josh Golden.”
• Meditech wins a 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year Award.
• Artera, CereCore, CloudWave, Consensus Cloud Solutions, DrFirst, Elsevier, First Databank, LiveData, Meditech, Nordic, SlicedHealth, Tegria, Vyne Medical, and Waystar will exhibit at MUSE Inspire 2026 May 19-22 in Chicago.

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• Q1 2026 Medication Pipeline Report (Judi Health)
• How extended hour access in primary care could save rural healthcare (Meditech)
• Your top questions on LEAD & MA changes — answered (Navina)

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