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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News 10/20/25

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Triplemoon raises $3.5 million in seed funding. The company offers virtual behavioral healthcare to pediatric patients and their families through partnerships with primary care physicians.

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Penfield Children’s Center (WI) selects maternal digital healthcare resources from MySwaddle, including care coordination and post-partum support.

Oncentric launches AI-assisted billing services for oncology practices.

Amazon One Medical begins offering virtual visits for children between ages two and 11. The message-based or video-based pediatric visits do not require a One Medical membership.

US Urology Partners implements Chart Lens IQ’s clinical analytics and workflow optimization capabilities at its Central Ohio Urology Group.

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ReliefAI Health, a startup with ties to LG Electronics and its Nova Innovation Center, launches to offer mental healthcare providers a patient-facing remote therapeutic monitoring app and provider dashboard.

A local news outlet highlights the success Cheyenne OBGYN in Wyoming has seen with adopting remote patient monitoring technology from Babyscripts. The practice is now considering adopting similar technology for post-partum depression.

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News 10/15/25

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Health and social care navigation software vendor Pear Suite secures $7.6 million in Series A funding.

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OmniMD promotes Kamal Sharma to CTO.

Doctronic AI names Byron Crowe, MD (Solera Health) chief medical officer.

Announcements and Implementations

Digital cognitive health assessment company Creyos announces GA of its Care Planning tool, which enables primary care providers to create dementia care plans during patient appointments without the need for specialist referrals.

First Care Family Medicine (NC) implements AI medical scribe technology from Sunoh.ai.

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Wisconsin Public Radio profiles children’s author Margi Preus and her forthcoming book, “Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies.” The illustrated book tells the story of Kate Pelham Newcomb, MD who practiced in Wisconsin near the turn of the 20th century. Newcomb delivered 4,000 babies, some of whom got together for a high school class project that turned into collecting 1 million pennies to build a hospital in honor of “Dr. Kate.” That hospital, eventually built with 11 million pennies, still stands as Lakeland Memorial Hospital.

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