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Morning Headlines 11/5/25

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LifeMD Divests Majority Interest in WorkSimpli Software, Positioning Company as a Pure-Play Virtual Care and Pharmacy Platform

Virtual primary care provider LifeMD sells its majority ownership of WorkSimpli Software for $22 million in cash plus performance incentives.

Planbase Launches First AI-Native Employee Management Platform for Healthcare, Saving Clinics Hundreds of Hours Per Month on Administrative Tasks

AI clinic employee management platform vendor Planbase announces its launch and $2.1 million in funding.

Mayo Clinic launches Mayo Clinic Platform_Insights to advance digital innovation and quality improvement across healthcare

Mayo Clinic announces Mayo Clinic Platform_Insights, which gives healthcare organizations access to its AI-driven clinical and operational expertise for digital solutions implementation.

Morning Headlines 11/4/25

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Hippocratic AI Raises $126 Million in Series C at $3.5 Billion Valuation Led by Avenir Growth to Expand Clinically Safe Generative AI Agents Across Healthcare

Healthcare AI agent software vendor Hippocratic AI announces $126 million in Series C funding, bringing its total raised to $404 million.

Canopii Collaborative Expands Into Provider Revenue Cycle Services Through Anchor Healthcare Consultants Acquisition

Healthcare consulting firm Canopii Collaborative acquires Anchor Healthcare Consultants.

Popai Health Raises $11M to Transform Care Coordination with Voice AI

Popai Health, which offers AI-powered care coordination call technology, announces $11 million in new funding.

Morning Headlines 11/3/25

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Waystar Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results

Waystar reports Q3 results: revenue up 12%, EPS $0.17 versus $0.03, beating expectations for both.

Medical Technology Company Expands in Oakland County, Creating Over 107 new jobs

Remote therapeutic monitoring software company PtMantra will expand its operation in Wixom, MI through a collaboration with affiliate IT consulting firm Youngsoft.

YNHHS reaches preliminary $18 million settlement over data breach

Yale New Haven Health System (CT) will pay $18 million to settle a class action lawsuit related to a March 2025 cybersecurity breach that affected 5.5 million patients.

Morning Headlines 10/31/25

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Thermo Fisher strikes $9.4bn acquisition of Nordic Capital and Astorg-backed Clario

Thermo Fisher Scientific will acquire clinical trials software vendor Clario from its private equity owners for $9 billion in cash.

Layoffs hit Bellingham caregivers as PeaceHealth announces 2.5% workforce reduction

PeaceHealth will reduce its workforce by 2.5%, with 13 informaticist positions and chief health information officer job listed as eliminated positions.

WellSky Launches AI-Powered Ambient Listening for Specialty Care EHR

WellSky enhances its Specialty Care EHR with ambient listening using Suki’s solution, which it found reduces documentation time and after-hours work by 40%.

Morning Headlines 10/30/25

October 29, 2025 Headlines Comments Off on Morning Headlines 10/30/25

CVS Health tops Q3 forecasts but absorbs hefty charge for struggling clinic business

CVS Health sees a 7.8% increase in Q3 revenue, resulting in an increase in 2025 earnings estimates despite a $6 billion hit from its poorly performing care delivery business.

OnMed and Berto Acquisition To Merge

Health kiosk vendor OnMed will merge with special purpose acquisition company Berto ahead of an eventual IPO.

Teladoc Health Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results

Teladoc Health reports a 2% dip in Q3 revenue, with its Better Help online mental health segment experiencing yet another quarterly decline.

Morning Headlines 10/29/25

October 28, 2025 Headlines 1 Comment

Fitbit’s personal health coach in public preview is here

Google will launch the public preview of its AI-powered personal health coach for its Fitbit Premium subscribers on Wednesday.

Samsung Health and HealthTap Expand Access to Virtual Primary Care to Millions

Samsung Electronics will offer virtual primary and urgent care from HealthTap through the Samsung Health app.

UnitedHealth Group Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results and Raises Full Year 2025 Earnings Outlook

UnitedHealth Group announces Q3 results: revenue up 12%, adjusted EPS $2.92 versus $7.15, beating analyst expectations for earnings but falling short on revenue.

Morning Headlines 10/28/25

October 27, 2025 Headlines Comments Off on Morning Headlines 10/28/25

Honey Health Raises $7.8M to Automate Healthcare’s Back Office With Autonomous AI Agents

Back-office AI agent software startup Honey Health raises $7.8 million in seed funding.

Intention Healthcare Acquires Vesta Healthcare Assets, Expanding Home-Based Care Capabilities Across the US

Intention Healthcare acquires virtual care and care coordination services company Vesta Healthcare.

Sunwave Health and Lightning Step Merge and Secure Strategic Growth Investment from BVP Forge

Behavioral health software vendor Lightning Step announces that it will acquire competitor Sunwave Health and that it has secured funding from PE firm BVP Forge.

Data center, health company expansions bringing more than 100 new jobs to central Ohio

Virtual specialty care company AndHealth plans to hire 75 additional employees at its headquarters in Columbus, OH.

Morning Headlines 10/27/25

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Topcon Healthcare Invests in Sanro Health to Connect Clinical and Imaging Data for Smarter Care and Faster Discovery

Sanro Health, a health IT developer that integrates clinical data with imaging data for personalized retinal care and research, secures funding from Topcon Healthcare.

As Washington Republicans Threaten Future of Health Care, Governor Hochul Secures Significant Funding for Hudson Valley Hospital System

Westchester Medical Center (NY) will use $100 million in federal funding to support the integration of Bon Secours Charity Health System and Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley into its network, including unifying its EHR.

VA launches offline mobile app to support HBPC teams in remote areas

Six VA facilities, all now live on the Oracle Health-based EHR, implement the Oracle Health Community Care app to support their home-based primary care teams.

Morning Headlines 10/24/25

October 23, 2025 Headlines 1 Comment

Healthcare company Ensemble Health has tapped JPMorgan as it eyes a $13 billion sale or IPO in 2026

The private equity owners of revenue cycle management company Ensemble Health have reportedly hired investment bankers to conduct a company sale or IPO early next year.

Epic to end program that took position in Abridge

Epic will shut down its Workshop program, which co-develops software in partnership with third party companies such as Abridge and Nuance.

Findhelp Acquires Uno Health, Creating the First Full-Stack Platform for Benefit Enrollment and Social Care Coordination

Social care technology company Findhelp acquires Uno Health, which offers a digital enrollment platform for government benefits.

Morning Headlines 10/23/25

October 22, 2025 Headlines Comments Off on Morning Headlines 10/23/25

Hyro Raises $45M Strategic Growth Round to Accelerate AI Agent Adoption in Healthcare

Healthcare AI agent vendor Hyro’s latest funding round brings its total raised to $95 million.

Samaritan and MultiCare approve affiliation to strengthen community-based care across the Pacific Northwest

MultiCare Health System (WA) will acquire Samaritan Health Services (OR) and invest in upgrading its technologies and telehealth capabilities.

Trump picks startup founder to head health research agency

HHS/NIH names Alicia Jackson, PhD, founder and CEO of menopause-focused digital health company Evernow, as head of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.

Morning Headlines 10/22/25

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Ascension Sacred Heart launches telehealth program to help new and expecting mothers in Northwest Florida

Ascension Sacred Heart and Ascension St. Vincent’s launch a Telehealth Maternity Care Program with support from the Florida Department of Health.

AWS outage causes disruption to patient care across NHS sites

NHS facilities in England recover from temporary downtimes caused by Monday’s AWS outage, which also impacted numerous healthcare organizations in the US.

Optum reinvents claims and reimbursement process to eliminate complexity and administrative waste

Optum develops a multi-payer claims system that enables real-time data exchange between payers and providers for instant coverage validation and improved claims processing.

Morning Headlines 10/21/25

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OpenEvidence, the ChatGPT for doctors, raises $200M at $6B valuation

OpenEvidence is reportedly planning to announce $200 million in additional funding, just three months after raising $210 million in Series B funding.

Obesity Medicine Leader Knownwell Raises $25 Million in Strategic-Led Financing

Weight management-focused hybrid primary care provider Knownwell announces $25 million in new funding.

CMS signals interest in Palantir for national provider directory project

HHS taps Palantir, Availity, Gainwell Technologies, and the Council for Affordable Healthcare to develop prototypes for a national provider directory.

DocGo Acquires Virtual Care Platform SteadyMD, Expands Telehealth Services Across All 50 States

DocGo, which offers remote patient monitoring, mobile urgent care, and medical transportation, acquires virtual care vendor SteadyMD.

Morning Headlines 10/20/25

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Verily Launches a New Consumer Health App, Verily Me, at HLTH USA 2025

Verily launches a free consumer health app that lets users receive provider recommendations from their medical records from multiple sources, ask an AI companion questions about their records, analyze meal photos for nutrition, and join research studies.

Sage Care Emerges From Stealth with $20M in Funding for an AI-Powered Care Navigation System

Sage Care, which offers call triage, patient-provider matching, and scheduling tools, announces its launch and $20 million in funding.

Fourier Health Announces $8.4M Funding Round to Modernize Clinical Care Intake and Unstructured Data Processing with AI

AI clinical summary startup Fourier Health raises $8.4 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 10/17/25

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Microsoft extends AI advancements in Dragon Copilot to nurses and partners to enhance patient care

Microsoft extends its Dragon Copilot AI clinical assistant to nurses and adds an ecosystem for third-party extensions.

Brook.ai Secures $28 Million in Series B Funding, Led by UMass Memorial Health and Morningside, to Accelerate Next Phase of Growth and Innovation in Remote Care

Remote care company Brook.ai raises $28 million in Series B funding.

Counsel Health Raises $25M to Launch Physician-Supervised AI Front Door for Healthcare

Counsel Health, an AI-powered virtual medical group, announces $25 million in Series A funding and the launch of its latest AI-based platform.

Avia acquires Panda Health

Digital health marketplace operator Avia acquires Panda Health, which offers digital health peer input and market intelligence services.

Morning Headlines 10/16/25

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MD Integrations Raises $77 Million From Updata Partners and Denali Growth Partners to Accelerate Innovation in Telehealth; Appoints President & COO

White label telehealth platform vendor MD Integrations announces $77 million in new funding.

Imprivata Acquires Verosint to Add AI-Powered Risk Signaling to its Leading Enterprise Access Management Platform

Imprivata acquires identity threat detection and response company Verosint.

AI, Health, and Health Care Today and Tomorrow: The JAMA Summit Report on Artificial Intelligence

A JAMA summit report says that healthcare AI needs coordinated frameworks for testing, monitoring, and incentivizing safe, effective use across clinical and operational settings.

Morning Headlines 10/15/25

October 14, 2025 Headlines Comments Off on Morning Headlines 10/15/25

OutcomesAI Secures $10M Seed Financing Led by Santé Ventures to Scale AI-Enabled Nursing Care

OutcomesAI, which has developed software that combines AI voice agents with licensed nurses to handle nursing workflows, announces $10 million in seed funding.

R1 to Acquire Phare Health, a Leading AI Platform for Automating Inpatient Coding and Pre-Bill Clinical Documentation Improvement

RCM vendor R1 will acquire Phare Health, which offers AI solutions for inpatient coding and clinical documentation improvement.

WellTheory Raises $14M to Build the Category Leader in Autoimmune Care

WellTheory, which offers virtual care management services for autoimmune conditions, raises $14 million in Series A funding.

Pear Suite Secures $7.6M in Series A Funding to Power Community Health Workers Nationwide

Health and social care navigation software vendor Pear Suite secures $7.6 million in Series A funding.

Morning Headlines 10/14/25

October 13, 2025 Headlines Comments Off on Morning Headlines 10/14/25

OSF HealthCare offers another layer of monitoring for moms and babies

OSF HealthCare (IL) launches virtual monitoring in its labor and delivery units using PeriWatch Vigilance software from PeriGen.

Ouma Health Acquires Sunny Day MFM and Boston MFM, Expands Maternal-Fetal Medicine Model with Hybrid Care

Maternal health telemedicine company Ouma Health acquires Sunny Day Maternal Fetal Medicine and select assets of Boston MFM.

AGS Health Introduces Agentic Digital Workforce Solutions to Tackle Rising Claim Denials and Margin Pressures

AGS Health launches AI-powered RCM workforce solutions for tasks related to insurance eligibility verification, prior authorizations, denials management, and appeals.

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