Morning Headlines 3/20/25

VA cuts support work for new EHR, after canceling hundreds of contracts

The VA works through contractor cutbacks, reinstating work with some companies as it looks to ramp up EHR modernization efforts in the coming year.

AdvancedMD Accelerates Momentum as Standalone Company and Expands Leadership Team

AdvancedMD promotes Amanda Sharp to CEO following its acquisition by Francisco Partners in December.

The person the White House says is leading DOGE has also been working at HHS

DOGE Administrator Amy Gleason’s concurrent role as a consultant at HHS comes to light amidst numerous lawsuits pertaining to the cost-cutting department’s chain of command.

Morning Headlines 3/19/25

Veradigm Files Fiscal 2022 Form 10-K and Restated Financial Statements

Veradigm files its long-overdue 2022 10-K in an effort to regain its listing on the Nasdaq.

DispatchHealth and Medically Home to Merge, Increasing Access to Hospital-Level Care at Home for Americans

App-enabled house call provider DispatchHealth acquires Medically Home, which offers hospital-at-home care software and services.

Canvas Medical Launches Hyperscribe, an Open Source AI Copilot for Clinicians

EHR vendor Canvas Medical announces an open source AI copilot and ambient documentation system.

Morning Headlines 3/18/25

Glidian Joins Infinx to Advance Prior Authorization Automation and Expand Market Reach

AI-powered RCM vendor Infinx acquires Glidian, a prior authorization automation company based in California.

CareCloud Reports Record Breaking Full Year 2024 Net Income

CareCloud reports nearly flat year-over-year Q4 revenue of $28.2 million, with annual revenue down slightly to $111 million.

Cerebral Vet’s New Behavioral Health Venture Raises $6.2M

AdvocateMH, founded by former Cerebral CEO David Mou, MD, MBA will use $6.2 million in new funding to further develop its behavioral health triage software.

Morning Headlines 3/17/25

HHS braces for a reorganization

Government insiders say that White House-mandated HHS cost cutting could reduce ASTP’s headcount from 180 to 30.

What is NHS England – and what does abolishing it mean?

In England, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces plans to dissolve NHS England in a move the government estimates will save $130 million by eliminating duplicate costs.

Nimblemind.ai Raises $2.5M to Unlock AI-Ready Clinical Data for Healthcare Providers

Nimblemind.ai will use $2.5 million in new funding to further develop and market its data infrastructure platform, which enables healthcare organizations to turn unstructured clinical data into AI-ready formats.

Morning Headlines 3/14/25

Skeptical judge sides with smaller analytics firm against giant PointClickCare over data blocking tactics

A federal court upholds an injunction granted last summer that prohibits senior care EHR vendor PointClickCare from blocking Real Time Medical Systems from its systems.

Global buyout funds line up for AGS Health

Four investment firms including Blackstone and General Atlantic express interest in acquiring AGS Health at a $1 billion valuation, up slightly from the valuation its parent company floated last September when announcing it would explore a sale.

TruBridge Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results and Provides Initial 2025 Outlook

TruBridge announces Q4 results: revenue up 2%, EPS –$0.38 versus –$2.92. TBRG shares have gained 206% in the past 12 months, valuing the company at $415 million.

Scottish software company Craneware reports record results

Scotland-based Craneware reports record results, which it attributes to US hospitals refocusing on efficiency following the presidential election.

Morning Headlines 3/13/25

Motivity Announces $27M Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital to Advance Innovation and Scale Operations

Applied behavior analysis software vendor Motivity raises $27 million and announces new leadership.

Greenspace Health Secures Series B Investment from ABS Capital to Advance Innovation in Behavioral Health through Measurement-Based Care

Greenspace Health, which offers measurement-based care software for mental healthcare providers, secures Series B funding from ABS Capital Partners.

Knack RCM Announces Acquisition of PPM Partners, Expanding Expertise in Anesthesia Revenue Cycle Management

Knack RCM acquires PPM Partners, an Alabama-based company that offers anesthesia billing and practice management services.

Morning Headlines 3/12/25

Hinge Health Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

Digital physical therapy provider Hinge Health files IPO paperwork.

Tempus Announces Acquisition of Deep 6 AI

Precision medicine technology vendor Tempus AI acquires Deep 6 AI, which has developed software that matches patients with clinical trials using EHR data.

RLDatix acquires IPeople Healthcare

RLDatix, which offers healthcare governance, risk, compliance, and workforce management solutions, acquires downtime continuity and Meditech-focused professional services company IPeople Healthcare.

Vori Health Secures $53 Million in Series B Funding to Transform Value-Based Musculoskeletal Care

Virtual orthopedic care provider Vori Health raises $53 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total raised to $103 million.

Morning Headlines 3/11/25

CoachCare acquires VitalTech

Digital health and remote patient monitoring company CoachCare acquires RPM vendor VitalTech, its eighth acquisition in the last two years.

MoveUp to Acquire Deep Structure.ai, Strengthening AI-Driven Orthopedic Care

MoveUp, a global digital health company focused on remote patient monitoring and rehabilitation, acquires digital orthopedic care delivery business Deep Structure.ai.

Software bug at firm left NHS data ‘vulnerable to hackers’

Care coordination and referral company Medefer comes under fire in England for mishandling an API flaw that left NHS patient referral data exposed to potential data breaches.

Morning Headlines 3/10/25

Adageis Secures $2M Seed Funding to Expand AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions

Revenue and clinical analytics startup Adageis announces $2 million in seed funding.

Gem Health Secures $7 Million Series A to Scale Transformative Virtual Sleep Care

Virtual sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment provider Gem Health raises $7 million in a Series A funding round led by LFE Capital and HealthTrend Capital.

Hims & Hers to shut down dermatology business Apostrophe

Hims & Hers shuts down Apostrophe, an online dermatology company it acquired in 2021 for $190 million.

Ataraxis AI to Transform Precision Medicine in Cancer Care with $20.4 Million Series A 

Oncology-focused precision medicine startup Ataraxis AI secures $20.4 million in new funding.

Morning Headlines 3/7/25

Oracle’s Federal Electronic Health Record experienced a nation-wide outage

The VA clarifies that an EHR outage earlier this week impacted all federal EHR users, including the VA, DoD, US Coast Guard, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Lumata Health Secures $23 Million Series B to Expand Access and Adherence to Vision-Saving Care

Eye care management vendor Lumata Health raises $23 million in Series B funding, bringing its total raised to $36 million.

HHS Office for Civil Rights Imposes a $200,000 Penalty Against Oregon Health & Science University for Failure to Provide Timely Access to Patient Records

Oregon Health & Science University will pay a $200,000 penalty for taking over a year to provide a patient with her requested medical records.

VA to complete Federal EHR deployment at nine additional sites in 2026

The VA will implement its Oracle Health-based EHR at nine additional sites next year, bringing the total expected to go live in 2026 to 13.

Morning Headlines 3/6/25

Freed Raises $30 Million to Free Clinicians

AI medical scribe startup Freed announces $30 million in Series A funding.

Walgreens Nears Roughly $10 Billion Deal to Go Private

Walgreens inches closer to a take-private deal with Sycamore Partners, with sources saying the acquisition could be announced as soon as tomorrow.

Spokane VA Hospital’s health record outage prompts investigation

Oracle Health investigates yesterday’s system outage at six VA medical centers and 26 clinics.

Morning Headlines 3/5/25

23andMe rejects CEO’s second take-private offer

The board of 23andMe rejects the take-private proposal of CEO Anne Wojcicki, who had reduced her proposed price from last month by 84%.

Ntracts Acquires Compliatric, Expands Capability to Support Administrative Compliance Needs in Healthcare

Ntracts, a healthcare contract lifecycle management company based in Tennessee, acquires healthcare regulatory, accreditation, and compliance management technology vendor Compliatric.

Bluebird Kids Health Raises $31.5M to Transform Value-based Pediatric Care

Tech-enabled pediatric practice Bluebird Kids Health (FL) announces $31.5 million in new funding.

Familiar face in the tech policy office

HHS/ASTP appoints Steven Posnack, MS, MHS as acting head of ASTP/ONC.

Morning Headlines 3/4/25

CareCloud Reignites Acquisition Strategy with MesaBilling Acquisition

Ambulatory health IT vendor CareCloud acquires MesaBilling as part of a renewed acquisition push.

Amazon One introduced at NYU Langone Health facilities to improve check-in for its millions of patients

NYU Langone Health patients will soon be able to check in using Amazon One palm scanning technology integrated with the hospital’s Epic system.

Accelerating Rural Access to Distributed and InteGrated Medical Care (PARADIGM) program to Develop Revolutionary Mobile Healthcare Solution

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health selects Planned Systems International to support the design of a new mobile care delivery platform incorporating networked medical devices and virtual care capabilities to improve healthcare access for rural patients.

Morning Headlines 3/3/25

Clearlake to buy majority stake in ModMed that values it at $5.3bn

Clearlake Capital is reportedly preparing to acquire specialty-focused health IT vendor ModMed from Warburg Pincus.

Minister Carroll MacNeill launches the new HSE Health App

Ireland’s Health Service Executive launches a health app that allows patients to maintain a medical list, store health-related ID cards, access vaccination records, and search for HSE services.

The next chapter: Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams 

Microsoft encourages Skype users to transition to Microsoft Teams before it retires the video call application in May.

Morning Headlines 2/28/25

Federal government officials drop out of HIMSS health information conference

Stat reports that federal officials won’t be attending HIMSS25 due to a travel freeze.

Bias Capital Cancels $25 Million Investment in Parker Health Amid Serious Fraud Concerns

Bias Capital cancels its $25 million Series A investment in EHR vendor Parker Health after its due diligence raises concerns of fraud.

As seasoned doctors exit the field, SimCare AI raises $2M to scale clinical training with AI patients

SimCare AI, which creates AI patients for clinician training, raises $2 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 2/27/25

These engineers raised $8.1 million for a new healthcare AI startup after OpenAI acquired their last company. See the 11-slide pitch deck they used.

Charta Health, which offers a product that uses AI to automate patient chart reviews to find missed billing codes, raises $8.1 million in seed funding.

Teladoc shares tumble on wider-than-expected loss, disappointing revenue guidance

Teladoc Health shares drop on the news of dips in Q4 and full-year revenue, attributable in part to the company’s poorly performing BetterHelp business.

Defense Health Network-National Capital Region and U.S. Navy Conduct Milestone Virtual Health Test Aboard USS Gerald R. Ford

The Defense Health Network-National Capital Region, Navy Medicine, and Medweb successfully test their ability to conduct a virtual medical consultation between a patient aboard the docked USS Gerald R. Ford and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Morning Headlines 2/26/25

Anne Wojcicki has a new offer to take 23andMe private, this time for $74.7 million

New Mountain Capital and 23andMe co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki propose to take the company private in a $74.7 million deal.

HealthStream Announces Fourth Quarter & Full-Year 2024 Results

Healthcare workforce technology company HealthStream reports Q4 results: revenue up 5.2%, EPS $0.16 versus $0.15.

Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information

President Trump issues an executive order directing several departments including HHS to enforce existing healthcare price transparency regulations within 90 days.

Healthcare Malware Hunt, Part 1: Silver Fox APT Targets Philips DICOM Viewers

Malware researchers find that a China-based hacker group is disguising its malware as a Philips DICOM viewer.