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.

People

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.

Other

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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News 3/2/26

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Behavioral health software startup Ease Health raises $41 million in Series A funding.

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BrainCheck, which offers a digital cognitive assessment and care platform to primary care and specialty practices, announces $13 million in Series A funding.

Announcements and Implementations

Advaa Health announces GA of an AI-enabled remote patient monitoring platform for independent physicians and small practices.

ENT & Allergy Associates will implement Epic across its 80 offices in four states.

Government and Politics

An MGMA poll of 328 medical group leaders finds that 42% have or are in the process of developing AI governance policies. Of the groups that do have some sort of AI oversight in place, most review them on a regular basis. Of the 56% that don’t have any AI policies in place, respondents note they are using AI mainly in the areas of documentation, revenue cycle, and administrative and operational support.

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News 2/25/26

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Coral Care raises $13 million. The company helps families find pediatric speech, occupational, and physical therapists in five states; and offers those specialists assistance with credentialing, scheduling, documentation, and billing.

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Online urgent pediatric care provider My Pediatric Doctor secures funding from QC Capital Group.

Baba raises $6.5 million in seed funding. The company offers Medicare beneficiaries tech-enabled patient advocacy and care navigation services.

Announcements and Implementations

AdvancedMD launches a new release that includes an ambient listening tool, presenting suggested action items from patient transcripts, managing PBM requests, enhanced appointment scheduling and cancellation, and AI-driven analysis.

GenieMD announces GA of HelloGenie, a healthcare chatbot that can connect users with physicians to manage lab orders and prescriptions and coordinate follow-up care.

The Healing Place of New Hanover County implements Olari’s practice management software.

Other

Mercy offers independent practices within its service area access to a value-based care network it has set up with VBC management and physician enablement company Wellvana. Practices will have access to staffing and EHR support, among other resources. Mercy plans to open up its virtual and digital health capabilities to participating practices after the first year.

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News 2/23/26

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Urgent care technology vendor Experity promotes Bobby Ghoshal to CEO.

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Grocery store chain Kroger extends its Little Clinic closures to three sites in its hometown of Cincinnati. It recently announced it will close all of its clinics in Georgia in early April.

People

ThoroughCare names Bradley Hill (BettrAI) CEO and Sean O’Donnell (Vantage Surgical Solutions) chief growth officer.

Announcements and Implementations

Coordinated Kidney Care Group (PA), Teredesai McCann & Associates (PA), and Central Mass Nephrology implement virtual specialty care and clinical research services from Istios Health.

Virtual mental healthcare company Talkspace will launch a chatbot later this year. Currently being beta tested by 1,000 users, CFO Ian Harris says “… the willingness of people to share with the AI therapy product … as opposed to a human, has been quite astonishing.”

Athenahealth will offer new AI capabilities within its AthenaOne platform, including text-based chat for patients, a virtual front desk assistant, waitlist scheduling, and a conversational agent to help patients navigate appointment rescheduling and payment questions.

AlethianAI announces GA of its new AI Diagnostic & Billing Assistant.

Other

The American Medical Association shares 11 books hand-picked by physicians to add to your reading list. I’ll add “A Dublin Student Doctor” by Patrick Taylor. I’ve recommended his “Irish Country” series before, and this entry is just as pleasant a read as the rest. Thankfully, I’ve still got 10 ahead of me to look forward to.

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News 2/18/26

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The City of Garland, TX cancels its contract with Dallas-based telemedicine provider MD Health Pathways. The agreement would have automatically enrolled every Garland citizen into the company’s Tap Telehealth service for a $6 fee included in their utility bill. The decision to opt out of the contract was based on the concern of some residents that they would have to opt out if they didn’t want to participate; and that some groups, such as the elderly, may have a difficult time navigating the opt-out process. The city, which has been without a hospital since 2018, was in the midst of piloting the service, with a full roll-out planned for spring or summer.

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Madi Rawlins (Wheel) joins Wellness Care as CEO.

Net Health promotes Nirav Modi president of its Limber Health business. Net Health acquired Limber Health last June.

Announcements and Implementations

Ohio ENT & Allergy Physicians will implement NextGen Healthcare solutions including EHR, practice management and revenue cycle software.

Other

Ballad Health (TN) CEO Alan Levine explains that the plan to loan money to physician practice State of Franklin Healthcare Associates will help SOFHA remain in business and independent. He stresses that the health system, which is seeing many of its physicians prepare to retire, wants SOFHA’s pipeline of clinical talent to remain intact, and that he does not want to see the group acquired by private equity or another health system. “It’s a risk worth taking,” Levin says. “I mean, should we bet on a large local physician group who really wants to stay here and remain independent? Absolutely.”

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