HealthAlliance Hospital (NY) discharges or transfers all of its inpatients and diverts ambulances following a cyberattack.
The US Defense Health Agency awards Amwell and Leidos a contract valued at up to $180 million to provide a hybrid care platform that will replace MHS Video Connect.
EClinicalWorks announces that it expects to generate $900 million in revenue in 2023, up from the previous year’s $800 million.
Uniguest expands presence and capabilities in healthcare through acquisition of PCare
Audience engagement platform vendor Uniquest acquires PCare, which offers interactive patient systems.
Tech-enabled primary and social care management company Pair Team raises $9 million in a Series A funding round.
Telehealth Privacy and Security Tips for Patients
HHS OCR publishes a checklist covering “Telehealth Privacy and Security Tips for Patients.”
Waymark Announces $42M in New Funding
Waymark, which offers tech-enabled care support services to primary care teams and their Medicaid patients, announces $42 million in funding.
Ventricle Health, a virtual and at-home cardiology care provider, raises $8 million in seed funding.
Allara, a telehealth platform for women with chronic hormonal conditions, raises $10M Series A
Membership-based virtual care startup Allara raises $10 million in a Series A funding round.
Aspirus and St. Luke’s Move Closer to Affiliation
Aspirus Health (WI) will acquire St. Luke’s (MN), pending the signing of a definitive agreement that calls for Aspirus to implement Epic and its other standard systems at St. Luke’s within 24 months of closing.
Reimagine Care, a provider of virtual and at-home cancer care, secures funding from Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System.
Sharecare confirms receipt of unsolicited proposal from Claritas Capital
Atlanta-based digital health and wellness company Sharecare considers an acquisition proposal from private equity firm Claritas Capital.
Streamline Health Executes Strategic Restructuring, Provides Corporate Update
RCM vendor Streamline Health Solutions announces layoffs, the loss of a legacy customer, and management changes including a new CEO.
Rite Aid Takes Steps to Accelerate Transformation and Position Company for Long-Term Success
Rite Aid files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and names a new CEO as part of its corporate restructuring strategy.
Healthcare payments startup Waystar makes IPO filing public
Waystar goes public with its IPO filing, announcing plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq alongside a bump in quarterly sales.
Sphere Announces Agreement to Divest Commercial Division
Sphere will sell its Commercial Division to commerce enablement company NMI, allowing it to sharpen its focus on core business such as its TrustCommerce healthcare gateway, Health IPass patient engagement solutions. and Qgiv digital fundraising platform for non-profits.
The VA will establish four new AI centers to test and apply new AI solutions at partner VA medical centers.
Walgreens plans to close some 60 VillageMd clinics
Walgreens will close 60 of its drugstore-attached VillageMD clinics as it pursues $1 billion in cost reductions following a Q4 loss that is the first in its 122-year history.
Access Healthcare Acquires Envera Health
RCM vendor Access Healthcare acquires Envera Health, which offers patient engagement solutions.
Twenty-Three Hospitals in North Dakota Form New Network to Strengthen Rural Healthcare
Nearly two dozen independent hospitals in North Dakota form the Rough Rider High-Value Network to achieve economies of scale; better coordinate care; and improve efficiencies through collaborative IT, health information exchange, and telemedicine.
WellSky acquires Corridor, which offers coding and RCM services to post-acute care organizations.
Prevounce Health Extends Series A to $7M to Grow Remote Care Management Solutions
Remote patient monitoring and chronic care management company Prevounce Health announces $7 million in Series A funding.
OptimizeRx acquires healthcare consumer-focused marketing and analytics software vendor Medicx Health for $95 million.
Cigna’s Evernorth Health Services subsidiary acquires and will incorporate Bright.md’s asynchronous virtual care technology and clinical assets into its MDLive telehealth service.
FDA Establishes New Advisory Committee on Digital Health Technologies
The FDA will create a Digital Health Advisory Committee to help the agency better understand the benefits, risks, and clinical outcomes associated with digital health technologies.
Health tech company in bankruptcy cuts 20 jobs, names new CEO
UpHealth Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection several weeks ago, lays off 20 employees and names a new CEO as part of its cost-reduction efforts.
Los Angeles-based Commons Clinic, which offers value-based specialty care for orthopedics, raises $19.5 million in a Series A round.
Leading Remote Health Care Company Optimize Health Completes $18 Million Series B Financing
Remote patient monitoring and chronic care management vendor Optimize Health raises $18 million in a Series B funding round.
Sutter Health (CA) will open an innovation center by the end of 2024 that will offer collaborative space for technology partners to incubate new products and services.
Main Street Health Announces $315M Financing Round to Expand Into 26 States
Main Street Health, a practice management company focused on helping rural primary care providers transition to value-based care, announces $315 million in funding and expansion into eight additional states.
Venture capital firm General Catalyst wants to buy a health system
General Catalyst launches Health Assurance Transformation Corp. to acquire health systems that will serve as testing grounds for new care delivery and workflow optimization technologies.
UC Davis Health, NODE.health, and Leading Health Systems launch VALID AI
University of California health systems and partners including hospitals, payers, nonprofits, and vendors launch the VALID AI collaborative to promote best practices for generative AI in healthcare.
VA to share health info with private-sector medical systems
The VA and 13 health systems pledge to share data to improve veteran healthcare.
LGI Healthcare Solutions Acquires Boston Software Systems.
Canada-based health IT company LGI Healthcare Solutions acquires healthcare automation vendor Boston Software Systems.
DEA extends pandemic telehealth rules for prescribing controlled substances
The DEA will continue to allow providers to prescribe select controlled substances via telemedicine through the end of next year.
Investment firm SAIGroup funds and launches RhythmX AI, which analyzes longitudinal data to make recommendations to doctors.
Alpha II, LLC Announces Strategic Acquisition of RCxRules
RCM technology vendor Alpha II acquires RCxRules, which provides revenue cycle automation.
US mental health startup Headway raises $125 million at $1 billion valuation
Headway, which connects patients to in-network therapists, raises $125 million a Series C round that values the company at $1 billion.
Nonprofit service provider Blackbaud settles data breach case for $49.5M with states
Blackbaud will pay $49.5 million to settle claims brought by 50 attorneys general pertaining to a 2020 ransomware attack affecting 13,000 nonprofits including hospitals, universities, and religious organizations.
Netsmart Advances Substance Use Disorder Solution Offerings Through Acquisition of Netalytics
Behavioral health IT vendor Netsmart will acquire Netalytics, an addiction treatment and practice management company based in South Carolina.
Athelas + Commure: Merging to Create a $6B Healthcare Infrastructure Company
Remote patient monitoring and RCM vendor Athelas acquires Commure, parent company of PatientKeeper, and announces an undisclosed amount of funding from General Catalyst.
Optum will take over the RCM, IT, informatics, analytics, and inpatient care management operations of ProHealth Care in Wisconsin.
Tech-enabled autism and neurodivergent care company Cortica raises $115 million in an extended Series D funding round led by CVS Health Ventures.
UC San Diego Awarded $9.5 Million to Enhance Cybersecurity in Health Care
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers will use a $9.5 million award from the HHS-affiliated Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop protocols and solutions that can prevent or reduce the severity of ransomware attacks.
Automated healthcare? Plenful emerges from stealth with $9M to streamline medical admin
Pharmacy-focused workflow automation startup Plenful launches with $9 million in funding.
The nonprofit American Health Information Management Association acquires for-profit HCPro, which offers educational and compliance-related RCM resources for healthcare professionals.
Health Data Analytics Institute raises $31 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total raised to nearly $50 million.
‘Restructuring historical financial obligations’: Heywood Hospital files for bankruptcy
Heywood Healthcare (MA) files for Chapter 11, citing operational and business challenges that have included a “costly and lengthy” EHR implementation.
Providence Unveils Praia Health, Its Fourth Incubated Technology
Providence’s Digital Innovation Group announces GA of its Praia Health patient identity and engagement software.
AHA Responds to Senate RFI on Health Data Privacy
The American Hospital Association asks Congress to withdraw HHS OCR’s December 2022 rule that prohibits hospitals from tracking their website users using third-party technology.
Biogen shutters digital health group, nixes Apple study, as part of cost cuts
Biotech firm Biogen shuts down Biogen Digital Health and lays off 150 employees as the company cuts costs and restructures.
Syra Health Corp. Announces Pricing of Upsized Initial Public Offering
Digital health vendor Syra Health launches an IPO in an effort to raise $6.7 million.
Large Michigan healthcare provider confirms ransomware attack
McLaren Health Care confirms it was the victim of a ransomware attack, and is working to determine if any stolen data has been posted to the dark web.
Hospital execs to Lamont, lawmakers: Seal the Yale-Prospect deal
Two hospitals ask the state to expedite their acquisition, with a recent cyberattack leaving them unable to pay bills, but Yale New Haven Health is questioning whether it wants to buy hospitals that use such outdated technology.
Nuance renames DAX Express to DAX Copilot.
Federal Budgetary Effects of the Activities of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
CBO says that CMMI, which tests new payment models and was projected to produce savings when it was formed in 2010, actually increased federal spending by $5.4 billion through 2020.
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