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.

Morning Headlines 4/4/25

HSCC Calls for One-Year Consultative Process with Administration on Healthcare Cybersecurity Requirements

The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group urges the White House to launch a one-year consultative process with healthcare leaders instead of proceeding with the planned HIPAA Security Rule update.

Senate confirms Oz as head of CMS along party lines

The Senate confirms former cardiologist and television show host Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA as administrator of CMS.

Oracle privately confirms Cloud breach to customers

Oracle acknowledges the previously reported breach of certain Cloud servers, telling customers that the FBI is investigating.

Morning Headlines 4/3/25

Leaders of the House, Senate VA Committee & VA Appropriations Request Cost Estimate for VA Electronic Health Record

Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS), chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, spearheads an effort to request that the VA submit to Congress an updated schedule and cost estimate for its EHR Modernization program by September 30.

Deacon Health Launches to Bring Tech-Enabled Care Coordination Services to Specialty Care

Specialty care management company Deacon Health launches with $7 million in seed funding.

CareCloud Acquires RevNu Medical Management, Completing Second Acquisition in 31 Days

CareCloud acquires RevNu Medical Management, an RCM company focused on audiology providers.

Morning Headlines 4/2/25

ATA Action Acquires Digital Therapeutics Alliance, Launches New Advancing Digital Health Coalition

ATA Action, the advocacy group of the American Telemedicine Association, acquires the Digital Therapeutics Alliance and creates the Advancing Digital Health Coalition.

Vaco Holdings rebrands as Highspring

Vaco Holdings, whose brands include MorganFranklin Consulting, Pivot Point Consulting, Focus Search Partners, and Built, renames itself Highspring, with the talent solutions platform taking the name Vaco by Highspring.

Inside a Toronto mall, a new kiosk is changing how families access health care

Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children opens a staffed virtual urgent care kiosk in a shopping mall to ease ED wait times.

Morning Headlines 4/1/25

AvaSure Acquires Nurse Disrupted to Advance Clinically-Developed Virtual Nursing Across Care Settings

Virtual care company AvaSure acquires Nurse Disrupted, which offers virtual nursing services for hospital and home-based care.

Well Health to Exercise Call Right and Acquire Majority Controlling Interest in Healwell AI concurrent with Healwell’s Proposed Acquisition of Orion Health

Canadian healthcare technology and care delivery company Well Health Technologies will acquire a controlling interest in Healwell AI, concurrent with Healwell’s forthcoming $116 million acquisition of Orion Health.

VA names nine additional facilities that will deploy Federal EHR in 2026

The VA identifies the nine additional medical centers and associated clinics that will go live on the department’s Oracle Health-based EHR next year.

Morning Headlines 3/31/25

Oracle has reportedly suffered 2 separate breaches exposing thousands of customers‘ PII

Oracle deals with a breach to its Oracle Health systems and the theft of patient data, and a separate breach of its Oracle Cloud servers that has led to the login credentials of 6 million users being put up for sale.

Bankruptcy judge: MercyOne should produce records related to Mercy Iowa City downfall

A federal judge orders MercyOne to produce records related to its management of the now bankrupt Mercy Iowa City, including those pertaining to the troubled roll out of an EHR that may have contributed to the hospital’s financial troubles.

Update Regarding Medical Transition Services at Premier Health

Premier Health (OH) will end its transcription services since most providers have shifted to Dragon speech recognition and built-in Epic tools.

Morning Headlines 3/28/25

Kennedy to slash 10,000 jobs in major overhaul of US health agencies

HHS will eliminate 10,000 full-time positions and close half of its regional offices, and will merge Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and other groups under the newly created Administration for a Healthy America.

Taxo Raises $5M from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and Character to Build Out Autonomous Systems for Healthcare

Taxo, which offers a data extraction and workflow automation engine for healthcare administration, raises $5 million in seed funding.

Layer Health Raises $21 Million Series A to Transform Medical Chart Review Using AI

Automated chart review startup Layer Health raises $21 million in a Series A funding round led by Define Ventures.

Marit Health Launches Groundbreaking Community-Powered Platform for Salary Transparency in Medicine, Secures $3.2M Seed Round

Several former leaders of Glassdoor launch Marit Health, a salary transparency website for doctors and advanced practice providers, and announce $3.2 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 3/27/25

ProsperityEHR Debuts Next-Gen EHR to Keep Behavioral Health Practices Thriving

TheraManager rebrands and officially launches as ProsperityEHR to offer behavioral health practices EHR, RCM, and practice management software.

Amazon Tests ‘Interests’ AI shopping tool, Health Chatbot

Amazon is testing a health-focused chatbot that answers wellness questions and recommends products, with offered responses reviewed by a US-based “clinically verified” clinician.

Morningside Ventures Makes Strategic Investment in Xealth to Accelerate Digital Health Ecosystem

Digital health integration company Xealth announces new funding from Morningside Ventures.

Morning Headlines 3/26/25

VisiQuate Acquires Rotera to Advance AI-Driven Revenue Cycle Automation

RCM vendor VisiQuate acquires Rotera, which offers a digital assistant platform.

Navina secures $55M Series C funding led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives

AI clinical insights company Navina raises $55 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total raised to $100 million.

Silna Health Announces $27 Million in Funding to Tackle America’s Prior Authorization Crisis

Silna Health, which offers automated insurance verification and prior authorization software, announces $27 million in new funding.

Morning Headlines 3/25/25

Roper Technologies to acquire CentralReach

Roper Technologies will acquire applied behavior analysis software vendor CentralReach for $1.65 billion.

23andMe files for bankruptcy, Anne Wojcicki steps down as CEO

Consumer genetic testing company 23andMe co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki steps down as the company enters Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Scribe Health – Leading AI Medical Scribe announces $1.2 million seed round

Brooklyn, NY-based AI medical scribe startup Scribe Health raises $1.2 million.

Morning Headlines 3/24/25

Temasek and Warburg Pincus seek up to $5bn for sale of healthcare company GHX

The owners of supply chain management technology vendor Global Healthcare Exchange are reportedly looking to sell the company at a $5 billion valuation.

6 health AI updates we shared at The Check Up

Google Chief Health Officer Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc announces six health AI updates at the company’s annual healthcare conference.

Paging Dr. Cube: UniDoc to buy software from AMD Telemedicine to improve remote healthcare offering

Canada-based virtual healthcare kiosk manufacturer UniDoc Health acquires most of the assets of telemedicine hardware and software vendor AMD Telemedicine for $175,000.

Morning Headlines 3/21/25

Forcura and Medalogix Join to Create Transformative Post-Acute Care Technology Platform

Workflow solutions vendor Forcura and post-acute care analytics company Medalogix merge under majority owner Berkshire Partners.

John Snow Labs Introduces First Commercially Available Medical Reasoning LLM at Nvidia GTC

John Snow Lab announces Medical LLM Reasoner, which it says is the first commercially available healthcare-specific reasoning LLM.

Anywhere for Health Systems Delivers Clinical-Grade Cognitive Assessments Remotely

Linus Health launches Anywhere for Health Systems, an FDA-listed, EHR-integrated AI cognitive assessment tool that PCPs can ask their patients and their care partners to administer.

Morning Headlines 3/20/25

VA cuts support work for new EHR, after canceling hundreds of contracts

The VA works through contractor cutbacks, reinstating work with some companies as it looks to ramp up EHR modernization efforts in the coming year.

AdvancedMD Accelerates Momentum as Standalone Company and Expands Leadership Team

AdvancedMD promotes Amanda Sharp to CEO following its acquisition by Francisco Partners in December.

The person the White House says is leading DOGE has also been working at HHS

DOGE Administrator Amy Gleason’s concurrent role as a consultant at HHS comes to light amidst numerous lawsuits pertaining to the cost-cutting department’s chain of command.

Morning Headlines 3/19/25

Veradigm Files Fiscal 2022 Form 10-K and Restated Financial Statements

Veradigm files its long-overdue 2022 10-K in an effort to regain its listing on the Nasdaq.

DispatchHealth and Medically Home to Merge, Increasing Access to Hospital-Level Care at Home for Americans

App-enabled house call provider DispatchHealth acquires Medically Home, which offers hospital-at-home care software and services.

Canvas Medical Launches Hyperscribe, an Open Source AI Copilot for Clinicians

EHR vendor Canvas Medical announces an open source AI copilot and ambient documentation system.