News 7/9/25

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Vytalize Health reportedly raises $55 million, bringing its total raised to over $230 million. The New Jersey-based company helps physician practices and health centers transition to value-based care via its ACO model.

Sponsored Events and Resources

July 22 (Tuesday) 1 ET. “Innovating the Consumer Experience Beyond the EMR with Open Standards.” Sponsor: Praia Health. Presenters: Ryan Howells, principal, Leavitt Partners and program manager, The CARIN Alliance; David LaBine, VP of software engineering, Providence Digital Innovation Group; Robin Monks, CTO, Praia Health; Kristen Valdes, CEO, b.well. As healthcare faces rising consumer expectations and tighter regulations, the high cost of maintaining fragmented, proprietary systems is no longer sustainable. While patient data access has improved, the lack of open standards continues to hinder innovation, drive up integration costs, and limit the potential of digital health beyond the EHR. This webinar will discuss how open standards like OIDC, HL7 FHIR, and open technology requirements are essential for reducing integration burdens, accelerating development, and lowering maintenance costs. Panelists will describe how every closed integration represents a lost opportunity and will offer practical strategies for leveraging open technology as a competitive advantage that improves efficiency, ensures compliance, and strengthens patient trust.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Digital health network startup Ingenio Care secures an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding. The company will market its app-based solution to independent physician associations, payers, and employers.

People

WeightWatchers names Kim Boyd, MD (Calibrate) chief medical officer and announces that it will begin offering menopause care services.

Tellihealth names Jill Langenfeld (Emcara Health) COO.

Drive Health names Leeza Constantoulakis, PhD, RN (Deloitte) chief nursing officer.

Announcements and Implementations

KVC Health Systems implements WellSky’s EHR across its behavioral health facilities in five states.

HealthBook+ adds an AI assistant to its patient engagement and practice management software for providers, and longitudinal health record for patients.

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News 7/7/25

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End users give Veradigm PayerPath and Modernizing Medicine top marks for customer satisfaction with end-to-end RCM platforms, according to a Black Book Research survey of 8,000 healthcare professionals working in group and solo practices and managed service organizations.

Black Book’s analysis also found that nearly 70% of healthcare professionals working in small and solo practices say that simplified billing technology with live customer support is of higher priority than EHR integration. Eighty-one percent of practices are in the process of replacing at least once RCM software vendor due to lack of automation or poor support for value-based care contracts.

Sponsored Events and Resources

July 22 (Tuesday) 1 ET. “Innovating the Consumer Experience Beyond the EMR with Open Standards.” Sponsor: Praia Health. Presenters: Ryan Howells, principal, Leavitt Partners and program manager, The CARIN Alliance; David LaBine, VP of software engineering, Providence Digital Innovation Group; Robin Monks, CTO, Praia Health; Kristen Valdes, CEO, b.well. As healthcare faces rising consumer expectations and tighter regulations, the high cost of maintaining fragmented, proprietary systems is no longer sustainable. While patient data access has improved, the lack of open standards continues to hinder innovation, drive up integration costs, and limit the potential of digital health beyond the EHR. This webinar will discuss how open standards like OIDC,  HL7 FHIR, and open technology requirements are essential for reducing integration burdens, accelerating development, and lowering maintenance costs. Panelists will describe how every closed integration represents a lost opportunity and will offer practical strategies for leveraging open technology as a competitive advantage that improves efficiency, ensures compliance, and strengthens patient trust.

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People

American College of Lifestyle Medicine President Padmaja Patel, MD joins Nudj Health as chief medical officer of lifestyle medicine services.

Announcements and Implementations

Rio Arriba County in New Mexico joins the state’s Connect referral network, which uses Unite Us technology to connect residents to healthcare and social services.

In Oregon, Yamhill County Health and Human Services will implement EnSoftek’s DrCloudEHR.

MediQuant introduces CommunityArk, a legacy health data archiving service for ambulatory facilities, managed service organizations, and small hospitals.

Other

Fiesta Mart will install OnMed CareStations in two of its stores in Texas later this week. Customers will be able to access healthcare services free of charge thanks to a partnership with Molina Healthcare. OnMed has installed stations in seven states and Puerto Rico.

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News 7/2/25

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Virtual mental healthcare clinic Handspring announces $12 million in Series A funding.

The company, which offers its services to children and their parents in seven states, has developed its own AI clinical scribe, provider and patient portals, and a therapist-matching tool.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

IKS Health invests in the Western Washington Medical Group’s newly formed managed services organization. WWMG and its MSO will both also leverage IKS Health’s care enablement software and services.

Announcements and Implementations

Capstone Clinic (AK) implements Addison Care, Electronic Caregiver’s new avatar-based virtual health assistant, as a part of its remote patient monitoring and chronic care management programs.

Barti announces GA of a new patient portal for eye care practices.

Other

Monumental Med Spa announces GA of Monumental Medical Records EHR software for med spas. A portion of each sale will go towards Monumental’s nonprofit wellness retreat for victims of domestic violence.

Webb County’s public health facility in Bruni, TX installs an OnMed Care Station to improve access to healthcare services for the rural town’s 800 residents. United Healthcare helped to fund that telemedicine kiosk, which residents can use for free and at no cost to the local government.

Sponsor Updates

• AdvancedMD adds health insurance contracting and consulting services firm NGA Healthcare to its partner integration marketplace.

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News 6/25/25

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EqualizeRCM invests in MedNet, which specializes in RCM services for physician practices and durable medical equipment providers.

EqualizeRCM acquired multispecialty practice-focused RCM vendor Management Resource Group earlier this month.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Med-Metrix secures an undisclosed amount of funding from Harvest Partners.

Independent primary care management company Aledade acquires the value-based care operations of CCA Holding Company, which includes a Michigan-based ACO and physician organization.

Research and Innovation

A ModMed survey of 2,000 patients finds that 57% support AI tools such as ambient listening if it means being able to spend more with their physician in the exam room. A similar percentage, however, are hesitant to express support for AI as a part of the diagnostic process. Eighty-one percent want to be told about the use of AI in any capacity ahead of time.

Top-ranked vendors of claims management software for physician groups include Tebra (claim adjudication), RapidClaims (AI-powered claims automation), Veradigm (denial management), and TriZetto Provider Solutions (clearinghouse), according to Black Book Research’s latest survey.

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News 6/23/25

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Rehab therapy-focused practice management software vendor Prompt Health acquires PredictionHealth, which offers AI scribe and coding capabilities and compliance analytics.

PredictionHealth co-founder and CEO Pedro Teixera, co-founder and CMO Ravi Atreya, MD, PhD and COO Adam Kever will join the Prompt Health leadership team.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

New Mexico Vintage Fund invests in New Mexico-based Electronic Caregiver, which specializes in virtual care and remote patient monitoring technologies.

Tech-enabled substance abuse and recovery treatment center OneFifteen will close later this summer. The Dayton, Ohio-based provider launched six years ago with $21 million in support from Verily and local health systems. Those investments ran out last year, and federal reimbursements have not been enough to keep the organization afloat. The name refers to the 115 people who died from opioid overdoses each day in the US in 2017.

Remote care management company CoachCare acquires competitor MD Revolution. The deal marks CoachCare’s second acquisition of the year, having acquired VitalTech in March.

Announcements and Implementations

Behavioral healthcare provider 4C Health (IN) implements patient engagement software and services from Mend.

Other

Trenton Family Medicine (OH) celebrates the certification of its office flower and pollinator garden as a Monarch Waystation. Office staff started the now 200 square-foot garden two years ago. The practice now offers patients homegrown seed and planting instruction packets.

NBC News covers the ongoing financial struggles of practices still reeling financially from the 2024 Change Healthcare hack. Many, including that run by pediatric neurosurgeon Catherine Mazzola, MD are struggling to pay back loans taken out through UnitedHealth subsidiary Optum, which has engaged in some allegedly shady repayment tactics. Mazzola says that, “I really believed that Optum, who was orchestrating these loans, would give physicians and physician groups a reasonable amount of time to repay the loans with the understanding that this financial crisis almost bankrupted us. I mean literally, you’re talking about $0 in your bank account, and you have 70 employees to pay.”

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