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Weight management-focused hybrid primary care provider Knownwell raises $25 million in a funding round led by CVS Health Ventures. Oak Street Health (acquired by CVS Health in 2023 for $10.6 billion) co-founder Geoff Price also participated in the round.
The company, which has raised a total of $45 million, acquired online precision care and obesity management clinic Alfie Health last year.
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Virtual family mental healthcare provider Manatee acquires pediatric-focused health and wellness app Happy Pillar.
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EngageMed names Julie Embry (Catholic Health Initiatives) CEO.
Onpoint Healthcare Partners names Sean Carroll (Fluent) CEO and Michael Clark (RAAPID) president and COO.
Announcements and Implementations
Pain Consultants of East Tennessee implements Adhere+’s remote therapeutic monitoring technology for chronic care patients.
Sound Physicians will implement WellStack’s Unified Data Model, RCM Decision Hub, and ACO Decision Hub.
OnPoint Healthcare Partners announces GA of its Practice Management-as-a-Service Model, which uses AI agents to automate clinical and administration workflows.
Medmio develops CodeSight automated coding software.
AdvancedMD launches AdvancedMD Now, an EHR, practice management, and patient engagement platform designed for mental healthcare practices with up to three providers.
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This article highlights the mounting frustrations smaller, independent practices are feeling as a result of relatively new downcoding policies enacted by payers like Aetna and Cigna. The automatic downcoding has left physicians strapped for cash and questioning the viability of their business models: “There’s going to be a point where we have to make a serious choice about who we want to be as a practice and what sort of patients we want to serve,” says one physician. “These insurance companies are going to choke us to the point where we can’t afford to keep up with their documentation requirements.”
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