Morning Headlines 12/5/25

VA staff flag dangerous errors ahead of new health records expansion

Media outlets report that the VA remains on track to expand its Oracle Health EHR rollout to 13 more medical centers in 2026 despite problems reported by clinicians at all six go-live sites.

Lightbeam Health Solutions Acquires Syntax Health, Expanding Value Based Contracting and Incentive Design Capabilities

Population health management company Lightbeam Health Solutions acquires Syntax Health, which offers value-based care contracting software.

US health department unveils strategy to expand its adoption of AI technology

HHS develops a strategy to coordinate the use of AI across its divisions, enhance employee efficiency, and innovate in the areas of public health and patient care.

Morning Headlines 12/4/25

Artera Secures $65M Growth Investment and Reaches $100M CARR

Healthcare AI agent developer Artera raises a $65 million growth investment and expects to reach $100 million in contracted annual recurring revenue by the end of the year.

Cerbo and OptiMantra Announce Merger Under New CEO Jeff Hindman

Cerbo and OptiMantra, both vendors of EHR and practice management software for healthcare and wellness practices, merge and hire a new CEO.

People are Uploading Their Medical Records to AI Chatbots

The New York Times reports that people are downloading their medical records from provider patient portals and then uploading them to ChatGPT and other online AI tools seeking medical advice and interpretation.

Morning Headlines 12/3/25

ACCESS Model expands access to technology-supported care in Original Medicare

A new, 10-year CMS model called ACCESS will test whether an outcome-aligned payment approach can expand access to technology-enabled chronic care management in Original Medicare starting in July 2026.

Avandra Acquires DatCard Systems and Sorna Corporation to Create World’s Largest Medical Imaging Platform to Support Patient Care and Breakthrough Medical Research

Avandra, which is developing a federated network for medical imaging and clinical data for pharma and AI innovation, acquires DatCard Systems, which offers DICOM distribution solutions, and Sorna Corporation, whose technology supports automated medical data distribution.

Uptiv Health Secures Strategic Investment from The 81 Collection to Redefine Infusion Care Across Select Geographies

Tech-enabled infusion therapy provider Uptiv Health will use new funding to enhance its digital platform, incorporate AI into its workflows, and expand into new markets.

Morning Headlines 12/2/25

MiCare Path Closes Fourth Funding Round and Acquires Compwell, LLC to Accelerate National Expansion and AI-Powered Virtual Care

Virtual care company MiCare Path announces new funding and the acquisition of Compwell, which offers care management and virtual assessment services.

Inside Inbound Health’s sudden shutdown

Hospital-at-home company Inbound Health, which was spun out of Allina Health three years ago, shuts down amidst regulatory uncertainty.

Aledade Secures $500 Million Credit Facility from Ares to Support Growth

Value-based primary care management company Aledade announces a $500 million credit facility to support its continued growth.

LA-based medical billing company to relocate HQ to CT, add 150 jobs; gets tax rebate deal

Gebbs Healthcare Solutions will relocate its headquarters to Connecticut and hire 150 additional employees over the next seven years.

Morning Headlines 12/1/25

Best Buy (BBY) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Best Buy blames Medicaid and Medicare Advantage payments for exiting Best Buy Health with a $192 million impairment charge.

Accelerating Science with Human+AI Review

NEJM AI tests a fast-track manuscript review process that involves both AI and humans.

RI Doctor Claims AI Medical Firm Fired Him After Raising Concerns About FDA and HIPAA Compliance

A Brown University Health doctor sues Sully.AI, claiming that the company failed to pay him and terminated him for warning about making unsupported claims about HIPAA and FDA compliance.

NSW’ $969m single digital patient record at risk of cost overruns

An auditor’s report finds that New South Wales left key costs out of its $650 million USD Epic project.

Morning Headlines 11/26/25

Hospitals to move away from paper records to new digital systems

New Zealand’s health minister announces a 10-year investment plan to convert the 65% of hospitals that use paper records to digital systems.

Medical software provider Well Health under investigation by Competition Bureau

Canada’s competition bureau is investigating whether recent acquisitions by Well Health Technologies have reduced competition in the AI transcription market.

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Unveils the Genesis Mission to Accelerate AI for Scientific Discovery

The White House launches the Genesis Mission, a national effort to use AI to transform scientific research.

Morning Headlines 11/25/25

Geisinger Health, Nuance reach $5M settlement over data breach

Geisinger Health and Nuance propose to pay $5 million to settle a class action lawsuit that stems from a 1 million person data breach by a Nuance employee who had been fired two days earlier.

Catalyzing Health AI by Fixing Payment Systems

The authors argue that misaligned payment models are the primary barrier to broad healthcare AI adoption, suggesting that CPT adoption bottlenecks be resolved, integration overhead addressed, and pricing models aligned with AI cost structures.

Exclusive: DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ with eight months left on its charter

Reuters reports that DOGE disbanded eight months ahead of its scheduled end, also noting that Acting DOGE Administrator and former health tech executive Amy Gleason is now an advisor to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Morning Headlines 11/24/25

Vohra Wound Physicians and its Owner Agree to Pay $45M to Settle Fraud Allegations of Overbilling for Wound Care Services

The company pushed its doctors to perform surgeries, also altering its EHR to bill Medicare for the higher-paying procedure and to generate false supporting documentation.

Accuracy of Smartwatches in the Detection of Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Diagnostic Meta-Analysis

Researchers find that all smartwatches except for Google’s Fitbit do a good job of detecting atrial fibrillation.

Memorial Sloan Kettering posts $62M loss as Epic system costs mount

The health system has spent $169 million, which it says was a planned expense, implementing Epic in the first three quarters of the year.

Eli Lilly Reaches $1 Trillion in Value, Buoyed by Demand for Its Weight Loss Drugs

The drug maker becomes the first healthcare company to be valued at $1 trillion.

Morning Headlines 11/21/25

GE HealthCare to acquire Intelerad, advancing cloud-enabled enterprise imaging across care settings

GE HealthCare will acquire medical imaging software vendor Intelerad for $2.3 billion.

Powered by AI, VA is improving Veteran care experience

The VA is piloting new ambient AI scribe technology at 10 medical centers and plans to expand implementation to all medical centers in 2026.

With a $2.5B Valuation, Function Becomes the New Standard for Health and Launches Medical Intelligence Lab

Function, which offers lab test memberships, raises $298 million in a Series B funding round that values the company at $2.5 billion.

Morning Headlines 11/20/25

This former Eli Lilly exec just raised a $52 million seed round from family offices to build a new healthcare AI startup

Arbiter launches with $52 million to offer AI solutions that automate administrative healthcare tasks like appointment scheduling and follow-up and referrals.

Founder/CEO and Clinical President of Digital Health Company Convicted in $100M Adderall Distribution and Health Care Fraud Scheme

A federal jury convicts the founder and CEO and clinical president of Done for their roles in a scheme to illegally distribute Adderall over the Internet, and to conspire to commit healthcare fraud through the submission of false reimbursement claims.

FamilyWell Health Announces $8M Series A Funding to Accelerate Nationwide Expansion of Integrated Women’s Mental Health Care

FamilyWell Health, which helps providers embed its virtual mental healthcare services for women into their practices, announces $8 million in Series A funding.

WellBeam closes $10 Million Series A to Transform Clinical Interoperability and Care Coordination between Acute and Post-Acute Providers

Post-acute care coordination software company WellBeam raises $10 million in Series A funding.

Nexus Venture Partners Leads $4.3M Seed Funding in Healthcare AI Startup Ember

Ember, an AI-powered denial prevention software startup, announces $4.3 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 11/19/25

US jury says Apple must pay Masimo $634 million in smartwatch patent case

A federal jury orders Apple to pay Masimo $634 million for violating the company’s blood oxygen reading patents in Apple Watch’s workout mode and heart rate notification feature.

MRO Accelerates Clinical Research Innovation with the Acquisition of Clinetic

MRO acquires Clinetic, which uses EHR data to help providers and life sciences companies find, screen, and enroll patients for clinical trials.

HHS eyes AI to support caregivers in multimillion-dollar competition

HHS launches the $2 million Caregiver Artificial Intelligence Prize Competition to discover AI-based solutions focused on supporting professional and personal caregivers.

Morning Headlines 11/18/25

No Barrier Raises $2.7M to Remove Language Barriers in Healthcare

AI medical translation software startup No Barrier announces $2.7 million in seed funding.

Siemens Healthineers could divest diagnostics arm by 2030, says CEO

Siemens Healthineers is considering selling or spinning off its diagnostics division within the next four years, with its remaining focus on its imaging and precision therapy units.

Lawmakers signal support for using AI to prevent veteran suicides in FY26 VA funding bill reports

House and Senate committee budget reports prepared ahead of the recently passed VA funding bill indicate strong support for using AI as part of the VA’s continued efforts to prevent veteran suicides.

Morning Headlines 11/17/25

House Rx Raises $55 Million to Scale In-Clinic Specialty Pharmacy Model

House Rx, which provides technology and expertise to support specialty clinics performing in-clinic “medically integrated dispensing” instead of sending prescriptions to specialty pharmacies, raises $55 million in Series B equity.

Sandy Health Raises Pre-Seed Round to Build an Operational Backbone for Healthcare

Sandy Health, which offers AI solutions for administrative healthcare tasks, announces a pre-seed funding round.

Ascension Saint Thomas Announces Major Investments to Strengthen Healthcare Infrastructure Across Middle Tennessee

Ascension Saint Thomas will spend more than $537 million on capital improvements, including technology upgrades, to its facilities in Middle Tennessee.

Morning Headlines 11/14/25

Oracle’s Ellison Gets More Employees After CEO Swap

Oracle’s reorganization under co-CEOs has left 64,000 of the company’s employees, or 40% of its workforce, reporting up to CTO, co-founder, and chairman Larry Ellison.

Senate spending bill ties full VA EHR funding to updated timeline, cost estimates

The Senate’s spending package to reopen the federal government provides $3.4 billion to the VA for its Oracle Health rollout work in FY2026, contingent on it providing Congress with a revised timeline and cost estimate.

Accenture Federal Services to Support VA EHR Modernization Integration Efforts

The VA awards Accenture Federal Services a six-month, $7.7 million contract to support its Oracle Health implementation, including program management, support, and data integration services.

Morning Headlines 11/13/25

Luma Acquires Tonic, Taking on Healthcare Bottlenecks for Over 1,000 Health Systems and 100 Million Patients

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.

Andor Health and Sentara Health Complete Rollout of Agentic, AI-Powered ThinkAndor Virtual Nursing Across 1,742 Rooms across 12 hospitals

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.

Morning Headlines 11/12/25

Get Well, a leader in patient engagement software, and RhythmX AI, a leader in AI-powered precision care, will combine to form GW RhythmX to usher in the next generation of precision care

SymphonyAI Group combines its holding Get Well patient engagement business with its AI-powered precision care company, RhythmX AI, to form GW RhythmX.

MedEvolve Announces Acquisition by Emergence to Accelerate AI-Driven Revenue Cycle Transformation

Investment holding company Emergence acquires RCM technology vendor MedEvolve, which sold its RCM services business a month ago.

Covid-era rules for addiction medication, Ritalin are extended again

The federal government prepares to once again extend a temporary rule that allows physicians to prescribe select controlled substances via telemedicine.

Morning Headlines 11/11/25

Nemours Children’s Health Launches Nation’s First Pediatric Advanced Care at Home

Nemours Children’s Health prepares to expand its new advanced care at home program, which offers remote patient monitoring and virtual support, to its hospital in Delaware.

Baraga County Memorial Hospital Selects Oracle Health CommunityWorks to Enhance Clinician and Patient Experience

Baraga County Memorial Hospital (MI) will implement Oracle Health CommunityWorks and expand its use of the vendor’s clinical AI agent.

Duval DOGE to look into city’s telehealth provider

A city councilmember in Jacksonville, FL, questions the city’s contract with telemedicine vendor Telescope, citing potential misuse of taxpayer funds and rumors of potentially illegal conduct.