...OpenAI expires? (Doom…DOOM!) News roundup: UHS-Talkspace $850M buy final, DocGo to buy Hicuity Health for $52M in stock/debt, R1 to buy Humata Health, PointClickCare EHR to integrate Anthropic’s AI UK’s Alertacall sold to Constellation Software’s Volaris Group (Happily, remaining independent) Recent Headlines and Must Reads Why Readers can be assured that TTA is 100% Written by Humans (A handy guide to detecting AI Copy Slop and why it’s not here) News potpourri: OpenAI sued for practicing unlicensed medicine”, Cleveland Clinic med drone delivery, Solventum separates out health info systems, Unlimited Technology RCM in 3.8M data breach, Samsung Galaxy Buds FDA... Continue Reading
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Silicon Valley Bank’s take on H1 investment: among the “have and have nots”, it was “the best half in years” for health tech
...fundings. (Page 12) SVB attributes the new health tech prosperity to AI-based technologies: clinical workflow automation, administrative efficiency and data infrastructure. Payviders (remember them?) also had their overdue day powered by AI: Devoted Health in the US with Medicare Advantage, and Alan in Paris (EU and Canada only). In SVB’s terms, “The bar for founders has risen toward durable growth, differentiated technology and a credible path to scale, especially those leveraging AI to address meaningful healthcare challenges.” Exits, though, are hard to suss. There weren’t many this half for health tech. Kaia Health (Sword) in January, and in provider operations... Continue Reading
News roundup: Verma’s rumors, DEA’s new (?) telemedicine rule goes to OMB for review, Cityblock Health goes rural with Homeward buy, Scottish housing sensor tech could save millions–study
...in 2022 to close healthcare gaps in rural America, accounting for over 61% of primary care shortage areas and a 23% higher mortality rate. Both Medicaid and Medicare Advantage face challenges–funding cuts for Medicaid and with Medicare Advantage, payers reducing reimbursement rates based on rising costs and increased Federal scrutiny of higher costs, upcoding, overpayments, and bonus programs. 23% of Medicare Advantage enrollees are in a special needs plan (SNP) KFF Cityblock touts its CORE—Care Orchestration and Resourcing Engine—as an AI-based operating system underpinning our outcomes-based care platform to use almost 10 years of member data to close care gaps... Continue Reading
TTA’s August Ice Cream Run 3: less activity is more for startups, hard looks at Commure and OpenAI, acquisitions by UHS, DocGo, R1–and UK’s Alertacall sold
...buy Humata Health, PointClickCare EHR to integrate Anthropic’s AI UK’s Alertacall sold to Constellation Software’s Volaris Group Last week’s headlines Why Readers can be assured that TTA is 100% Written by Humans (A handy guide to detecting AI Copy Slop) News potpourri: OpenAI sued for practicing unlicensed medicine”, Cleveland Clinic med drone delivery, Solventum separates out health info systems, Unlimited Technology RCM in 3.8M data breach, Samsung Galaxy Buds FDA cleared for hearing assist VA moves to secure Oracle for its EHR Modernization through mid-2031 (More reasons beyond the obvious) Breaking report: Oracle drawing up plans to lay off employees... Continue Reading
TTA’s August Ice Cream Run 2: Oracle talks layoffs (again) and VA extends EHRM contract; OpenAI sued for ‘doctoring’; big vendor data breach; med drone delivery; and a tart take on AI Copy Slop
14-17 August 2026 Still in the ‘dog days’ of August weather, despite the back to school and Halloween (!) stuff in the stores. We should enjoy our last days of ‘traditional’ summer (versus ‘local’ or ‘smart’ summer) but the merchers won’t let us. In other news, there was a lot of news around Oracle Health this week, from pending layoffs to the VA extending its contract to 2031. We also have our (likely first, but not last) lawsuit claiming OpenAI doctoring harmed a ‘patient’, meds and supplies delivered by drone, a big vendor data breach, affordable hearing assistance, and yet... Continue Reading
News potpourri: OpenAI sued for practicing unlicensed medicine”, Cleveland Clinic med drone delivery, Solventum separates out health info systems, Unlimited Technology RCM in 3.8M data breach, Samsung Galaxy Buds FDA cleared for hearing assist
...hack. In the second largest healthcare breach reported this year, 3.8 million records were breached by an unauthorized user via a network server between 5-10 October 2025, according to a report on Health and Human Services (HHS)’s HIPAA Cases Currently Under Investigation page. According to a class action law firm release in July, UT’s breached records had the full gamut of PII, including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, email and mailing addresses, phone numbers, demographic information, and scanned documents such as copies of driver’s licenses or other government identification, insurance cards, and intake forms. PHI may potentially include... Continue Reading
Breaking report: Oracle drawing up plans to lay off employees in “double digit percentages” by 1 September
...or her part time remote manager who remained after the last layoff round. Nothing is showing up in Federal/state WARN notices yet. However, WARN does not cover remote, dispersed employees nor offshore employees. There are about $300 million in restructuring costs included in the FY 27 SEC 10-K filing. This is a comparatively low amount that has to cover earlier layoff costs, which may indicate that this upcoming layoff will be lower than March’s. The money continues to flow out, not in. Oracle’s high-profile data center buildouts, notably Project Jupiter, are being hit with increasing “social costs”. Despite initial permitting,... Continue Reading
TTA’s August Ice Cream Run: General Catalyst’s $ for Function Health, GI health is “IT” for Hinge and Throne, EO for AI, DispatchHealth repositions, Health NZ modernizes, Centene’s profit, more!
...data center build overages, “social costs” multiply. Pentagon inks $7B, 10 year deal for software. Catching up to Masimo’s ‘unfinished’ business: Danaher completes $9.9B acquisition of Masimo. $634 million damages from Apple upheld, but Kiani lawsuits continue Recent Headlines and Must Reads This week’s Must Read: the dangerous financing of AI data center buildouts–and how they resemble the 2020 health tech boom (Remember the SPAC boom that cracked and left nearly all companies and billions in the dust?) Chutes & Ladders: Data breach clouts Clover, OpenAI agent escapes sandbox to attack Hugging Face, Precision’s surface BCI achieves thought control, Tempus... Continue Reading
News roundup #2: Function Health’s jumbo $450M raise from General Catalyst, Hinge Health’s $105M Cylinder buy, and Throne Science’s $10M Series A
...Capital, Cosmic Venture Partners, Offscript, V1.VC, and Morrison Seger. Throne Science has developed an AI-assisted toilet sensor for $399 (plus $5.99/month membership) that monitors for bathroom habits, specifically monitoring patterns around hydration and gut health. Last month, they launched the beta version of their Gut Health AI coach which allows users to query the app about their data. The fresh funds will be used for further R&D for the next generation of the device targeting early detection of colon and urinary tract cancers. Interestingly, one of the founders is John Capodilupo, formerly CTO at the previously mentioned WHOOP. Release, Mobihealthnews... Continue Reading
News roundup #1: AI governance ‘in’ with Feds, ATA; Centene’s shrinking but more profitable future; repositions and partnerships for DispatchHealth, WHOOP; Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand modernization
Besides data center worries, AI governance and cybersecurity are very near the top of AI concerns. For the Feds, AI is being used to patch up cyber vulnerabilities at speed and scale. The Gold Eagle “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security” initiative established in Executive Order (EO) 14409 is designed to operate across agency lines, reduce bureaucracy, stimulate innovation, and utilize AI for security as well as develop internal, responsible AI practices. It also promotes cooperation between the private sector and government by being built out by open source software companies, The EO has three major parts: Upgrading American... Continue Reading
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