News 11/5/25

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Optum will, over the next three months, lay off 572 workers and close numerous clinics in New Jersey. The closures affect some pediatric and specialty offices, and all mental health offices across the state. Optum Health CEO Patrick Conway alluded to the restructuring during parent company UnitedHealth Group’s most recent earnings call, noting that the business will work with fewer providers in 2026.

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Ashley Rogers (Evolent) joins Elation Health as chief product officer.

Announcements and Implementations

Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and Research Center (OR) implements Canopy’s enterprise AI for cancer care.

EHR vendor Elation Health announces GA of pediatric-focused capabilities.

Infusion therapy provider Uptiv Health (MI) will offer virtual dementia care using technology from Harmonic Health.

RXNT announces GA of its standalone Ambient IQ ambient listing and documentation platform.

Research and Innovation

Primary care practices that adopt remote patient monitoring technology as part of chronic care programs see a 20% increase in Medicare revenue, according to an analysis of the Medicare claims of 754 practices over a two-year period. Participating practices also saw more patients overall.

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Two former DigitalMint employees are indicted on charges related to conducting ransomware attacks on a medical company, doctor’s office, pharmaceutical company, engineering firm, and drone manufacturer. Just one of their schemes was successful, netting them $1.2 million in cryptocurrency. The men worked at DigitalMint, a cybersecurity incident response company, as ransom negotiators.

CarePilot prepares to launch a prescription order entry-focused AI assistant, according to this profile of the startup, which raised $2.5 million in June. The funding helped the Kansas-based physician practice AI company expand to 13 team members.

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News 11/3/25

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Remote therapeutic monitoring software company PtMantra will expand its operation in Wixom, MI through a collaboration with affiliate IT consulting firm Youngsoft that will focus on the development of an AI-based RTM platform. PtMantra, which markets its solution to physical therapists, home health agencies, and orthopedic surgeons, expects to create 107 jobs.

Rupesh Srivastava founded Youngsoft in 1996 and PtMantra in 2021.

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Well Health Technologies announces that subsidiary Wellstar Technologies has secured $62 million in financing and plans to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange sometime next year. Wellstar offers EHR, billing and practice management, and digital health apps to clinics across Canada.

People

Wellvana promotes Susan Diamond to CEO.

Zarminali Pediatrics names Syed Hassan (Meta[bolic]) CTO.

Dan Shur (Aloha Value Advisory) joins Carenet Health as chief product officer.

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Kinis Barefoot winds down its footwear business to focus on BalancePro Exam, an AI-powered fall-prevention app geared towards primary care practices, rehabilitation clinics, and assisted living facilities. The app combines video with AI-powered assessments to give users a “balance health” rating paired with suggested exercises, and providers the ability to track a patient’s progress. The startup expects to officially launch the app in March.

Shft Behavioral Health opens a mental health urgent care facility in Chicago.

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News 10/29/25

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CVS Health reports a 7.8% uptick in Q3 revenue thanks to growth from its drugstores and pharmacy benefit management business. It increased its forecasted 2025 earnings estimates as a result.

The company did take a $6 billion hit on its care delivery business. It announced last week that it would be closing 16 Oak Street Health primary care clinics. CVS Health acquired Oak Street in 2023 for $10.6 billion.

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Tommy O’Connor (UnitedHealth Group) joins Interwell Health as CEO.

Sightview names Scott Foster, MBA (Enlace Health) CFO.

Announcements and Implementations

Cardiology services company HeartNexus selects HeartBeam’s remote cardiac monitoring technology and around-the-clock test interpretation service.

Open Line Group Homes (CA) will implement Qualifacts InSync EHR software across its three facilities.

Netsmart adds Rectangle Health’s payment software to its TheraOffice EHR and practice management software for physical therapy and outpatient rehabilitation providers.

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The Delaware Division of Libraries partners with Talkspace to offer patrons up to two free therapy sessions each month. Patrons can access the virtual sessions by checking out laptops or tablets, or at locations equipped with private telehealth kiosks. The sessions are available for up to six months through September 2026.

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News 10/27/25

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Behavioral health software vendor Lightning Step announces that it will acquire competitor Sunwave Health and that it has secured funding from PE firm BVP Forge.

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Intention Healthcare acquires virtual care and care coordination services company Vesta Healthcare. Intention will integrate Vesta’s technology with its home-based primary, urgent, and specialty care services.

Back-office AI agent software startup Honey Health raises $7.8 million in seed funding.

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Intention Healthcare names Randall Klein (Vesta Healthcare) chief strategy officer.

Announcements and Implementations

Suncoast Community Health Center (FL) implements AI scribe software from Sunoh.ai across its nine locations.

Invo Fertility will implement Heidi Health’s automated clinical documentation technology at its Wisconsin Fertility Institute.

TechMatter announces GA of its Cure AR medical billing software.

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EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine notifies patients of a July data breach that impacted some of its podiatry customers. DataBreaches.net has subsequently reported that an organization may be trying to sell some of the stolen data on the dark web.

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News 10/22/25

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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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