News 8/11/25

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A MGMA poll of practice leaders finds that 71% of medical groups use some form of AI during patient visits. About a third of that group attributes real-time note creation to a corresponding reduction in workload.

Non-AI users cite several reasons for their reticence, including budget, lack of organizational readiness, perceived lack of ROI, concerns around accuracy, and EHR integration issues.

Sponsored Events and Resources

Instant Access Webinar: “Healthcare Data Strategies: Retire, Retain, and Ready for AI.” Sponsor: Triyam, an Access Company. Presenters: Sudhakar Mohanraj, founder and CTO, Triyam; Benjamin Cassity, director of research and strategy, KLAS; Jamie Greenstein, senior marketing manager, Access. The presenters deliver practical tactics to help IT leaders manage exploding data volumes — how to clean up legacy systems, craft smarter retention policies, and prepare historical data for analytics and AI.

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Announcements and Implementations

Chicago-based Outreach selects the Arize EHR from Cantata Health Solutions.

Ensoftek adds an AI-powered group scribing feature to its DrCloudEHR for behavioral health providers who offer group therapy.

Other

Mr. HIStalk’s recent mention of NASA and Google working together to develop “’earth-independent’ medical procedures for long-duration space missions” reminds me of a scene (actually several) from “Project Hail Mary,” a must-read novel from Andy Weir, who also wrote “The Martian.” Do yourself a favor and read the book before seeing the movie, which is scheduled to come out early next year.

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News 8/6/25

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Hinge Health reports a 55% increase in Q2 revenue, which prompts its shares to jump in after-hours trading. The results are the first since the company’s $273 million IPO in May. The company offers its virtual and in-person services to health plan members and individuals.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Agilon Health shares plummet on the news of its CEO’s departure and disappointing Q2 results, including a 6% decrease in revenue. The company partners in a dozen states with independent primary care physicians who care for seniors through its tech-enabled Total Care Model.

Announcements and Implementations

United Medical Centers, an FQHC with 14 locations in Texas, goes live on NextGen Healthcare’s EHR and practice management systems.

Nimkee Memorial Wellness Center will implement Epic through a Community Connect partnership with MyMichigan Health.

Evolve Psychiatry (NY) rolls out Sunoh.ai’s AI medical scribe software.

Other

Modern Medicine physician Cory Rice, DO files a lawsuit against EHR vendor Cerbo that claims the company deleted 12,000 patient files last October, failing on its promise to securely store the practice’s data and severely impacting the practice’s finances. Cerbo blames the deletion on the failure of its third-party hosting company, Atlantic.net, to maintain backups.

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News 8/4/25

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Specialty care coordination company Skylight Health will use $13 million in new funding to further develop its data and analytics platform, technology-enabled care navigation platforms, and community collaboration hubs.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Brightstar Capital Partners acquires Analyte Health, a digital health company specializing in online diagnostic, treatment, and wellness services. Its brands include HealthLabs.com, PaternityLab.com, STDcheck.com, and TreatMyUTI.com.

JotPsych, a developer of AI scribe software for behavioral health providers, raises $5 million in seed funding.

People

Bobby Ghoshal (ResMed) joins Experity as president and COO.

Announcements and Implementations

HealthRescue Partners launches its Cloud EHR and AI-powered Intelligence Platform for independent practices.

Core Solutions announces GA of its AI-enhanced Cx360 EHR for behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disability providers.

Virtual care company HealthTap develops a virtual direct primary care service line.

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News 7/30/25

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Georgia-based direct primary care company HIPnation acquires patient experience software vendor Contact Free. 

Contact Free founder and CEO Bobby John will join HIPnation as CTO.

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People

WorkCare promotes Aaron Atkinson to CEO.

Strive Health names Tom Hawkes (ValueCycle Health) CTO.

Announcements and Implementations

Athenahealth transitions all of its eligible AthenaOne users to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).

Premier Allergist (MD) joins the AllerVie Health network, taking the company’s name and implementing its practice management, patient portal, and mobile app software.

Renova Health leverages Superwise’s AI software to automate workflows within its RCare chronic care management platform.

Government and Politics

Forefront Dermatology and Henghold Surgery Center in Florida will pay $850,000 to resolve allegations of upcoding that resulted in greater Medicare reimbursements than were actually warranted.

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• AdvancedMD adds EirSystems to its integration marketplace.

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News 7/28/25

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AbsoluteCare announces $135 million in new funding from a group of investors that includes CVS Health Ventures. The company offers Medicare and Medicaid patients in urban areas data-driven physical and behavioral healthcare with a strong focus on social determinants of health.

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Praia Health presented a webinar last week titled “Innovating the Consumer Experience Beyond the EMR with Open Standards.”

Announcements and Implementations

Family First Center of Lake County (IL) selects Ensoftek’s DrCloudEHR.

RoundTable Wellness (IN) implements behavioral health-focused ProsperityEHR.

The Comprehensive Digestive Institute of Nevada will use remote patient monitoring, care coordination, and AI-powered symptom triage and alerts software from Vironix Health.

Government and Politics

The Town of Andover in Massachusetts uses technology and resources from Care Solace to offer residents a mental health and social services support line and online search tool.

Syracuse ASC will pay $250,000 and implement a corrective action plan to settle potential HIPAA violations related to a 2021 ransomware attack that led to a data breach impacting 25,000 people. HHS OCR found that the surgery center hadn’t performed a thorough risk analysis before the breach, and that it failed to notify impacted individuals in a timely manner.

Research and Innovation

RapidClaims earns top marks for highest overall performance of AI-powered claims automation platforms, according to a Black Book Research survey of physician practice and medical group providers.

A survey of 291 independent primary care physicians finds that nearly 40% are already using AI software on a daily basis for clinical documentation. Accuracy and reliability were their top deciding factors in selecting AI tools.

Other

Rezilient Health opens its third direct primary care “CloudClinic” in its hometown of St. Louis. The startup, which works primarily with employers and payers, enables patients to see trained clinicians who perform intake and vitals and then connect them virtually with physicians. Rezilient has developed its own technology and plans to open five more clinics in the coming year. The company announced $10 million in Series A funding last October.

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Blogs

• EHR Integration: PerfectServe Messaging for Epic & Oracle Health (PerfectServe)

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