Morning Headlines 12/24/25

Neurable Raises $35 Million Series A to Accelerate Deployment of Everyday Brain-Computer Interface Technology

Neurable will use new funding to commercialize its brain-computer interface technology that allows wearables to track mental fatigue, cognitive recovery, and focus state detection.

Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, Epic to launch centralized electronic health record system

Saint Peter’s Healthcare System (NJ), whose planned merger with Atlantic Health was cancelled in October 2025, will implement Epic.

New York Governor Vetoes Restrictive Health Privacy Law

New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoes the New York Health Information Privacy Act, a broad health data privacy bill that would have expanded protections for health information beyond federal HIPAA standards

Morning Headlines 12/23/25

HHS Proposes HTI-5 Rule to Streamline Certification Program, Further Protect Patients from Information Blocking, and Foster an Artificial Intelligence-enabled Future

HHS proposes the HTI-5 rule to streamline the ONC Health IT Certification Program, strengthen enforcement against information blocking, and establish a foundation of modern FHIR-based APIs to support AI-enabled interoperability while reducing regulatory burden and saving billions in compliance costs.

CEO of Health Care Software Company Sentenced for $1B Fraud Conspiracy

An Arizona man is sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay over $452 million in restitution for operating a software platform that generated more than $1 billion in fraudulent Medicare and insurer claims by using false doctors’ orders and illegal kickbacks to bill medically unnecessary durable medical equipment and other items.

Can the Montana State Hospital regain federal standing without electronic health records?

State officials are seeking to restore federal certification for Montana State Hospital even though the adult psychiatry facility continues to use paper-based medical records.

AMA CEO: AI is not medicine’s future—“this is happening now.”

American Medical Association CEO John Whyte, MD, MPH says artificial intelligence is not a distant future for medicine, it is already reshaping clinical care and digital health, and physicians must take a leadership role in its creation and use.

Morning Headlines 12/22/25

Holt exits New Mountain to create $30 billion health‑tech venture

New Mountain Capital private equity president Matt Holt leaves the firm after nearly 25 years to combine five of New Mountain’s healthcare portfolio companies into Thoreau, which will use AI to reduce medical costs.

HHS Announces Request for Information to Harness Artificial Intelligence to Deflate Health Care Costs and Make America Healthy Again

HHS publishes an RFI seeking feedback on how it can use its regulatory, payment, and R&D activities to increase healthcare AI adoption.

Hospital Completes EMR Investigation; System Cleared and Returning to Network

Cuero Regional Hospital (TX) brings its EHR back online after identifying anomalies within its network and reverting to downtime procedures for several days.

Morning Headlines 12/19/25

UnitedHealthcare delays controversial RPM policy change

UnitedHealthcare will delay implementation of a controversial policy that would have restricted its payment for remote patient monitoring.

Health-tech startup Deacon Health reveals first customer after raising $11M

Post-acute care coordination startup Deacon Health raises an additional $4 million after launching in April with $7 million in funding.

Catalyst by Wellstar Launches Polysight, Bringing Real-Time AI to Healthcare Compliance

Wellstar Health System’s venture arm launches Polysight to help health systems maintain regulatory compliance.

Morning Headlines 12/18/25

Private practice platform Tebra secures $250M to accelerate AI innovation

Ambulatory health IT vendor Tebra announces $250 million in new financing.

Valerie Health raises $30 million Series A to scale “AI front offices” for physicians

San Francisco-based Valerie Health announces $30 million in Series A funding and the creation of a regional operations hub in Chattanooga, TN.

Vitalis Ventures Announces $15 Million Strategic Funding for Drive Health to Accelerate Avery, the Clinical Workflow AI

Healthcare AI company Drive Health secures $15 million in funding from Vitalis Ventures and Inside Capital Partners.

Morning Headlines 12/17/25

FDA Eliminates Major Barrier to Using Real-World Evidence in Drug and Device Application Reviews

FDA updates its policy to accept de-identified real-world evidence to support drug and device application reviews, allowing the use of previously excluded registries, insurance claims, and EHR data.

GI Partners, TA Associates to launch Netsmart sale process in early 2026, sources say

The private equity owners of Netsmart will reportedly seek a buyer for the company for the second time.

Enjoin Acquires Pediatric Resource Group, Broadening its Expertise in APR-DRG Assurance, Clinical Documentation Integrity & Physician Advisor Solutions to Serve Children’s Hospitals

Clinical documentation improvement company Enjoin acquires Pediatric Resource Group, which offers pediatric clinical documentation integrity and physician advisory services.

Wyden Calls on Health Tech Companies to Add Privacy Features Letting Patients View and Control Access to Their Medical Records

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) urges EHR vendors to adopt privacy features that give patients the ability to view and control access to their medical records.

Morning Headlines 12/16/25

Auxira Health Raises $7.8M in Seed Funding

Cardiology practice extension company Auxira Health raises $7.8 million in seed funding.

Sentact Acquires Performance Health Partners and Vizient Patient Safety Organization to Drive Patient Safety At-Scale

Sentact acquires event and incident management company Performance Health Partners and Vizient’s Patient Safety Organization.

Medical Software Company Agrees to Pay $500,000 to Resolve Allegations of Causing Medically Unnecessary Breast Cancer Screening Claims

PenRad Technologies will pay $530,000 to settle federal allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by inadvertently causing providers to bill Medicare and MassHealth for medically unnecessary breast cancer screenings.

Morning Headlines 12/15/25

VA Electronic Health Record Modernization: Critical Actions Needed to Support Accelerated System Deployments

A GAO report says that the VA must address several previously raised issues to support its accelerated Oracle Health rollout.

Mass General Brigham Announces New AI Company to Accelerate Clinical Trial Screening and Patient Recruitment

Mass General Brigham spins out AIwithCare, an AI-powered tool that matches patients to clinical trials.

Ritten Announces $35M Series B Investment Led by Five Elms Capital

Behavioral health IT vendor Ritten raises $35 million in Series B funding, bringing its total raised to $52.5 million.

Morning Headlines 12/12/25

Texas Files Antitrust Suit Against Epic Systems Over Health Data

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files an antitrust and consumer protection petition alleging that Epic maintains monopoly power and that the company misleads Texas children’s hospitals about its parental access rules.

HHS health IT chief hints at a new approach to EHR certification

Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and National Coordinator Thomas Keane, MD, MBA tells STAT he’s hoping his office will soon do away with 34 certification criteria for EHRs and modify seven, with an eye to regulating EHR interoperability APIs in the coming months.

The State of Enterprise AI

OpenAI’s “State of Enterprise AI” report names healthcare as one of the fastest-growing business sectors for ChatGPT use.

Morning Headlines 12/11/25

Cincinnati startup HerMD secures exit months after co-founders buy back business

Virtual health and wellness clinic Joi + Blokes acquires HerMD, expanding its virtual care reach to all 50 states.

MMH Announces Strategic Revenue Cycle Partnership to Support Future Growth and Strengthen Team Member Network

Margaret Mary Health (IN) will outsource its revenue cycle operations to Revology, laying off 55 employees in the process.

Competition Bureau obtains a court order to advance investigation into Well Health’s acquisition of Healwell

Canada’s Competition Bureau obtains a court order allowing it to move forward with its investigation of Well Health’s acquisition of Healwell, and if that acquisition has stifled competition within the AI transcription market.

Morning Headlines 12/10/25

Spare Tire raises $3M to save healthcare organizations from document downtime

Spare Tire, which offers on-demand access to inpatient historical data for workflow continuity during unplanned EHR downtime, raises $3 million in a Series A funding round.

Seattle startup Casera emerges from PSL to help hospital managers clear bottlenecks with help from AI

Casera launches out of Pioneer Square Labs with $1 million in funding to help hospitals improve patient flow via its case manager digital agent.

AngelEye Health Secures Additional $9 Million to Accelerate Innovation in Neonatal and Pediatric Care

Digital pediatric and neonatal patient and family engagement company AngelEye Health raises $9 million in a Series C funding round.

Morning Headlines 12/9/25

EQT Partners lines up $1 billion CitiusTech exit

EQT Partners hopes to sell its 40% stake in CitiusTech for $1 billion.

Palomar Health, UC Pact Outlined

A Joint Powers Authority arrangement between Palomar Health and UC San Diego Health will give Palomar clinicians access to UC’s Epic system.

Paradigm Health Acquires Flatiron Health’s Clinical Research Business and Forms Strategic Partnership to Rebuild Clinical Research Ecosystem

Clinical trial software and services vendor Paradigm Health acquires Flatiron Health’s tech-enabled clinical research solutions.

Morning Headlines 12/8/25

ECU Health partners with Artisight to bring Smart Hospital technology to eastern North Carolina

ECU Health will implement Artisight’s smart hospital platform, initially focusing on telehealth services for neurology and intensive care across five hospitals.

Nova Scotia’s One Person One Record patient information system goes online at IWK Health Centre Saturday

Nova Scotia Health’s IWK Health Centre becomes the province’s first facility to go live on what will become an enterprise roll out of Oracle Health.

FDA Launches TEMPO: A First-of-Its-Kind Digital Health Pilot to Expand Access to Chronic Disease Technologies

The FDA launches a pilot that creates a risk-based regulatory pathway for chronic disease digital health devices, giving manufacturers enforcement discretion while they gather and publish real-world performance data.

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.