Morning Headlines 3/20/26

Verily Secures $300 Million Investment to Advance its Precision Health AI Strategy

Alphabet-owned Verily raises $300 million, renames itself Verily Health, and says that it will focus on developing AI-enabled precision health solutions.

Chartis acquires Leap AI, accelerates healthcare innovation through AI and technology transformation

Chartis acquires venture studio Leap AI.

House bill pressures VA to get EHR back on track, or risk contract termination

A proposed House bill would restrict the VA from signing new agreements with Oracle Health or bringing new sites live if the VA doesn’t implement and meet system and operational metrics.

Health Universe Raises $6M to Integrate AI Agents into Healthcare Organizations

Health Universe, which helps healthcare organizations build, deploy, and govern AI agents, announces $6 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 3/19/26

Heartio Secures $4.25M to Transform Cardiac Care

Heartio, which offers an AI-powered tool for detecting coronary artery disease from standard ECGs, raises $4.25 million in funding.

Healthcare Technology Company Scales Up in Metro Atlanta

Diabetes and insulin management technology company Glytec announces plans to relocate its headquarters from Boston to Atlanta, and hire an additional 500 employees over the next several years.

Raapid Secures Series-A Extension to Scale Neuro-Symbolic AI-Powered Medical Coding

Raapid, a risk-adjustment and medical coding vendor, announces additional Series A funding from UPMC Enterprises.

Morning Headlines 3/18/26

Turquoise Health Announces $40 Million Series C to Become the Operating System for Healthcare Contracts and Payments

Healthcare pricing and payment platform vendor Turquoise Health raises a $40 million Series C funding round.

Knowtion Health Acquires Revly

RCM company Knowtion Health acquires revenue cycle services and consulting firm Revly.

OpenAI preps for IPO by end of year, tells employees ChatGPT must be ‘productivity tool’

ChatGPT parent company OpenAI renews its focus on enterprise business as it prepares to go public by the end of this year.

Morning Headlines 3/17/26

Nadia Care Raises $12 Million to Expand Community-Centered Maternal Care Model Across the US

Payer-focused, hybrid maternal healthcare company Nadia Care announces $12 million in funding.

Understood Care Raises $8.4M to Scale AI-Native Infrastructure Layer for Patient Advocacy

Understood Care, which offers Medicare patients virtual patient advocacy and care navigation services, announces $8.4 million in funding.

Access to patient records restored after brief outage at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (TN) attributes its brief EHR downtime early Monday morning to an Epic-related outage.

Morning Headlines 3/16/26

Defendant GuardDog Telehealth Admits to Providing Patient Records to Law Firms

GuardDog Telehealth agrees to a judgment and injunction in Epic’s lawsuit against it, noting that its plans to build a chronic care management and remote patient monitoring business fizzled, so it pivoted to selling patient medical records to law firms.

CareCloud, Inc. (CCLD) Q4 Earnings Match Estimates

CareCloud reports Q4 results: revenue up 22%, adjusted EPS $0.11 versus $0.23, beating expectations for revenue and matching those for earnings.

UPMC Notified of National Medical Exchange Concern

Epic notifies UPMC that Health Gorilla and participants in its health network allegedly accessed medical records for non-treatment purposes, leading UPMC to notify affected patients.

Morning Headlines 3/13/26

Iran-linked group says it hacked US company in retaliation for Minab school bombing

An Iran-linked hacker group claims in a statement that it disrupted the systems of medical device maker Stryker, saying that the attack was retaliation for the bombing of an Iranian school that killed 168 children and 14 teachers.

Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2026

ECRI publishes its list of “Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2026,” with potential AI-generated diagnostic errors taking the top spot.

Grant Avenue preps Ovation Healthcare for sale

Axios reports that Grant Avenue Capital is looking to put Ovation Healthcare, which offers RCM, technology, contracting, and supply chain services, up for sale.

Malama Health Raises $9.2M to Scale Doula-Led Maternal Care for Women insured by Medicaid Nationwide

Tech-enabled maternal care company Malama Health announces $9.2 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 3/12/26

Amazon launches Health AI agent on Amazon website and app with free 24/7 access to virtual care for Prime members

Amazon expands access to its Health AI assistant to US users of its website and app.

Translucent Announces $27M Series A Led by GV to Tackle Healthcare’s Existential Financial Crisis

Healthcare finance AI company Translucent raises $27 million in Series A funding.

Wiley and OpenEvidence Partner to Deliver Trusted Research to Physicians at the Point of Care

OpenAI signs a content deal that gives its users access to Wiley’s scientific and medical journals.

Morning Headlines 3/11/26

Elsevier Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Mytonomy to bring enhanced patient engagement solutions to healthcare providers​

Elsevier will acquire video-based patient engagement and education company Mytonomy and incorporate it into its Clinical Solutions business.

BV Investment Partners Announces Investment in Moxe Health

BV Investment Partners makes a majority stake investment in clinical data exchange vendor Moxe Health.

Nitra Raises $187 Million as AI-Native Platform for Healthcare Practices Surpasses $1 Billion in Processing Volume

AI-powered practice operations software startup Nitra announces $187 million in funding.

Amigo AI Raises $11M Series A to Train Clinical AI Agents Like Doctors

Patient-facing clinical AI agent developer Amigo AI raises $11 million in Series A funding.

Morning Headlines 3/10/26

Pitt spinout Noctem lands $1.4M for remote insomnia treatment monitoring

Digital insomnia care startup Noctem announces $1.46 million in new funding.

Universal Health Services, Inc. to Acquire Talkspace, Inc.

Universal Health Services will acquire virtual mental healthcare provider Talkspace for $835 million.

Greater Good Health Raises Series B to Improve Outcomes and Better Manage Medical Spend

Tech-enabled, senior-focused primary care company Greater Good Health raises $20.5 million in Series B funding.

Morning Headlines 3/9/26

NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform while also advising company

Financial Times reports that former NHS senior official Matthew Swindells was serving as a paid lobbyist for Palantir while urging colleagues to send GP patient data to the nationwide Federated Data Platform. 

Lumina Health Partners Joins ECG Management Consultants

Siemens Healthineers company ECG Management Consultants acquires value-based care consulting firm Lumina Health Partners.

HHS updates a free risk tool to help hospitals size up their cybersecurity exposure

HHS updates its Risk Identification and Site Criticality (RISC) 2.0 Toolkit to include a cybersecurity module.

Morning Headlines 3/6/26

Introducing Amazon Connect Health: Agentic AI for healthcare, built for the people who deliver it

Amazon Web Services launches Amazon Connect Health, an EHR-integrated agentic AI healthcare operations solution that is based on the company’s Amazon Connect cloud contact center platform.

Oracle plans to lay off thousands of employees due to AI data center buildout expenses

Oracle will reportedly lay off thousands of employees in the next few days as the company addresses the cost of building AI data centers and reviews whether it could replace some workers with AI.

CVS Health and Google Cloud announce new strategic partnership to reimagine healthcare consumer engagement and experiences

CVS Health and Google Cloud launch Health100, an agentic AI-powered digital health platform that manages health across pharmacies, insurers, and providers.

Morning Headlines 3/5/26

UnityAI Raises $8.5M to Expand an Autonomous AI Workforce for Healthcare Operations

UnityAI, which offers a healthcare agentic AI platform, raises $8.5 million in Series A funding.

Health Recovery Solutions Acquires Rimidi to Expand Remote Care Programs

Remote patient care company Health Recovery Solutions acquires Rimidi, which offers remote patient monitoring and chronic disease management services.

Guideway Care Acquires Waypoint Healthcare Solutions to Expand Enterprise Patient Activation Intelligence Solution

Patient engagement company Guideway Care acquires competitor Waypoint Healthcare Solutions.

Grow Therapy Raises $150 Million in Series D as It Solidifies New Flagship Partnerships

Online mental healthcare provider Grow Therapy announces $150 million in new funding, bringing its total raised to $328 million.

Morning Headlines 3/4/26

TPG Partners with Findhelp to Expand Access to Essential Services for Underserved Populations

Social care technology vendor Findhelp secures $250 million in new funding.

KeyCare Raises $27.4 Million to Scale their AI-Powered, Epic-Based Virtual Care Solution for Health Systems

KeyCare, an Epic-based virtual care company, raises $27.4 million in funding.

Quantum Health Acquires CirrusMD to Advance Healthcare Navigation with Physician-Led Virtual Care

Employee-focused healthcare navigation company Quantum Health acquires virtual care provider CirrusMD.

FDA Warns 30 Telehealth Companies Against Illegal Marketing of Compounded GLP-1s

FDA sends 30 telehealth companies letters warning them against making false or misleading claims about compounded GLP-1 products offered on their websites.

Morning Headlines 3/3/26

Interra Health, created through the merger of DoseSpot and Arrive Health, ushers in a new era of transparency for patients and providers

Arrive Health and DoseSpot combine to create Interra Health, which offers software designed to enhance the prescribing process for patients and providers.

An app that answers ‘When will the doctor be here?’ raises $1.8 million

Q-rounds, which offers an app that notifies patients, nurses, and family members of rounds, announces $1.8 million in funding.

Ease Health Emerges from Stealth with $41M from Andreessen Horowitz to Redefine the Operating System for Behavioral Health

Behavioral health software startup Ease Health raises $41 million in Series A funding.

Revology Launches Strategic Revenue Cycle Partnership with Margaret Mary Health

Margaret Mary Health transitions (IN) 53 staff members to employment with Revology, its new RCM vendor.

Morning Headlines 3/2/26

AHA Comments on ASTP/ONC Health Care Technology Interoperability Proposed Rule

AHA asks for seven changes to ASTP/ONC’s HTI-5 proposed rule, including setting a reasonable transition timeline for changing the certification program to FHIR-based criteria.

UMMC officials say normal operations will resume Monday after cyberattack

University of Mississippi Medical Center will reopen its clinics on Monday, noting that it can now access patient records, following a February 19 ransomware attack.

BrainCheck Raises $13 Million to Expand AI-Enabled Cognitive Care Platform

Digital cognitive assessment and care platform company BrainCheck announces $13 million in Series A funding.

Morning Headlines 2/27/26

Health Gorilla Files Motion to Dismiss, Reaffirming Confidence in Interoperability System

Health Gorilla files a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Epic and several health systems, which alleges that it enabled third parties to improperly access patient data by misrepresenting their purpose for obtaining records.

Honest Health Raises $140 Million to Advance Value-Based Care for Health Systems; NewSpring Leads Investment

Value-based care enablement company Honest Health announces $140 million in new funding.

Oracle Health Launches Device Validation Program to Streamline Medical Device Integration and Accelerate Innovation in Healthcare

Oracle Health launches a paid program that will validate medical device connectivity, functionality, and workflow alignment.

Third Way Health Raises $15M to Expand AI-Powered Healthcare Front-Office Operations

Healthcare operations software vendor Third Way Health raises $15 million in Series A funding.

Morning Headlines 2/26/26

Baba raises $6.5M Seed led by General Catalyst

Baba, which offers Medicare beneficiaries tech-enabled patient advocacy and care navigation services, raises $6.5 million in seed funding.

CMS announces library of digital health apps for Medicare beneficiaries 

CMS develops a Medicare App Library to help beneficiaries access apps focused on eliminating manual check-in, conversational AI assistance, and diabetes and obesity management.

QC Capital Announces Strategic Investment in My Pediatric Doctor to Expand Nationwide 24/7 Pediatric Urgent Care Telehealth Access

Online urgent care provider My Pediatric Doctor secures funding from QC Capital Group.

Oura launches a proprietary AI model focused on women’s health

Smart ring-maker Oura develops an AI model that its Oura Advisor chatbot will use to offer wearers customized insights about women’s health.