News 9/17/25

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Virtual and home-based care provider Imagine Pediatrics raises $67 million in Series B funding.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Diana Health announces $55 million in Series C funding. The tech-enabled women’s healthcare company operates 10 clinics in four states.

Better Night, which offers virtual sleep health solutions, acquires Epoch Sleep Centers (RI) and Coastal Sleep Diagnostics (MA).

EyeMD EMR rebrands to Optivate.

Ambulatory health IT vendor PracticeSuite acquires competitor MicroMD.

People

Deirdre Saulet, PhD (Carrum Health) joins Jasper Health as chief strategy officer.

Announcements and Implementations

New York-based FQHC Sun River Health implements Sunoh.ai’s AI medical scribe across its 50 sites.

Zoom’s Business Services segment announces GA of its Virtual Agent for Healthcare.

Research and Innovation

An Iris Telehealth survey of 1,000 consumers finds that nearly the majority do not trust AI to act independently when it comes to emergency diagnoses and response; 73% prefer human providers to make the final call in AI-flagged emergencies.

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News 9/15/25

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Virtual mental healthcare company Cerebral raises $25 million in new funding, bringing its total raised to nearly $500 million.

Cerebral made its first acquisition, behavioral healthcare company Resilience Lab, last month.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Automated patient billing and payments software vendor Inbox Health announces $20 million in new funding, bringing its total investments to $55 million.

Maternal health-focused remote patient monitoring company Lōvu Health raises $8 million in Series A funding. It will use the investment to develop three AI agents, automation features, and systems integrations; and as expand its team.

People

CaduceusHealth names Christopher Davis (FCD Advisors) chief innovation and AI transformation officer.

Announcements and Implementations

Practice management vendor Myriad Systems develops Myriad Motion automated onboarding software to help practices transition to its EHR, RCM, and practice management software.

Government and Politics

CMS shares details on how states can apply for funding through the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. Goals of the program include using innovative technologies to improve care access and efficiency for rural providers and patients.

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News 9/10/25

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Kidney care technology and services company Strive Health announces $550 million in new funding. The company anticipates expanding its use of AI and analytics as a part of its value-based care programs.

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Online Event: September 16 (Tuesday) 11:30 a.m. ET. “Waystar Innovation Showcase: Activating Advanced Automation + AI to Transform Healthcare RCM.” Join us for Waystar’s Fall Innovation Showcase  to see the tools and tactics that are transforming healthcare payments and driving real, measurable results, like a 36% boost in workforce efficiency. In just one hour, we’ll reveal major advancements helping teams streamline processes, ensure accuracy, and speed reimbursement with AI + less manual work.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Revere Health will lay off 177 people, with the majority of their roles being in accounts receivables and coding, as it transitions to automated RCM technology and services from IKS Health. Revere Health operates dozens of multispecialty healthcare clinics in Utah.

Virtual and in-home cancer care coordination startup Daymark Health announces $20 million in new funding, bringing its total raised within the last six months to $31.5 million.

People

CVS Health promotes Marcus Lanznar to president of Signify Health.

Announcements and Implementations

In Texas, the Hidalgo County Health & Human Services Department installs an OnMed Care Station at its McAllen Clinic.

Vivo Care incorporates conversational AI capabilities from PhysiciansTrust.AI into its remote patient monitoring and chronic care management programs.

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News 9/8/25

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Patient intake and engagement software vendor Phreesia will acquire AccessOne, which offers patient financing solutions, for $160 million.

The news comes on the heels of the introduction of Phreesia’s VoiceAI phone solution for healthcare call management.

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Conversational agentic AI startup Hello Patient announces $22.5 million in Series A funding. Hello Patient founder and CEO Alex Cohen was previously a director of product at Carbon Health.

Announcements and Implementations

Raleigh Orthopaedic (NC) implements EHR, AI, and RCM software from Commure’s Athelas business.

VitalCare Family Practice (VA) rolls out Sunoh.ai’s AI medical scribe.

Vitality Unlimited will use Ensoftek’s DrCloudEHR at its four behavioral health clinics in Nevada.

Psychiatric Alternatives & Wellness Center (CA) selects insurance benefits and verification software from Sohar Health.

J3 RCM announces GA of ForwardEHR, its new AI-powered EHR and billing platform.

The Arkansas Department of Human Services’ Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health will offer substance use disorder patients and their families access to CHESS Health’s Connections and Companion apps.

Other

The local news outlet profiles Darin Green, DO a proctologist in Ohio who moonlights as a standup comedian. Green often donates proceeds from his shows to local charities, having most recently raised $4,000 for the Enon Relief Food Pantry. “Because my chosen field of medicine is proctology, he says, “it gives me an endless supply of comedy and jokes.”

Online prescription delivery company Wisp becomes the first women’s health company to sell over-the-counter products through the TikTok Shop.

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• The Rise of Emoji in Healthcare Communication (PerfectServe)

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News 9/3/25

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Meroka raises $6 million in seed funding. The company helps independent physicians transfer ownership of their practices to their employees. It also helps to equip the practice with new workforce and billing technology unified on a single platform.

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People

Yanni Metaxas joins Physitrack (Mount Sinai Solutions) as head of sales for North America.

Atria Health names Janis Newcomb (Aledade) VP of integrations.

Announcements and Implementations

RCM Matter announces GA of its new medical billing and RCM software.

Outpatient behavioral healthcare provider Pathway Health selects Watershed Health’s care coordination software and services.

Commonwealth Pain & Spine implements AI-powered RCM software from Adonis across its 30 clinics.

Binsera develops a cloud-based EHR capable of operating offline.

Research and Innovation

Sixty-three percent of patients say they’d switch providers due to ineffective engagement, according to an Artera survey of 1,000 people. Nearly 50% refuse to schedule appointments over the phone due to frustrating experiences. Many patients have taken to ignoring text messages from unknown numbers, assuming they are spam, causing appointment reminders to be overlooked. Patients report they are more likely to engage with longer-form text messages from recognizable numbers.

Other

The local news shares the story of Maurice Sholas, MD, PhD a New Orleans-based physician who discovered that his likeness was being used on TikTok to sell vitamins he’s never endorsed. The video proliferated across several social media platforms, with TikTok being the only one that responded to Sholas’ demands that they be taken down.

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• PerfectServe will exhibit at the MGMA Leaders Conference September 28-October 1 in Orlando.

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