White label telehealth platform vendor MD Integrations announces $77 million in new funding.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Maternal health telemedicine company Ouma Health acquires Sunny Day Maternal Fetal Medicine and select assets of Boston MFM.
AGS Health launches AI-powered RCM workforce solutions for tasks related to insurance eligibility verification, prior authorizations, denials management, and appeals.
AirStrip secures a $50 million growth credit facility from OrbiMed plus an additional equity investment, which it will use to expand its clinical surveillance, decision support, and remote monitoring solutions across health systems.
Infinx Invests in Voxology AI to Bring Conversational AI Agents to Patient Scheduling
Patient access and RCM vendor Infinx adds Voxology’s AI scheduling agents to its contact center software and invests in the company.
Austin Diagnostic Clinic (TX) restores parental access to children’s medical records under a settlement with Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose office found that the clinic’s EHR was automatically revoking parental access when patients turned 12.
Foundation Health, which offers AI-powered telehealth, diagnostics, and digital pharmacy solutions, raises $20 million in Series A funding.
Amazon Pharmacy to launch electronic kiosks for prescriptions at One Medical locations
Amazon Pharmacy will fill prescriptions from kiosks in One Medical clinics and is talking to health systems about broader use.
Workforce solutions vendor HealthStream acquires Virsys12, which offers a provider data management suite.
New AI tool helps rural hospitals improve financial incomes
Microsoft launches a free, AI-powered claims denial navigator from its Rural Health AI Innovation Lab.
Xcellerant Ventures Invests in Mindset Medical to Advance Contactless Vital Sign Monitoring
Mindset Medical, which offers camera-based, vital sign monitoring software, secures funding from Xcellerant Ventures.
Saint Peter’s Healthcare, Atlantic Health merger plans called off
Saint Peter’s Healthcare and Atlantic Health call off their merger in New Jersey, nixing Saint Peter’s plan to transition to Atlantic Health’s Epic EHR.
9 Sites Going Live with New Electronic Health Record in 2026
The VA will add nine sites to its Oracle Health EHR rollout in 2026.
Attuned Intelligence Raises $13M to Transform Hospital Call Centers with Supervised AI
Health system call center technology vendor Attuned Intelligence raises $13 million in seed funding.
Savista Acquires ONCO Services, Expanding Cancer Registry Leadership and RCM Capabilities
Savista, which offers RCM outsourcing and technology, acquires the cancer registry business of Onco Services.
Healthcare IT consulting firm Healthlink Advisors joins Chartis
Healthcare advisory business Chartis acquires Healthlink Advisors.
Hipp Health Raises $6.2 Million in Seed Funding
Hipp Health, which offers AI software that automates clinical, administrative, and compliance workflows to behavioral healthcare practices, raises $6.2 million in seed funding.
Australia-based healthcare AI company Heidi announces $65 million in Series B funding and a valuation of $465 million.
Qualtrics to buy healthcare tech firm Press Ganey in $6.75 billion deal, FT reports
Qualtrics, which offers customer and employee experience software, will acquire healthcare market research company Press Ganey for $6.75 billion.
Talkspace Acquires Wisdo Health to Expand AI-Powered Social Health and Peer Support Solutions
Virtual mental healthcare provider Talkspace acquires Wisdo Health, which offers an AI-powered peer support and social health app.
Cancer AI Alliance unveils first collaborative AI platform for cancer research
The Cancer AI Alliance, a research collaboration of four major cancer centers, launches a platform that securely centralizes anonymized data from its members to train AI models.
Uniform virtual care platform vendor Collette Health acquires the Virtual Nursing Academy, which provides education for deploying virtual nursing in health systems.
Payments company Zelis Healthcare hires Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan for an early 2026 IPO
Healthcare payments company Zelis Healthcare prepares for an IPO that sources say could value the company at $17 billion.
Akron’s Summa Health completes $515M sale to for-profit HATCo
General Catalyst’s HATCo closes its acquisition of Summa Health and will convert it to a for-profit and use it as a living laboratory for the technology products of GC’s portfolio companies.
Trump to the health and tech giants: AI is not your ‘cartel’
HHS officials say that the administration does not support private sector vetting of AI tools in healthcare.
Koda Health Oversubscribes $7M Series A to Scale Goal-Concordant Care Nationwide
Koda Health, which offers patient decision support and advance care planning software, raises $7 million in a Series A funding round.
Federal Government Shuts Down as Telehealth Flexibilities Lapse
The federal government fails to extend funding for Medicare telehealth flexibilities before it shuts down, forcing providers to limit or cease some virtual care services.
VA AI strategy says early use cases will inform adoption in new EHR
The VA emphasizes in its latest AI strategy update that early use cases of AI will help to inform eventual integration of those capabilities with its EHR and other technologies.
Fortified Health Security Acquires Latitude, Expands Cybersecurity Advisory Capabilities
Fortified Health Security acquires Latitude Information Security and names Latitude CEO Mark Ferrari VP of its new risk and governance services unit.
Switchboard Health Acquires Conduce Health, Expanding AI-Enabled Specialty Care Capabilities
Specialty care coordination company Switchboard Health acquires Conduce Health, which offers AI-powered referral management and analytics software for specialty care.
HHS Doubles AI-Backed Childhood Cancer Research Funding
HHS announces additional funding for the National Cancer Institute’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative, which will incorporate AI into its efforts to use EHR and claims data for research and clinical trial development.
Clearwater Receives Strategic Growth Investment from Sunstone Partners
Sunstone Partners acquires a majority stake in healthcare cybersecurity and compliance company Clearwater.
Confido Health raises $10 million in a Series A round to expand its AI voice agent platform for appointment scheduling and patient access.
Healthcare automation and insights company Smarter Technologies acquires care delivery automation vendor Pieces Technologies.
Virtual neurology clinic Neura Health raises $11.4 million in Series A funding, bringing its total raised to $22 million.
RCM and consulting business Vee Healthtek acquires Precision Practice Management, which offers RCM and technical support services.
CareCloud will acquire the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s MAP App, a revenue cycle performance benchmarking tool used by provider organizations.
Veradigm to Release Business Update September 30th and Host Investor Call October 1st
Veradigm will provide a business update after Tuesday’s market close, raising speculation that it will make an announcement about Nasdaq relisting.
Google, Flo Health to pay $56 million in period-tracking app privacy case
Google and Flo Health will pay a combined $56 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed Flo Health collected its users’ menstrual cycle data for targeted Google advertising without their permission.
What a shutdown could mean for telehealth
Politico reports that a looming federal shutdown, which can be avoided only if Congress passes a funding bill by Tuesday night, would end Medicare’s coverage of telehealth visits this week.
AmplifyMD Raises $20 Million Series B to Accelerate Transformation of Health System Care Delivery
AmplifyMD, which offers hospitals a multispecialty virtual care platform and physician network, raises a $20 million Series B round.
Tech-enabled cancer care company Thyme Care announces $97 million in Series D funding, bringing its total raised to $275 million.
Open@Epic Highlights: Expanded Data Connections for Developers and Patients
Epic announces several product updates and new capabilities at Thursday’s Open@Epic developer conference.
Bonsai Health Raises $7M Seed to Transform Healthcare With Agentic AI
Bonsai Health, which has developed AI agents to assist physician practices with front-office tasks, raises $7 million in seed funding.
Sunrise Group Raises $29 Million to Expand Dreem Health and Build the Largest U.S. Sleep Clinic
Sunrise Group will use $29 million in new funding to expand its Dreem Health digital sleep clinic across the country.
Cognitive rehab program startup Moneta Health raises $4.5 million in seed funding.
Privia Health acquires Evolent Health’s Evolent Care Partners primary care business in a deal valued at up to $113 million.
Oura ring maker raising $875M Series E, bringing valuation to $11B, report says
Smart ring maker Oura announces $875 million in expected Series E funding, bringing its valuation to $11 billion.
Oracle Names Co-CEOs to Replace Catz as Software Provider Raises AI Bets
Oracle promotes Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to co-CEOS, replacing Safra Catz.
RevSpring to Acquire Kyruus Health, Creating a Connected Care Journey from Search to Final Payment
Patient communications and payment solutions RevSpring will acquire Kyruus Health, which offers provider search and scheduling.
Pharmacy benefit manager and administrator Capital Rx rebrands to Judi Health, the name of its AI-powered health benefit management platform, and announces $400 million in new funding.
Glooko acquires Monarch to advance diabetes platform reach
Diabetes software vendor Glooko acquires Monarch Medical Technologies, which offers a glucose management system.
Caregility Raises $25 Million to Drive the Future of Hospital-Based Virtual Care
Enterprise telehealth vendor Caregility announces $25.1 million in new funding, bringing its total raised to $92 million.
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