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News 1/14/26
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Rehab therapy and post-acute care technology vendor Net Health acquires musculoskeletal management and treatment software developer Keet Health from WebPT.
Net Health will incorporate Keet Health’s technology into its Limber digital MSK care platform, which will become the preferred solution for WebPT customers.
Net Health acquired Limber Health last summer.
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Cityblock Health names Alberto Toledo (White Star Capital) CTO.
Announcements and Implementations
Net Health announces GA of Optima Unity, its AI-enhanced EHR for rehab therapists.
Government and Politics
A federal judge sentences Benjamin Washington to 65 months in prison for his role in a years-long e-prescribing scheme in which he used information stolen from physicians to create fake e-prescribing accounts that his accomplices then used to issue thousands of fraudulent prescriptions for controlled substances, which they picked up at pharmacies and sold for profit. The conspirators also obtained fake drivers’ licenses, paid off phone company employees to reassign legitimate physician cell phone numbers to burner phones, stole a master USPS post office box key, and stole mail.
Research and Innovation
Behavioral health and post-acute care providers find their interoperability efforts hampered by transaction or integration fees, slow vendor onboarding and timelines, and APIs that don’t fit their everyday workflows, according to Black Book Research.
Other
NextGen Healthcare will pay $19.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit related to a 2023 data breach that it allegedly failed to prevent, resulting in the compromise of patient data.
Kaiser Permanente will pay $46 million to settle a class action lawsuit pertaining to third-party tracking tools on its website and apps that class members say allegedly shared user data without their consent. Kaiser has begun sending settlement notices to 13 million members in eight states and Washington, DC.
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