Morning Headlines 9/17/25

Innovaccer Acquires Story Health to Pioneer AI Agents that Augment Specialty Care Teams

Innovaccer acquires Story Health, which offers a digital specialty care management platform.

Doctronic Raises $20 Million Series A to Bring Private and Personalized AI Doctor to the Masses

AI-powered virtual care startup Doctronic announces $20 million in Series A funding.

Bambu Ventures Establishes SPV to Acquire Lemonaid Health

Bambu Ventures and Chrome Holding plan to acquire Lemonaid Health, pending approval by the federal court that is overseeing 23andMe’s bankruptcy proceedings.

Assured raises $6M for AI-native network management that gets providers seeing billable patients faster

Provider workforce management software startup Assured raises $6 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 9/16/25

Inbox Health Closes $20M in New Funding to Accelerate AI for Patient Billing

Automated patient billing and payments software vendor Inbox Health announces $20 million in new funding.

CMS Launches Landmark $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation Program

CMS releases details on how states can apply for funding through the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program.

MedSetGo Closes $2.4M Oversubscribed Seed Round to Transform Healthcare Navigation with AI

Post-acute care coordination startup MedSetGo raises $2.4 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 9/15/25

Why Tempus AI Stock Soared Nearly 14% Higher Today

Tempus AI stock jumps on the news that the FDA has granted clearance for its upgraded cardiac imaging platform.

Goodpath Accelerates AI Development and Expands Care Offerings Following $18M Series A

Virtual chronic condition care provider Goodpath raises $17 million in a Series A funding round.

Cerebral Raises $25M Just Over a Month After First Acquisition

Virtual mental healthcare company Cerebral raises $25 million in new funding, bringing its total raised to nearly $500 million.

EqualizeRCM Acquires the Assets of Pittsburgh Based Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC

Texas-based EqualizeRCM acquires competitor Revenue Cycle Solutions.

Morning Headlines 9/12/25

OpenEvidence Acquires Google Ventures-Backed AI Startup, Amaro

OpenEvidence, which offers ad-supported medical search and AI for clinicians, acquires advertising company Amaro to enable advertising on its site.

Alphabet’s Verily covered up HIPAA violations, whistleblower says in lawsuit

A former Verily executive sues the company for allegedly covering up the improper use of patient health data and then firing him for bringing it to the attention of upper management.

Penguin Ai Secures $29.7M in Venture Funding to Tackle the $1 Trillion Administrative Burden in the Healthcare Industry

Healthcare administrative workflow software company Penguin Ai announces $30 million in funding.

TailorCare Acquires Leading Computer Vision Technology to Advance Personalized MSK Recovery at Home

Musculoskeletal care navigation vendor TailorCare acquires Stabl, which offers a computer vision monitoring platform.

Morning Headlines 9/11/25

Daymark Health Raises $20M For In-Home Cancer Platform

Virtual and in-home cancer care coordination startup Daymark Health announces $20 million in new funding, bringing its total raised within the last six months to $31.5 million.

Ascend Learning Acquires Laudio to Accelerate Innovation in Frontline Healthcare Leadership

Healthcare workforce management company Ascend Learning acquires competitor Laudio.

Bayer pivots away from AI platform business

Bayer will shut down its radiology AI businesses, discontinuing Calantic Digital Solutions AI and the service offerings of Blackford Analysis.

Oracle to Bring New AI Capabilities to its Patient Portal, Making It Easier for People to Understand Their Medical Records

Oracle Health will add AI features powered by OpenAI technology to its patient portal in 2026.

Morning Headlines 9/10/25

Oracle Announces Fiscal Year 2026 First Quarter Financial Results

Oracle reports Q1 results: revenue up 12%, EPS $1.01 versus $1.03, missing Wall Street expectations for both.

Physician-owned Revere Health plans to lay off Utah County workers

Revere Health will lay off 177 people, with the majority of their roles being in accounts receivables and coding, as it transitions to automated RCM technology and services from IKS Health.

Strive Health Raises $550 Million in Series D Funding

Kidney care technology and services company Strive Health announces $550 million in new funding.

Morning Headlines 9/9/25

FDA will convene Digital Health Advisory Committee in November

STAT reports that the FDA will gather a group of external digital health advisors for a virtual meeting in early November, presumably to help steer its efforts around AI and healthcare technology.

Queen Latifah Named Spokeswoman as WeightWatchers Launches First Comprehensive Menopause Program

WeightWatchers begins offering a menopause-focused health and wellness program that incorporates virtual care offered through its WeightWatchers Clinic.

Georgia Hospital Notifying 163,000 of 2024 Ransomware Hack

Wayne Memorial Hospital (GA) notifies 163,000 patients of a June 2024 ransomware attack.

Morning Headlines 9/8/25

Epic Systems Will Face Part of Health-Records Antitrust Suit

A federal judge partially grants Epic’s motion to dismiss claims that were brought against it in a September 2024 lawsuit by Particle Health.

Hello Patient Raises $22.5 Million Series A to Fix the “Front Door” of Healthcare With Conversational AI

AI-powered healthcare communications startup Hello Patient announces $22.5 million in Series A funding.

Phreesia to Acquire AccessOne, Expanding Its Suite of Payment Solutions

Patient intake and engagement software vendor Phreesia will acquire AccessOne, which offers patient financing solutions, for $160 million.

Morning Headlines 9/5/25

HHS Announces Crackdown on Health Data Blocking

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says that the agency will increase resources to enforce healthcare information blocking.

Reveal HealthTech raises $7.2M to push AI deeper into US healthcare

Healthcare AI startup Reveal HealthTech announces $7.2 million in Series A funding.

Trump administration agrees to restore health websites and data

HHS will restore health and sciences webpages and data it had deleted as settlement terms of a lawsuit that was brought by the Washington State Medical Association.

XiFin Accelerates AI-Driven RCM Future with New Growth Funding and Addition of Visionary Leader Jeff Margolis to Its Board

RCM and workflow automation software vendor XiFin announces new funding and the addition of TriZetto founder Jeff Margolis to its board.

Morning Headlines 9/4/25

MedEvolve Transitions Revenue Cycle Management Services Business to Sustainable Medical Billing

AI-driven revenue cycle and analytics technology vendor MedEvolve sells its RCM services business to Sustainable Medical Billing, which will continue to use MedEvolve’s products.

Oracle layoffs hit Kansas City on Tuesday

The local news confirms a HIStalk reader’s rumor that Oracle has laid off an unspecified number of employees based in Kansas City.

Meroka Raises $6M in Seed Funding

Meroka, which helps independent physicians sell their practices to their employees, announces $6 million in seed funding.

PurpleLab Acquires Kaid Health to Expand AI-Powered Healthcare Intelligence and Patient Journey Visibility

Healthcare analytics business PurpleLab acquires Kaid Health, which specializes in AI-enabled medical coding and risk adjustment.

Morning Headlines 9/3/25

Predoc raises $30 million to stop document chasing in healthcare

AI-powered medical records retrieval and insights startup Predoc raises $30 million in seed and Series A funding.

Eversana Merges with Waltz Health to Create a New Force in Pharma Commercialization and Prescription Drug Access

Prescription routing and affordability solutions vendor Eversana acquires Waltz Health, which provides software-powered drug marketplaces.

Abridge CEO downplays impact of Epic’s new AI on call with customers

Stat reports that AI scribe vendor Abridge met with hospital customers late last week to reassure them after Epic announced its development of potentially competing Microsoft/Nuance-powered products.

Americans to Gain New Access to Real-Time Prescription Drug Price Information

HHS highlights the fact that providers and their patients will have real-time access to prescription drug information through certified health IT when the HTI-4 final rule goes into effect October 1.

Morning Headlines 9/2/25

University of Iowa Health Care reports cybercriminal incident affecting 211,000

University of Iowa Health Care and UI Community HomeCare notifies 211,000 patients and employees of a July 3 data breach that prompted the organization to take systems offline for one day.

Digi Acquires Jolt to Accelerate ARR Growth and Strengthen SmartSense’s Market-Leading Offerings

Digi International will incorporate newly-acquired Jolt Software’s operations technologies into its SmartSense business, which offers operational intelligence and compliance automation software for healthcare and other verticals.

Systems restored for Ohio State hospital system after network upgrade caused outage

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center recovers from an unexpected system outage that occurred during a system upgrade.

Morning Headlines 8/29/25

Tiny US Agency to Enforce Substance Abuse Regs – and HIPAA

HHS shifts enforcement of substance use records confidentiality from SAMHSA to the Office for Civil Rights, which also handles HIPAA enforcement.

Alignmt AI Raises $6.5M in Seed Funding

Healthcare AI governance and risk management startup Alignmt AI announces $6.5 million in seed funding.

NY Health System Settles Web Tracker Privacy Claim for $5.3M

Mount Sinai Health System will pay $5.3 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that accused it of using pixel tracking tools to send patient portal and website visitor information to Facebook.

Morning Headlines 8/28/25

OpenAI wants to build its own healthcare apps, hire exec from Instagram and Doximity to lead

ChatGPT maker OpenAI will reportedly build its own health app, tapping former health tech executives from Doximity and the investment community.

Alphabet’s Verily closes its medical device division and lays off staff

Alphabet’s Verily business shuts down its medical device division and doubles down on “precision health, AI, and data,” according to an internal memo from CEO Stephen Gillett.

CMS launches ‘chili cook-off competition’ to source AI that can detect fraud

CMS hopes to discover new AI solutions that will help curb Medicare fraud through its recently launched Crushing Fraud Chili Cook-Off Competition.

Ascension Wisconsin reverses course, no longer plans to outsource ICU doctors to TeamHealth

Ascension Wisconsin decides not to outsource ICU staffing to TeamHealth after physicians warn that the switch could result in a transition to electronic ICUs and substandard patient care.

Morning Headlines 8/27/25

Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls, sources say

Assort Health, which helps providers automate processes using AI voice agents, announces $50 million in Series B funding.

ASTP Awards Next Option Year for TEFCA RCE Contract to The Sequoia Project

ASTP/ONC awards The Sequoia Project a second option year as the TEFCA Recognized Coordinating Entity.

Eyebot gets $20M Series A to expand eye care access

Eye care kiosk company Eyebot raises $20 million in a Series A funding round, bringing its total raised to $30 million.

Morning Headlines 8/26/25

Advent International to Acquire PatientPoint, the Point of Change company, elevating healthcare through the nation’s largest digital point-of-care engagement network

PE firm Advent International acquires PatientPoint, which sells digital point-of-care advertising to pharma companies and online marketing services to providers.

Barti Raises $12M Series A to Accelerate AI-Powered EHR for Eye Care

Barti Software, which specializes in EHR and practice management technology for eye care practices, raises $12 million.

CareCloud Closes Medsphere Acquisition, Expanding into the Hospital IT Market

Ambulatory-focused health IT vendor CareCloud acquires Medsphere, giving it a foothold in the rural and small hospital IT market.

Cascala Health Raises $8.6M in Seed Funding

Post-acute care transition AI software startup Cascala Health announces $8.6 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 8/25/25

Sonitor and Tagnos Announce Strategic Merger, Paving the Way for Enhanced Healthcare Technology Solutions

Sonitor and Tagnos will form a single company that combines intelligent workflow software with RTLS capabilities.

Eight Sleep Secures $100 Million to Accelerate AI‑Powered Sleep Optimization, Expand Into Medical, and Grow Global Footprint

Sleep solution vendor Eight Sleep raises $100 million in new funding and announces plans to seek FDA approval.

Tampa General Hospital Adds Organ Donation Registration to MyChart – a First for Florida Residents

Tampa General Hospital goes live with Epic’s MyChart enhancement that allows patients to register as organ donors.

Vermont Business Heavyweight Rich Tarrant Dies at 83 

The basketball all-American, US Senate candidate, and co-founder of hospital information system vendor IDX — which was acquired by GE Healthcare in 2006 for $1.2 billion — has died.