News 3/18/26

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Maven Clinic develops Maven Intelligence, a layer of agentic AI-powered coordination and guidance interwoven throughout its virtual clinic, benefits platform, and care programs.

The company, which has traditionally offered women’s and family healthcare virtually through arrangements with employers, recently announced that it will soon start offering memberships directly to consumers.

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Eric Meier (Branch Point Health Services) joins PracticeWise as CEO.

Announcements and Implementations

Johnson Health Center (VA) implements AI medical scribe technology from Sunoh.ai.

Careforce announces GA of AI agents for patient engagement and intake. Careforce founder and CEO Huzaifa Sial was formerly a senior director of product at UnitedHealth Group focused on generative AI for the enterprise.

Inland Empire Foundation for Medical Care develops an AI Health Coach for community practices that can assist providers with operational, patient engagement, care coordination, and health coaching tasks.

Vantage Health Technologies develops SocialHealth360, a social determinants of health screening and services referral tool for community-based oncology providers.

Research and Innovation

Researchers find that automating smoking cessation screenings and interventions and integrating them within routine pediatric visits helps reduce smoking rates amongst mothers by nearly 4%.

An Annals of Family Medicine study finds that six primary care clinics that used a clinical decision support tool to notify care teams of patients’ social risks saw greater improvements in blood pressure control and a greater likelihood of social risk screening and documentation than did 44 clinics in the control group.

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News 3/16/26

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Payer-focused, hybrid maternal healthcare company Nadia Care announces $12 million in funding.

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Grocery store chain Kroger will close 50 in-store Little Clinics, including the 18 previously announced in Georgia. The cost-cutting move, which leaves the company with 170 clinics still in operation, coincides with its sale of health and wellness subsidiary Vitacost.

Understood Care announces $8.4 million in funding. The company offers Medicare patients virtual patient advocacy and navigation services, including care coordination.

Tech-enabled maternal care company Malama Health announces $9.2 million in seed funding. The company specializes in doula-led, coordinated care services for Medicaid patients through the first post-partum year. Malama Health will use the funding to hire more Doula-Care Navigators and to partner with more community health centers and managed care organizations.

Announcements and Implementations

Hyndman Area Health Center (PA) implements EHR software from EClinicalWorks and AI-enabled medical scribe software from Sunoh.ai.

Missouri Ozarks Community Health will go live on Epic April 7 across its six clinics.

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News 3/11/26

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AI-enhanced practice operations software startup Nitra announces $187 million in funding. The company’s platform caters to administration, finances and inventory, and back-office workflows.

The funding will help the company expand from 50 to 200 employees by the end of the year, and develop AI agents for revenue cycle, payroll and staffing, and patient marketing. Its software is currently used in 700 clinics.

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Beginning in May, virtual women’s and family healthcare provider Maven Clinic will expand its services beyond employers to consumers through subscription-based models.

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BrainCheck names Stephen Bekanich, MD (Iris Healthcare) chief medical officer. The company announced $13 million in new funding last month.

Announcements and Implementations

Amazon expands availability of its Health AI assistant to its retail website and app. The company had initially made it available to One Medical members via the primary care practice’s app. The chatbot can connect users to One Medical providers via video, and fulfill prescriptions via Amazon Pharmacy.

Greenway Health launches Novare, an ambulatory-focused platform built around agentic AI that integrates clinical documentation, revenue cycle, and patient engagement tools.

DrChrono adds AI-powered ambient documentation capabilities from EverHealth to its EHR.

Research and Innovation

Medical groups report meeting or exceeding 2025 productivity goals, according to an MGMA Stat survey of 200 providers. Barriers to achieving productivity goals included staffing shortages; patient-related issues including financial challenges, cancellations, and no-shows; documentation burdens; and declining reimbursements.

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News 3/9/26

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Digital insomnia care startup Noctem announces $1.5 million in new funding. The company got its start at the University of Pittsburgh, where it developed its platform by working with veterans who suffered PTSD-related insomnia.

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Senior-focused primary care company Greater Good Health raises $20.5 million in Series B funding. The company partners with payers and risk-bearing organizations to offer value-based care at its clinics in Montana and Idaho.

NexCure launches with $19 million in Series A financing. The company partners with health systems to develop and operate outpatient clinics focused on delivering CAR-T cancer therapy and other advanced therapeutics. Its proprietary technology encompasses standardized protocols, automated care coordination, remote patient monitoring, clinical decision support, and operational intelligence.

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Visana Health promotes Carla Taracena to chief clinical officer.

Ananya Banerjee (Aledade) joins Equality Health as CEO.

Announcements and Implementations

Nexus Clinical announces GA of its Nexus EHR Solution.

Alexander Youth Network (NC) selects EHR and practice management software from NextGen Healthcare.

Government and Politics

The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services’ Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health works with Healthe Insights to develop DTRN360, a care coordination platform for behavioral health providers across the state. The platform’s design was based on input from 200 interviews with clinicians, crisis responders and emergency department staff, community organizations, and justice partners. Its technology incorporates referral and care coordination capabilities from Bamboo Health and Findhelp.

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News 3/4/26

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UnityAI announces $8.5 million in Series A funding. It offers a healthcare agentic AI platform for specialty and outpatient facilities.

Founding UnityAI CEO Edmund Jackson was formerly chief data officer at HCA Healthcare.

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EyeMD EMR Healthcare Systems rebrands to Optivate.

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MedSpa Partners names Vyom Upadhya (MDVIP) CTO.

Announcements and Implementations

Luna selects revenue cycle services from MediStreams. Luna partners with providers, payers, and employers to offer app-enabled, in-home physical therapy.

NextGen Healthcare integrates DrFirst’s RxInform prescription engagement solution with its enterprise EHR.

Kidzcare Pediatrics (TN) implements Sunoh.ai’s AI medical scribe software.

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The National Committee for Quality Assurance selects Bluegrass Community Health Center (KY), Aledade, Jefferson Health (PA), and NYC Health + Hospitals to participate in its new Advanced Primary Care Pilot program. Participants will help NCQA develop and test standards around proactive population health, behavioral health integration, care team coordination, and data-powered decision-making.

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