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News 2/12/25

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Healthcare automation startup Keragon raises $7.5 million in a seed funding round, bringing its total raised to $10.5 million since launching in 2024. The company’s software enables providers to integrate applications and build their own automation tools.


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Instant Access Webinar: “Successfully Navigating Post-Acute Rev Cycle Challenges.” Sponsors: Inovalon and KanTime. Presenters: David Swenson, senior manager of sales engineering, Inovalon; Lucy Lopez, VP of product management, KanTime. Learn how to speed up your revenue cycle processes and avoid the common RCM and eligibility errors that cause delays and denials. Discover strategies to boost your bottom line: streamline eligibility verification, simplify complex processes, and optimize denial management for improved cash flow.

Instant Access Webinar: “How AI Addresses Resource Constraints Within Identity Data Management.” Sponsor: Rhapsody. Presenters: Lynn Stoltz, MS, director of product management, Rhapsody; Drew Ivan, MS, chief architect, Rhapsody; Michelle Blackmer, chief marketing officer, Rhapsody. Discover how to overcome the toughest challenge in identity data management: resource constraints.  The presenters will cover how Rhapsody EMPI with Autopilot solves resource challenges like limitations in time, talent, and budget; Reduces costs and risks associated with inaccurate data; and boosts identity data accuracy through 98% decision-making precision.

Survey: “Data Quality Survey 2025.” Sponsor: Clinical Architecture. This annual survey measures the perceived quality of the data in healthcare, the impact of data quality on individual and collective objectives, and the factors contributing to poor quality. We do this across different healthcare market segments since each segment creates, collects, uses, and disseminates the data differently. Responses are welcome and appreciated from those who are associated with providers, payers, life sciences, public health, academia, value-based care, analytics vendors, EHR vendors, and consultants.

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HelloHero announces $7.7 million in seed funding. The company, formerly known as Enable My Child, offers virtual mental healthcare with a strong focus on kids through schools and directly to families. HelloHero, which has developed its own EHR, is compiling an outcomes-based data set that it plans to use in the development of automated tools for its therapists.

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SportGait and Heads Together Health merge to form NeuroTech Insights. The new company offers a digital neurological care platform that includes assessments, remote patient monitoring, personalized treatment plans, and clinical workflow tools.


People

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Simple Practice founder Howard Spector joins Jane Software as executive partner.

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First Stop Health names Vijay Anand )Apree Health) CTO.

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Drive Health names Alexander Sicular (Google) CTO.


Announcements and Implementations

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Resurgens Orthopaedics implements HealthMe’s Direct-Pay Healthcare Marketplace to offer transparent pricing to self-pay patients.


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The 1,750 residents of Havana, FL are no doubt celebrating the city’s plans to hire Havanan Camron Browning, MD to fill the role of the town’s only family physician. Browning, who is wrapping up a residency at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, will take over from the now-retired Mark Newberry, MD who served local patients for 30 years after being enticed by the town’s offer of rent-free office space and medical equipment – a deal similar to one that will be extended to Browning. “My goal,” says Browning, “was to be able to come home and serve my hometown. I’m here to stay. This was always my dream.”


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  • AdvancedMD releases its first major enhancements to its EHR, PM, and patient engagement platform since the company was acquired by Francisco Partners last fall.

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News 2/10/25

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Pinehurst Radiology Associates (NC) announces that it will close “for the foreseeable future” as it struggles to recover from a ransomware attack that forced it to take systems offline and cancel services.

The practice’s website is still up and running, with no mention of the attack or indefinite closure.


Sponsored Events and Resources

Instant Access Webinar: “Successfully Navigating Post-Acute Rev Cycle Challenges.” Sponsors: Inovalon and KanTime. Presenters: David Swenson, senior manager of sales engineering, Inovalon; Lucy Lopez, VP of product management, KanTime. Learn how to speed up your revenue cycle processes and avoid the common RCM and eligibility errors that cause delays and denials. Discover strategies to boost your bottom line: streamline eligibility verification, simplify complex processes, and optimize denial management for improved cash flow.

Instant Access Webinar: “How AI Addresses Resource Constraints Within Identity Data Management.” Sponsor: Rhapsody. Presenters: Lynn Stoltz, MS, director of product management, Rhapsody; Drew Ivan, MS, chief architect, Rhapsody; Michelle Blackmer, chief marketing officer, Rhapsody. Discover how to overcome the toughest challenge in identity data management: resource constraints.  The presenters will cover how Rhapsody EMPI with Autopilot solves resource challenges like limitations in time, talent, and budget; Reduces costs and risks associated with inaccurate data; and boosts identity data accuracy through 98% decision-making precision.

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People

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Consensus Health promotes Christine Hayek to COO.


Announcements and Implementations

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MedFlorida Medical Centers implements Sunoh.ai’s AI medical scribe software across its 20 locations.

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ExpEDIum will make its new Office EHR for gastroenterology practices available in the second quarter of this year.


Research and Innovation

Practices with higher digital patient engagement experience less after-hours documentation and better financial performance, according to an Athenahealth analysis of data from 6,300 practices over a three-year period. Patients noted that they are most interested in using digital tools to access test results, receive appointment reminders, and schedule appointments. Women’s health and behavioral health practices have the highest digital patient engagement scores, while FQHCs have shown the most improvement.


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I came across this story last night while I was not watching the Super Bowl: Former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader Shanna Adamic recounts her experience being misdiagnosed, underdiagnosed, and simply dismissed for several years before finally being diagnosed with a tumor in her ear. She recounts her story in her recently released memoir, “Audacious Optimism.” She now serves as a director of the Oracle Health Foundation in Kansas City. (Her journey as a patient seems like it would make for a great session at HIMSS.)


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News 2/5/25

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SimpliFed announces $4 million in new funding. The company will use the investment to expand beyond its virtual breastfeeding and baby feeding support services to include virtual monitoring of high-risk pregnancies and mental health screening and support via its new Maternal Health Operating System.


Sponsored Events and Resources

Instant Access Webinar: “Successfully Navigating Post-Acute Rev Cycle Challenges.” Sponsors: Inovalon and KanTime. Presenters: David Swenson, senior manager of sales engineering, Inovalon; Lucy Lopez, VP of product management, KanTime. Learn how to speed up your revenue cycle processes and avoid the common RCM and eligibility errors that cause delays and denials. Discover strategies to boost your bottom line: streamline eligibility verification, simplify complex processes, and optimize denial management for improved cash flow.

Instant Access Webinar: “How AI Addresses Resource Constraints Within Identity Data Management.” Sponsor: Rhapsody. Presenters: Lynn Stoltz, MS, director of product management, Rhapsody; Drew Ivan, MS, chief architect, Rhapsody; Michelle Blackmer, chief marketing officer, Rhapsody. Discover how to overcome the toughest challenge in identity data management: resource constraints.  The presenters will cover how Rhapsody EMPI with Autopilot solves resource challenges like limitations in time, talent, and budget; Reduces costs and risks associated with inaccurate data; and boosts identity data accuracy through 98% decision-making precision.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

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Virtual opioid use disorder clinic Bicycle Health raises $16.5 million.


People

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Watershed Health promotes Effie Carlson to CEO. She replaces founder Chip Grant, MD who will take on the role of chief medical officer.

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Bicycle Health names Andy Thomas (Galileo) COO and Manu Kuppalli (Optum) CFO.


Announcements and Implementations

CHADIS will incorporate Health Hug’s digital pediatric care management solution with into its digital pre-visit questionnaires and clinical process support software.

Digital fertility care provider Carrot Fertility launches a virtual clinic for menopausal care.

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GI Alliance develops population health management programs using software and services from Cosán.


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KLAS Research announces the winners of its Best in KLAS awards, with the following vendors recognized in several ambulatory categories:

  • Athenahealth earns best overall independent physician practice suite.
  • Epic and Athenahealth take top honors for independent practices in the EHR and practice management categories.
  • PCC ranks highest for pediatric solutions.
  • R1 and CompuGroup Medical earn top RCM spots.
  • Nextech takes the top two spots in the specialty EHR category.
  • Elation Health outperforms Athenahealth to rank highest in the small practice EHR/PM category.

Sponsor Updates

  • AdvancedMD adds Mental Health Technologies to its integration partner marketplace.

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News 2/3/25

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Affineon Health announces $5 million in new funding. The company offers physicians AI-powered productivity solutions for managing inbox messaging.


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Instant Access Webinar: “Successfully Navigating Post-Acute Rev Cycle Challenges.” Sponsors: Inovalon and KanTime. Presenters: David Swenson, senior manager of sales engineering, Inovalon; Lucy Lopez, VP of product management, KanTime. Learn how to speed up your revenue cycle processes and avoid the common RCM and eligibility errors that cause delays and denials. Discover strategies to boost your bottom line: streamline eligibility verification, simplify complex processes, and optimize denial management for improved cash flow.

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Employer-focused digital healthcare services and benefits integration company HealthBus acquires BetterHealthcare, which offers providers patient engagement software.


People

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Vytalize Health names Scott Mancuso, MD (Rubicon Founders) chief physician executive officer.

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Sanjeev Kumar, PhD (Gainwell Technologies) joins NextGen Healthcare as chief data and analytics officer.

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Andrea Osborne (VillageMD) joins On Belay Health Solutions as its first COO.

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CareAbout Health names Danielle Webb (Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches) COO.


Announcements and Implementations

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Digital healthcare company NowPatient adds Infermedica’s symptom checker to its services.

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Lone Star Family Health Center (TX) implements Athenahealth across its five locations.


Research and Innovation

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End users rank Veradigm’s EHR first in family practice and and primary care general practice, according to a recent Black Book Research survey recognizing ambulatory EHR innovation, performance, and user satisfaction.


Other

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Community Health Center (CT) notifies 1 million patients of a data breach first detected in early January. The cyberattack, according to cybersecurity investigators, actually took place in October.

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Allegheny College searches for a new provider of virtual counseling and therapy for its students after vendor 98point6 terminated its app agreement with the college at the beginning of this year. A bit of backstory: 98point6 originally launched as a virtual care provider, then began to dabble in the development and sale of virtual care technology. It sold its care delivery division to Transcarent in 2023 after having raised $270 million and pivoted solely to selling virtual care technology to health systems. The newly rebranded 98point6 Technologies has conducted several rounds of layoffs between then and now, with employees back in April noting the company had been whittled down to a skeleton crew. It’s unclear from the college’s news if Transcarent is actually behind pulling the plug.


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News 1/29/25

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Systole Health raises $2 million in pre-seed funding from a group of investors that includes One Medical founder Tom Lee, MD. The startup offers heart healthcare for women via virtual group visits. Systole offers its services directly to consumers in Florida and Massachusetts.

Co-founder Simin Lee, MD, MBA is a practicing cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, while co-founder and CEO Lauren McConnell has most recently worked at telehealth companies Zaya Care and Hey Jane.


Sponsored Events and Resources

Instant Access Webinar: “Healthcare Data Security: Aligning Processes with Evolving Threats & Regulations.” Sponsor: Inovalon. Presenters: Anthony Houston, MBA, senior director of security, risk, and compliance, Inovalon; Paul Wilder, MBA, executive director, CommonWell Health Alliance; Luke McNamara, MPA, deputy chief analyst, Google Cloud; Michael Quinn, VP of strategic partner development, Inovalon. Hear leaders in healthcare data security discuss some of the top recent threat evolutions and how organizations can proactively respond by making ongoing improvements to security protocols.

Instant Access Webinar: “Successfully Navigating Post-Acute Rev Cycle Challenges.” Sponsors: Inovalon and KanTime. Presenters: David Swenson, senior manager of sales engineering, Inovalon; Lucy Lopez, VP of product management, KanTime. Learn how to speed up your revenue cycle processes and avoid the common RCM and eligibility errors that cause delays and denials. Discover strategies to boost your bottom line: streamline eligibility verification, simplify complex processes, and optimize denial management for improved cash flow.

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People

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BlueStar Telehealth names Dennis Mihale, MD (Chelsea Management Group) chief medical officer.

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Rick Idemoto joins Amae Health (Stanford Children’s Health) as chief strategy officer.


Announcements and Implementations

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The Oklahoma Arthritis Center selects Calvient’s automated healthcare administrative workflow improvement software.

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Cardiovascular Associates of America implements virtual care management capabilities from Clinii.

Unio Specialty Care rolls out Iterative Health’s Skout real-time AI technology for polyp detection during colorectal cancer screenings across its 25 locations in California.


Other

Christian Healthcare Ministries will offer members virtual primary and urgent care using HealthTap software and services.

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The Gainesville Municipal Complex in Sumter County, AL installs an OnMed health station. The installation is the result of a collaboration between Auburn University’s Rural Health Initiative and the University of West Alabama’s Connecting Minority Communities program.


Sponsor Updates

  • AdvancedMD releases “CPT/HCPCS Codes Guide 2025,” a comprehensive resource for ambulatory care providers listing the latest medical billing code updates.

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