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.

Blog Posts

• 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.

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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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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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News 4/30/25

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Indiana-based blood bank and pathology services company South Bend Medical Foundation acquires release-of-information vendor ChartPro, which is headquartered in Atlanta. SBMF plans to retain all of ChartPro’s employees.

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Virtual primary care company LifeMD will use newly acquired assets from Optimal Human Health MD to launch women’s healthcare services this summer.

People

Activate Care names Bill Dunne (Aledade) SVP of sales.

Announcements and Implementations

Maryland Endocrine replaces its third-party after-hours call service with AI-powered contact center software from EClinicalWorks.

Health and wellness practice management software vendor Jane adds video conferencing capabilities from Whereby to enhance its virtual consult offering.

Research and Innovation

Private practices are most focused on improving patient payments and payer reimbursement workflows and automating claims preparation processes to be top priorities for the remainder of the year, according to a new AdvancedMD survey.

Other

Texas A&M University’s College of Medicine creates a clinic for the residents of Sarita, Texas and surrounding Kenedy County through the college’s student-run Build program. Built out of a 40-foot shipping container, the Texas Aggie Medical Clinic is now one of the primary means of access to healthcare for the 400 residents of the rural community. The clinic also offers virtual mental health consultations through Texas A&M’s Telehealth Institute.

Walmart Canada opens its first pharmacy clinic in Ontario, with additional clinics to open later this year. The in-store clinic, located next to the pharmacy, offers customers the ability to see pharmacists for minor ailments, point-of-care testing, and medication management.

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• AdvancedMD partners with Moyae as an integration partner to boost efficiencies for ophthalmology and optometry practices.

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News 4/28/25

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Private equity firm GTCR is reportedly looking to sell value-based healthcare technology vendor Cedar Gate Technologies at a $1 billion valuation.

GTCR launched Cedar Gate in 2014 with investor David Snow at the helm. He still serves as the company’s chairman and CEO.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Florida-based EyeMD EMR Healthcare Systems secures an undisclosed amount of funding from Performant Capital.

CareCloud opens an AI Center of Excellence that focuses on embedding AI across all areas of its ambulatory health IT. The center, which the company touts as “dual-shore,” currently employs 50 and will scale up to 500 by the end of the year.

People

Nicole Chambers, MBA (Annexus Health) joins PatientPoint as SVP of commercial oncology.

Announcements and Implementations

Sohar Health announces GA of Discovery automated patient intake and insurance verification software.

Physical Rehabilitation Network begins offering its patients Limber Health’s MSK-focused remote patient monitoring and home exercise app.

HOPE Community Medicine in Texas rolls out AI medical scribe technology from Sunoh.ai.

McCall Behavioral Health Network (CT) implements NextGen Healthcare’s EHR and practice management software across its 23 facilities.

Neighborhood Healthcare (CA) selects Nabla’s ambient AI assistant after a four-month pilot.

Government and Politics

Comprehensive Neurology (NY) will take corrective action and pay $25,000 to settle a potential HIPAA violation related to its failure to meet HIPAA’s Security Rule risk analysis requirement. The practice suffered a ransomware attack in 2020 that exposed the PHI of 7,000 patients.

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