News 12/18/24

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Amae Health announces a $6 million investment from Cedars-Sinai Health Ventures and plans to share the health system’s Epic EHR. Based in California, Amae offers care for serious mental illness at several clinics in California, New York, and North Carolina. It raised $15 million in a Series A funding round earlier this year.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Billing workflow software company Anatomy Financial raises $19 million in a Series A funding led by Canapi Ventures. Co-founder Sasha King was formerly a chief marketing and commercial officer at CareDx.

Announcements and Implementations

Eye Care Associates in Ohio selects Nextech’s EHR and practice management technology.

Oregon Oncology Specialists will streamline its disparate patient access and engagement systems by implementing Unified Digital Patient Experience software from Willowglade Technologies.

Western Washington Medical Group implements IKS Health’s care enablement software and services.

Research and Innovation

An MGMA poll of 283 respondents finds that just over half do not have clear procedures in place to assess and select new technologies. Respondents noted they especially struggle when looking for new AI, business intelligence, and payroll system solutions. One respondent also noted that the lack of procedural selection and decision-making often results in  “analysis paralysis,” leaving potentially game-changing technologies on the shelf.

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News 12/16/24

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Well Health Technologies, a Canadian healthcare provider and technology company, rebrands its Well Provider Solutions Group to WellStar Technologies with an eye to spinning off the health IT subsidiary by the end of next year.

Well Health has promoted Amir Javidan to CEO of WellStar.

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People

CareCloud promotes Crystal Williams to president and Stephen Snyder to co-CEO, effective January 1. Current CEO A. Hadi Chaudhry will take on a co-CEO role, focusing on technology and AI initiatives..  

Announcements and Implementations

CommonWealth Cancer Center implements VieCure’s EHR and clinical decision support software across its five locations in Kentucky.

Allied Digestive Health Partners selects RCM software and services from Adonis.

Other

After-hours call center software company ConnectOnCall provides notice of a data breach that occurred between February and May of this year, potentially impacting the PHI of over 900,000 patients. The company, acquired by Phreesia in October 2023, took its platform offline after discovering the breach and worked to restore the technology in phases.

Christian Pulcini, MD publishes “The Family Squeeze” to offer families a look at how physical touch can help them build resilience during difficult times. Pulcini drew on his own family’s experiences as well as those of the children he’s encountered in the UVM Medical Center’s ED where he works as an emergency physician and pediatrician.

Sponsor Updates

• A new EClinicalWorks survey finds that AI is a catalyst to transform the healthcare industry, with 90% of respondents reporting favorable views of AI.

Blog Posts

• Breaking the rules to save lives: Why healthcare needs a policy to override policies (Nordic)
• Year in review: 6 key milestones that advanced Waystar’s mission in 2024 (Waystar)
• AI and the Age of Intelligence Has Arrived (EClinicalWorks)
• Release of Information and Audits: Birds of a Feather (And They Should Stick Together!) (HealthMark Group)

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News 12/11/24

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Remote patient monitoring and virtual care management vendor CoachCare raises $11 million in new funding.

CoachCare acquired competitor Revolution Health Solutions earlier this month.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

US Anesthesia Partners launches Elevated Practice Solutions, a new subsidiary that will help anesthesia practices and health systems improve RCM, clinical productivity, and operational workflows.

Chris Montanaro, DO launches AI-powered medical scribe startup Charting Hero.

People

TelliHealth, formed earlier this year through the merger of Signallamp Health and Accuhealth, names Asif Ahmad (LucidHealth) CEO.

Announcements and Implementations

Imaging Healthcare Specialists selects RCM software and services from Healthcare Administrative Partners.

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News 12/9/24

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Ambulatory health IT vendor Kareo officially takes on the Tebra brand. Kareo merged with  practice growth company PatientPop in 2021, at which point both companies announced they would eventually take on the Tebra name.

The merger was fueled by $65 million in growth financing.

Former Kareo CEO and founder Dan Rodrigues continues to serve as CEO of Tebra.

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RCM company Knack Global, which caters to independent and multispecialty providers and ambulatory surgery centers, rebrands to Knack RCM.

People

MiSalud Health names co-founder Bismarck Lepe CEO and announces $8 million in new funding.

Announcements and Implementations

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and Alliance Health (NC) launch a free virtual mental health support service for teens using technology from Somethings.

The Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board in Virginia selects NextGen’s EHR and practice management software to enhance its behavioral healthcare programs.

Catholic Charities Boston Family Counseling and Guidance Center implements the InSync EHR from Qualifacts.

Healing Hands Ministries adopts Sunoh.ai’s AI medical scribe software across its six locations in Texas.

Sponsor Updates

• PerfectServe integrates Five9’s customer experience platform and Intelligent Virtual Agent technology with its Operator Console for improved contact center operations.
• Nordic and Benevolence Health partner to support healthcare organizations with the new CMS TEAM bundled payment model.

Blog Posts

• Transforming Healthcare with AI: Current Innovations and Future Opportunities (PerfectServe)
• Revenue cycle 101: AI + generative AI in healthcare payments (Waystar)
• EClinicalWorks: The One-Stop Solution for Cutting-Edge AI Tools (EClinicalWorks)

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News 12/4/24

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Analog Informatics launches in Dallas to offer providers automated patient engagement, reputation management, and scheduling solutions.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Mental healthcare technology startup Halespring launches to offer its care collaboration software and resources to providers, patients, and their families.

Announcements and Implementations

In Oregon, Restored Connections Peer Center and Daisy CHAIN move from paper-based documentation to the InSync EHR from Qualifacts.

Mental Health Cooperative in Nashville implements the EClinicalWorks EHR and 24-hour behavioral healthcare inpatient management tool, which it helped to develop.

Government and Politics

American Health Imaging and its former CEO, Scott Arant, will pay $5.25 million to settle federal allegations that the Atlanta-based radiology group violated the False Claims Act by bribing physicians to gain their business over an eight-year period. A former employee blew the whistle on the practice and will collect a portion of the settlement. US Radiology Specialists acquired AHI in 2019.

Other

East Paris Internal Medicine Associates (MI) notifies patients that a now former employee potentially violated HIPAA by improperly handling PHI in May, June, and October of this year. The former employee sent three unencrypted emails containing PHI to unsecured personal email accounts and downloaded a potentially sensitive file to a personal thumb drive.

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