Morning Headlines 4/29/25

Ascension reports patient data security incident affecting care sites in five states 

Ascension announces that patient data from care sites in five states was likely stolen in a December cybersecurity incident involving an unnamed business partner.

CareCloud Launches Healthcare AI Center Set to Become World’s Largest with 500 AI Professionals

Ambulatory health IT vendor CareCloud launches a domestic and off-shore AI Center of Excellence to further integrate AI across its technologies and processes.

Oracle engineers caused days-long software outage at US hospitals

Community Health Systems (TN) restores computer systems at a reported 45 hospitals after several days of downtime caused by an Oracle Health engineer who mistakenly deleted critical storage during routine maintenance.

LifeMD Acquires Women’s Health Provider Optimal Human Health MD to Accelerate Entry into the Women’s Health Market

Virtual primary care company LifeMD will use newly acquired assets from Optimal Human Health MD to launch women’s healthcare services this summer.

Morning Headlines 4/28/25

GTCR looks to exit health tech firm as bumper sales spree continues

Private equity firm GTCR is reportedly looking to sell value-based healthcare technology vendor Cedar Gate Technologies at a $1 billion valuation.

EyeMD EMR Healthcare Systems Inc., a Leading Healthcare Technology Provider for Ophthalmologists, Announces Significant Growth Investment from Performant Capital

Florida-based EyeMD EMR Healthcare Systems secures an undisclosed amount of funding from Performant Capital.

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation with Neurology Practice

Comprehensive Neurology (NY), which experienced a ransomware attack in 2020, will take corrective action and pay $25,000 to settle a potential HIPAA violation related to its failure to meet HIPAA’s Security Rule risk analysis requirement.

Morning Headlines 4/25/25

Centauri Health Solutions Acquires MedAllies, Broadens Health Data Network to Support Mission Critical Use Cases

Healthcare technology vendor Centauri Health Solutions acquires MedAllies, a New York-based Qualified Health Information Network and Health Information Service Provider.

No new autism registry, HHS says, walking back NIH director’s claim

An HHS official clarifies that NIH will not create an autism registry; instead, it will develop a real-world data platform as part of its $50 million autism research initiative.

Advancing Healthcare Information Sharing with Computable Consent

The Sequoia Project’s Interoperability Matters Privacy and Consent Workgroup publishes the final draft of its report on interoperable and standardized consent management and considers forming a coalition to further the workgroup’s findings.

VA watchdog found improper sharing of sensitive information on cloud apps

The VA Office of Inspector General determines that VA staff have been improperly sharing data on internal cloud-based apps, including the personally identifiable information of veterans scheduled for surgery.

Morning Headlines 4/24/25

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles Phishing Attack Breach with Health Care Network for $600,000

PIH Health, a network of providers in California, will pay $600,000 to settle potential HIPAA violations related to a 2019 employee email phishing attack that wound up exposing the data of 190,000 patients.

Computer system goes out at Tennova hospital system after database deleted

Tennova Healthcare (TN) attributes the need to revert to downtime procedures to an Oracle Health engineer who mistakenly deleted storage connected to a key database, resulting in a systems outage.

Promptly Acquires the Software Solutions of MDprospects and Patient Spectrum, Significantly Expanding Its All-in-One Practice Management Platform and Revolutionizing Patient Experience

Patient experience software vendor Promptly acquires medical practice CRM software from MDprospects and Patient Spectrum.

Morning Headlines 4/23/25

RFK Jr.’s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans

NIH is aggregating data from insurance claims, the VA, Indian Health Service, pharmacy chains, and even wearables to support the HHS-mandated autism research initiative launched by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Reveleer Acquires Novillus to Expand Its AI-Powered Clinical Intelligence and Quality Solutions

Value-based care workflow automation vendor Reveleer acquires Novillus, which offers provider engagement and care gap management software to payers.

Lena Health Closes Oversubscribed $2M Seed Round to Transform Healthcare Coordination with AI

Lena Health, an AI care coordination startup affiliated with Texas Medical Center, raises $2 million in seed funding.

Ascertain Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding to Scale Agentic AI Platform

Automated case management software startup Ascertain raises $10 million in Series A funding.

Morning Headlines 4/22/25

Brellium Raises $16.7 Million to Build Healthcare’s AI-Powered Clinical Compliance Platform

Brellium, which offers AI-powered clinical and payer compliance software, announces $16.7 million in Series A funding.

Veteran satisfaction and trust in VA telehealth continues to rise

The VA sees a 12% increase in veteran satisfaction with its virtual care services, particularly the VA Video Connect app.

South Australia Becomes the First Jurisdiction in the Nation to Activate Sunrise EMR Statewide Across All Public Hospitals and Health Services, Including in the Regions

SA Health implements Altera Digital Health’s Sunrise EHR and patient administration system across 100 public hospitals.

Morning Headlines 4/21/25

CISA Releases Guidance on Credential Risks Associated with Potential Legacy Oracle Cloud Compromise

A Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency advisory recommends that users of the legacy Oracle cloud environment take several precautionary actions following a recent breach that exposed user credentials.

Sky Lakes Medical Center to lay-off 70 employees in June; A.I. Partnership

Sky Lakes Medical Center (OR) will lay off 70 employees, most of them in patient financial services and coding, due to the implementation of IKS Health technology that includes ambient documentation.

Trellis Health Emerges From Stealth With $1.8M Pre-Seed Funding to Provide Women With Unrivaled Access to Health Data

Digital maternal healthcare startup Trellis Health launches with $1.8 million in pre-seed funding.

Leidos invests $10 million in AI disease detection with University of Pittsburgh

Leidos will invest $10 million over five years in a partnership with University of Pittsburgh to develop AI-powered digital pathology tools for early disease detection.

Morning Headlines 4/18/25

UnitedHealth Group Reports First Quarter 2025 Results and Revises Full Year Guidance

UnitedHealth Group reports Q1 results: revenue up 9.8%, EPS $6.85 versus $6.91, missing expectations for both and sending shares down more than 20% in the company’s first earnings miss since 2008.

Chairmen Guthrie, Bilirakis, and Palmer Launch Investigation into 23andMe and its Handling of Americans’ Sensitive Medical and Genetic Information

The House Oversight Committee asks 23andMe co-founder and former CEO Anne Wojcicki for details on the company’s bankruptcy and any plans to transfer personal and genetic data, warning that a sale to the highest bidder could be a “national security disaster.”

Risa Labs Raises $3.5M to Eliminate Treatment Delays with AI-Powered Workflow Automation in Oncology

Risa Labs, a healthcare AI startup focused on helping cancer care providers eliminate prior authorization delays, raises $3.5 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 4/17/25

Well Health Announces Results for Q4 and Full Year 2024 Reflecting Record Annual Revenue

Canadian provider and health IT company Well Health Technologies reports a 19% increase in annual revenue and that it will consider strategic alternatives for its California-based Circle Medical virtual primary care clinic.

Assort Health Secures $26 Million in Funding to Expand Specialty-Specific Generative AI Platform for Managing Patient Phone Calls

Assort Health, which offers specialty-specific AI voice agents for managing inbound patient phone calls, announces that it has raised a total of $26 million.

Youlify Raises $4.3M Seed Round to Fix Healthcare’s $262B Billing Bottleneck With Generative AI

AI RCM startup Youlify raises $4.3 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 4/16/25

Surescripts Health Information Network Designated a Qualified Health Information Network

The Sequoia Project recognizes the Surescripts Health Information Network as a QHIN.

Hellocare.ai Raises $47M to Accelerate AI-Assisted Virtual Care and Transform Hospital Rooms into Smart, Connected Care Environments

Virtual care delivery company Hellocare.ai raises $47 million.

Eight out of ten nursing leaders are piloting new nursing care models, cites Wolters Kluwer survey

Nursing leaders looking to implement new care models say they are most in need of nurse informaticists, telehealth nurses, nurse care coordinators, and nurse educators in telehealth and virtual care.

LGBTQ Texans line up to oppose electronic health record bill

LGBTQ Texans oppose a Texas bill that would mandate binary “biological sex” fields in EHRs that cannot be changed except to correct clerical errors, arguing that it endangers care for transgender and intersex patients by disregarding medical complexity.

Morning Headlines 4/15/25

SmarterDx Embarks on Next Phase of Growth and Product Innovation with New Mountain Capital

AI-powered revenue cycle company SmarterDx announces an undisclosed amount of funding from New Mountain Capital.

Kidney dialysis firm DaVita hit by weekend ransomware attack

Kidney care provider DaVita works to recover from a weekend ransomware attack that encrypted some of its systems.

Tech modernization at community health centers in limbo after federal workforce cuts

The federal government’s reorganization of HHS and related layoffs stall HRSA efforts to modernize the Unified Data System, a data-reporting system that community health centers use to prove their need for federal funding and inform public health initiatives.

Morning Headlines 4/14/25

UnitedHealth asks healthcare providers for hack loan repayments

UnitedHealth Group demands repayment from practices to which it loaned money following the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare business.

WeightWatchers reportedly prepping for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

WW International, which spent $132 million on acquiring online weight loss company Sequence two years ago, is reportedly considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Revisions to the Safety Assurance Factors for Electronic Health Record Resilience (SAFER) Guides to update national recommendations for safe use of electronic health records

The authors of the ASTP-commissioned SAFER guides offer new updates to the toolkit that incorporate best available current evidence and clinical practice.

Morning Headlines 4/11/25

Mayo Clinic taps former Biden administration official to oversee its use of AI

Former National Coordinator Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP joins Mayo Clinic (MN) as chief AI implementation officer.

VitalHub Announces Recommended Cash Acquisition of Induction Healthcare Group PLC

Canadian health and human services software vendor VitalHub will acquire UK-based patient intake and engagement technology company Induction Healthcare for $12.6 million.

Thoughtful.ai Announces Growth Investment from New Mountain Capital

Revenue cycle automation vendor Thoughtful.ai secures an undisclosed amount of funding from New Mountain Capital.

Morning Headlines 4/10/25

Dayton VA makes $55M IT investment to prepare for electronic records

The Dayton VA Medical Center in Ohio embarks on an IT overhaul as it prepares to go live on the VA’s new Oracle Health-based EHR in June 2026.

Seattle Children’s Hospital Partners with Google Cloud to Launch AI Agent to Support Healthcare Providers’ Clinical Decision-Making

Google Cloud and Seattle Children’s Hospital launch Pathway Assistant, an AI-powered tool that gives clinicians instant access to evidence-based care pathways for 70 pediatric diagnoses.

Motivity Expands Into Practice Management with a Comprehensive All-in-One ABA Solution

Motivity adds practice management software built on technology developed by HumaneBITS to its offerings for applied behavior analysis providers.

Morning Headlines 4/9/25

Prime Minister turbocharges medical research

The UK government and the Wellcome Trust will invest $767 million to create a Health Data Research Service, which will offer researchers a single access point to NHS data.

New Mountain buys stake in healthcare software provider Office Ally

New Mountain Capital acquires a major stake in Office Ally from Francisco Partners in a deal that values the health IT company at $1.8 billion.

Walgreens tops estimates as drugstore chain cuts costs, prepares to go private

Walgreens reports Q2 earnings and revenue results that beat analyst expectations as it prepares to go private in a $10 billion deal with Sycamore Partners.

Morning Headlines 4/8/25

Therapy Brands Is Now Ensora Health

Therapy Brands, which offers software and services to therapists, mental and behavioral healthcare professionals, and health IT developers, rebrands to Ensora Health.

As Demand for Behavioral Health Services Surges, Atlanta’s Acuity Raises $1.5M to Bring AI-Powered Clinical Support to Hospitals

Acuity Behavioral Health, an inpatient psychiatric-focused clinical and staffing decision support startup based in Atlanta, raises $1.5 million in seed funding.

H.I.G. Capital Completes Acquisition of GetixHealth

A HIG Capital affiliate acquires Texas-based RCM vendor GetixHealth.

Metopio Secures Growth Investment to Expand Data-Driven Solutions for Community Health

Public health data analytics and visualization tools company Metopio secures new funding from Plymouth Growth.

Morning Headlines 4/7/25

Hinge Health is considering delaying its IPO as the markets plummet on Trump tariffs

Hinge Health is reportedly considering postponing its much-anticipated IPO due to stock market volatility.

Rite Aid plots second bankruptcy in two years… sparking fears of mass closures

Rite Aid is reportedly considering another bankruptcy filing less than a year after the drugstore chain exited Chapter 11, retreating from markets where it trails Walgreens and CVS to focus on regions where it’s the second-largest player.

United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Vohra Wound Physicians Management and Its Owner Alleging False Claims for Wound Care Services

The federal government files a False Claims Act complaint against Vohra Wound Physicians, alleging that it built an EHR system that automatically billed routine wound care as surgical debridement regardless of clinical justification.