News 5/19/25

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Medical and dental practice technology, services, and solutions company Henry Schein announces a $250 million strategic investment from KKR.

Sponsored Events and Resources

Live Webinar: June 18 (Wednesday) noon ET. “Fireside Chat: Closing the Gaps in Medication Adherence.” Sponsor: DrFirst. Presenters: Ben G. Long, MD, director of hospital medicine, Magnolia Regional Health Center; Wes Blakeslee, PhD, vice president of clinical data strategies, DrFirst; Colin Banas, MD, MHA, chief medical officer, DrFirst. Magnolia Regional Health Center will describe how its Nurse Navigator program used real-time prescription fill data from DrFirst to identify therapy gaps and engage patients through timely, personalized outreach. The effort led to a 19% increase in prescription fills and a 6% drop in 30-day readmissions among participating patients. Attendees will learn why prescribing price transparency is key to adherence, how real-time data helps care teams support patients between visits, and how Magnolia aligned its approach with value-based care and population health goals.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Passage Health raises $8 million in a Series A funding round. Launched in 2022, the company offers autism therapy practices EHR and practice management software.

People

Cope Health Solutions names Richard Petrucci, MD (Somos Innovation) chief medical officer.

Joe Verschleiser (Unified Women’s Healthcare) joins American Oncology Network as chief growth and performance officer.

Announcements and Implementations

BestNotes adds clinical AI session note-taking software from Videra Health to its behavioral health EHR.

Porch Light Health, a network of addiction treatment services providers in Colorado and New Mexico, implements Chess Health’s automated Contingency Management Rewards Engine at 13 of its Colorado clinics.

Athenahealth announces GA of AthenaOne for Community Health Centers.

Government and Politics

Vision Upright MRI (CA) will pay $25,000 to settle allegations of violating HIPAA. The HHS Office of Civil Rights found that the imaging provider had never conducted a HIPAA risk analysis and failed to notify patients of a data breach in a timely manner.

Other

TechTimes profiles Cenote, a startup that has developed software that automates back-office tasks for physician practices. The company has raised $500,000 in seed funding through Y Combinator and counts sleep clinics, neurology practices, and durable medical equipment companies amongst its customers.

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News 5/14/25

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Digital musculoskeletal care company Hinge Health hopes to raise $437 million in its upcoming IPO for a valuation of $3 billion. The company had attained a $6 billion valuation in 2021 when it announced a $600 million Series E round of funding.

Hinge Health, which works with employers and health plans, has raised over $1 billion since launching in 2014.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Complement 1 launches with $16 million in seed funding. The company has developed a digital lifestyle modification and personalized coaching app for cancer patients.

Patient intake software vendor Certify Health announces an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from ABS Capital Partners.

Behavioral health CRM, billing, and business intelligence software company Dazos raises $25 million in Series A funding.

People

LifeStance Health names Vaughn Paunovich (Amwell) CTO.

Announcements and Implementations

Clear View Behavioral Health Services (CA) and Charis Counseling (WI) implement ProsperityEHR’s software. ProsperityEHR launched in March and seems to be the new iteration of TheraManager and DocuTrac, which merged in 2017 and were acquired by Renaissance Holdings in 2022.

OhMD announces GA of Nia, an AI voice assistant that handles routine patient calls and flags those that are more sensitive for further staff review.

Government and Politics

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Director Abe Sutton outlines its next phase as a part of the Trump Administration’s Make America Healthy Again initiative. Preventive care, consumer choice, evidence-based payment models, and data access seem to be major themes. The center also plans to “level the playing field” for independent providers through more flexible payment models to increase market competition.

Other

Practice owner Vien Phommachanh, MD – also known as the top Laotian ENT doctor/comedian in Florida – will bring his act to St. Petersburg on May 22. He says of his act: “I have a family, I have a culture, I have a career, and those three things are probably evenly divided. I make fun of my upbringing, I make fun of my wife and my kids … well, I don’t really make fun of my kids that much … but it’s an even split between what makes me what I am.”

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News 5/12/25

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UPMC Enterprises and Redesign Health launch Glimmer Health, which offers chronic pain management tools and services to primary care physicians.

The startup offers pain assessments and treatment plans, as well as access to Glimmer nurse practitioners, care managers, and social workers for care coordination.

Glimmer Health co-founders Alissa Meade and Delia Mannen were former executives at Together Senior Health and Arkos Health, and employees at UPMC Enterprises.

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Announcements and Implementations

Arizona-based FQHC Marana Health will unify its medical and dental IT systems with the implementation of Athenahealth’s AthenaOne platform.

Chess Health Solutions develops a Medicaid Clinically Integrated Network for Medicaid providers in North Carolina. Members can take advantage of population health tools, care management services, and IT security and support, among other benefits.

Research and Innovation

Researchers at the Physicians Advocacy Institute find that the number of independent physicians practicing in rural areas dropped 43% between 2019 and 2024, while corporations nearly doubled their ownership of rural practices.

Other

East Morgan County Library District in Colorado celebrates National Blood Pressure Education Month by reminding patrons they can check out telehealth kits that include a digital scale, finger pulse oximeter, infrared thermometer, blood pressure cuff and monitor, and instructional materials for up to three weeks.

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• PerfectServe announces the winners of its 2025 Nurses of Note Awards Program.

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• Offshore vs. U.S. Based Billing Partner: Which One is Better for Patient Data Security? (AdvancedMD)

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News 5/7/25

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Digital health company Persivia announces $107 million in new funding from Aldrich Capital Partners.

The Massachusetts-based vendor has also secured a patent for its Health Data Processing System, which powers its CareSpace technology.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Patient engagement and payments vendor Weave will acquire virtual receptionist software company TrueLark for $35 million.

Accuhealth rebrands to Tellihealth following last summer’s acquisition of competitor Signallamp Health. Tellihealth offers AccuRPM for remote patient monitoring and SignalCCM for chronic care management.

Specialty-focused virtual healthcare company TeleMed2U acquires Sigma Tactical Wellness, which specializes in cardiac risk detection for public safety personnel.

Agilon Health reports a 4% dip in Q1 revenue to $1.53 billion. The company manages a network of independent primary care physicians focused on seniors in a dozen states.

Research and Innovation

NIH researchers will look at the Medicare and Medicaid data of patients diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to better understand its causes and impacts. The research partnership is the first phase of a previously announced broader research program that will use a forthcoming real-world data platform to understand the causes and effects of chronic conditions.

Other

Esse Health, a multi-specialty physician group in St. Louis, deals with a cyberattack that has forced some of its systems offline. The breach seems to have occurred sometime last month, and has forced the practice to communicate with patients largely via text (click the image to enlarge) to reschedule or cancel appointments.

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• Top Priorities for Private Practices: Hire More Staff & Spend More Time with Patients (AdvancedMD)

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News 5/5/25

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Practice management company ENT Partners acquires medical billing and financial analytics company Currence Physician Solutions.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners acquires an undisclosed stake in NextGen Healthcare from Thoma Bravo, which took the company private in 2023. It was around this time last year that the company brought on a new CIO/CISO, CTO, and chief product officer. CEO David Sides joined the company in 2021 after serving as COO at Teladoc Health.

Research and Innovation

A new patient access survey from Experian Health finds that while the vast majority of surveyed patients say they want to schedule appointments at their convenience via mobile device, nearly 40% of surveyed providers say getting patients to use digital tools is their biggest challenge. Seventy-one percent of providers consider improving the scheduling process to be an urgent priority. (On a somewhat related note, I went through The Little Clinic’s automated, phone-based scheduling process this morning and found it to be a relatively painless experience. I would have preferred speaking to a real person, but did appreciate the fact that I never had to repeat myself and the entire call lasted less than five minutes.)

Medical measuring and weighing company Seca develops a portable body composition scanner for use in primary care settings. The scanner offers metrics related to body fat and muscle mass in just 24 seconds. An accompanying app integrates the scanner’s analysis with a patient’s treatment plan.

Other

The Michigan State Medical Society offers tips to help practices plan for the sunsetting of Windows 10, scheduled to take place on October 14.

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