Morning Headlines 11/18/25

No Barrier Raises $2.7M to Remove Language Barriers in Healthcare

AI medical translation software startup No Barrier announces $2.7 million in seed funding.

Siemens Healthineers could divest diagnostics arm by 2030, says CEO

Siemens Healthineers is considering selling or spinning off its diagnostics division within the next four years, with its remaining focus on its imaging and precision therapy units.

Lawmakers signal support for using AI to prevent veteran suicides in FY26 VA funding bill reports

House and Senate committee budget reports prepared ahead of the recently passed VA funding bill indicate strong support for using AI as part of the VA’s continued efforts to prevent veteran suicides.

Morning Headlines 11/17/25

House Rx Raises $55 Million to Scale In-Clinic Specialty Pharmacy Model

House Rx, which provides technology and expertise to support specialty clinics performing in-clinic “medically integrated dispensing” instead of sending prescriptions to specialty pharmacies, raises $55 million in Series B equity.

Sandy Health Raises Pre-Seed Round to Build an Operational Backbone for Healthcare

Sandy Health, which offers AI solutions for administrative healthcare tasks, announces a pre-seed funding round.

Ascension Saint Thomas Announces Major Investments to Strengthen Healthcare Infrastructure Across Middle Tennessee

Ascension Saint Thomas will spend more than $537 million on capital improvements, including technology upgrades, to its facilities in Middle Tennessee.

Morning Headlines 11/14/25

Oracle’s Ellison Gets More Employees After CEO Swap

Oracle’s reorganization under co-CEOs has left 64,000 of the company’s employees, or 40% of its workforce, reporting up to CTO, co-founder, and chairman Larry Ellison.

Senate spending bill ties full VA EHR funding to updated timeline, cost estimates

The Senate’s spending package to reopen the federal government provides $3.4 billion to the VA for its Oracle Health rollout work in FY2026, contingent on it providing Congress with a revised timeline and cost estimate.

Accenture Federal Services to Support VA EHR Modernization Integration Efforts

The VA awards Accenture Federal Services a six-month, $7.7 million contract to support its Oracle Health implementation, including program management, support, and data integration services.

Morning Headlines 11/13/25

Luma Acquires Tonic, Taking on Healthcare Bottlenecks for Over 1,000 Health Systems and 100 Million Patients

RCM vendor R1 sells Tonic Health, which offers a a mobile patient intake, survey, and payments platform, to patient access, engagement, and intake vendor Luma Health.

Shutdown deal extends Medicare telehealth coverage

The deal to end the federal government shutdown will extend Medicare’s coverage of telehealth through January 30 and ensure providers are retroactively paid for virtual services provided during that time.

Andor Health and Sentara Health Complete Rollout of Agentic, AI-Powered ThinkAndor Virtual Nursing Across 1,742 Rooms across 12 hospitals

Sentara Health will implement Andor Health’s agentic AI virtual care software at its 12 hospitals, starting with virtual nursing, virtual sitting, remote consultations, and transactional care management.

Morning Headlines 11/12/25

Get Well, a leader in patient engagement software, and RhythmX AI, a leader in AI-powered precision care, will combine to form GW RhythmX to usher in the next generation of precision care

SymphonyAI Group combines its holding Get Well patient engagement business with its AI-powered precision care company, RhythmX AI, to form GW RhythmX.

MedEvolve Announces Acquisition by Emergence to Accelerate AI-Driven Revenue Cycle Transformation

Investment holding company Emergence acquires RCM technology vendor MedEvolve, which sold its RCM services business a month ago.

Covid-era rules for addiction medication, Ritalin are extended again

The federal government prepares to once again extend a temporary rule that allows physicians to prescribe select controlled substances via telemedicine.

Morning Headlines 11/11/25

Nemours Children’s Health Launches Nation’s First Pediatric Advanced Care at Home

Nemours Children’s Health prepares to expand its new advanced care at home program, which offers remote patient monitoring and virtual support, to its hospital in Delaware.

Baraga County Memorial Hospital Selects Oracle Health CommunityWorks to Enhance Clinician and Patient Experience

Baraga County Memorial Hospital (MI) will implement Oracle Health CommunityWorks and expand its use of the vendor’s clinical AI agent.

Duval DOGE to look into city’s telehealth provider

A city councilmember in Jacksonville, FL, questions the city’s contract with telemedicine vendor Telescope, citing potential misuse of taxpayer funds and rumors of potentially illegal conduct.

Morning Headlines 11/10/25

Towards Humanist Superintelligence

Microsoft forms an MAI Superintelligence Team to develop AI that exceeds human capability, with medical diagnostics being its first focus area.

Volpara Now Operating Under Lunit Brand

Cancer diagnostics company Lunit retires the Volpara Health Technologies brand, integrating its AI breast health technology under the Lunit name.

WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) Model

CMS chooses six vendors to participate in the six-year, six-state WISeR pilot program to automate prior authorization with AI: Cohere Health, Genzeon, Humata Health, Innovaccer, Virtix Health, and Zyter.

Morning Headlines 11/7/25

CareCloud Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results

CareCloud reports Q3 results: revenue up 9%, EPS $0.07 versus –$0.28, meeting earnings expectations and beating on revenue.

Amae Health Gets $25M to Scale Nationwide, Deepen AI Capabilities

Severe mental illness provider Amae Health will use $25 million in new funding to expand its clinic footprint and further develop its AI-based care software.

Huron Acquires the Payor Consulting Services Division of Axiom Systems to Strengthen Digital-focused Payor Capabilities

Huron acquires the payer consulting services division of Axiom Systems.

Morning Headlines 11/6/25

Titan Holdings, Building AI Businesses Across Key Industries, Unveils Newest Venture: Tala Health

Tala Health, which develops AI agents to support clinicians and to address administrative burden, raises $100 million in financing.

Omega Systems Expands Healthcare MSP Leadership with Acquisition of Peake Technology Partners

Managed IT and cybersecurity services company Omega Systems acquires healthcare-focused Peake Technology Partners.

DHA Seeks Industry Feedback on MHS Genesis Deployment Methods

The Defense Health Agency seeks industry input on MHS Genesis deployment methods that will minimize operational disruptions and ensure smooth transitions for new users.

Morning Headlines 11/5/25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.