...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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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
...billion, up 77% year-over-year. Homeward serves around 50,000 rurally-based Medicare Advantage (only) members and 5,000 providers in Michigan and Minnesota through a Michigan clinic, mobile clinics and telehealth. It partners with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Aetna for Medicare Advantage. Further financial arrangements were not disclosed. Homeward’s CEO Dr. Jenny Schneider will remain connected with Cityblock as a “trusted advisor” according to a Cityblock spokesperson and Homeward’s brand and operation will remain. According to her LinkedIn post announcing the acquisition, she previously served as a Cityblock board member. She and another Livongo alumnus, Amar Kendale, launched Homeward Health... 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
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
...a 50-state network plus Puerto Rico of virtual behavioral therapy and 6,000 therapists. Their primary markets are health plans, employers, employee assistance programs, schools and government organizations plus self-pay. Their 2025 closed well with a 22% revenue increase to $229 million and net income of $7.8 million. The release is opaque on workforce and management transitioning. UHS is based in King of Prussia PA and had 2025 revenues over $17 billion. Mobihealthnews, Healthcare Dive Mobile health and transportation provider DocGo to buy Hicuity Health for debt and stock. The terms are interesting ones. From the release, DocGo is assuming $52... 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
...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 in “double digit percentages” by 1 September Last week’s headlines 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 News roundup #1: AI governance ‘in’ with Feds, ATA; Centene’s shrinking but more profitable future; repositions and partnerships for DispatchHealth, WHOOP; Te Whatu... 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
...$70 billion in net healthcare charges annually. Bleeping Computer, MedCityNews Another affordable approach for assisting those with mild to moderate hearing loss via Samsung. Their Galaxy Buds Pro in-ear device just received FDA clearance for its Galaxy Buds Hearing Aid feature. The app is considered to be an over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid functioning in conjunction with Galaxy Buds3 Pro and Galaxy Buds4 Pro. Users with the Buds must use them to do a self-assessment of their hearing via the Hearing Test feature. It uses pure-tone audiometry to assess hearing deficits, whether the user requires assistance and at what level. The... Continue Reading
The week that was in M&A, financings: Included Health buys Firefly, Candid’s $120M raise, DarioHealth’s $23M RDO, TytoCare’s $25M growth round + new execs, Aurenar’s $5.7M seed for ICU neuromodulation
...The V-Link vagus nerve stimulator gained FDA breakthrough device designation on 30 June. The oversubscribed seed round of $5.7 million was led by American Heart Association Ventures’ Go Red for Women Venture Fund and Solas BioVentures, with participation from BJC Health and Kaleida Capital. Initial validation has been through multiple pilot clinical trials at St. Louis-based Washington University, where Aurenar is located. The funding will be used for pivotal trials around stroke, including final device development, verification and validation testing, plus regulatory submissions to the FDA. Other uses will center on additional inflammatory conditions disproportionately affecting women. FierceHealthcare, MassDevice, Mobihealthnews... Continue Reading
Catching up to Masimo’s ‘unfinished’ business: Danaher completes $9.9B acquisition of Masimo. $634 million damages from Apple upheld, but Kiani lawsuits continue
...not small. The contract contained a $450 million severance payout. Kiani is seeking an added $100 million in damages from the company’s former six board directors affiliated with activist investor Politan Capital Management. Kiani is represented by Marshall Camp of Hueston Hennigan LLP. OCBJ In March, Judge Lo disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP from representing the six board members because the firm had originally defended Kiani’s employment agreement and violated ethics around confidentiality and loyalty. Daily Journal-Cal Lawyer There are other lawsuits active in Delaware and Washington, DC. And in other June news, Masimo gained FDA 510(k) clearance... Continue Reading
TTA’s Hot July: 23andMe settles data breach payout, Done Health fraud principals sentenced,, Resmed sells MatrixCare, Pearl Health’s big raise, OpenAI’s 5% offer, more!
...Pearl’s $110M raise Recent Headlines, from Midjourney Medical scanning to Cargo Culture Midjourney Medical audaciously promises a revolution in whole-body scanning, powered by Butterfly Network chips. Can the reality ever match the hype? Chutes & Ladders: Xsolis data breach affects 1.4M records, Five Eyes warns of AI-supercharged hacking; FDA closes Whoop BP warning, Centene adds HR/finance exec to board; $120M raises for Assort Health, $46M for xCures Vinegary Must Reads This Week: Silicon Valley’s ‘Cargo Culture’; the clinical query tool explosion between OpenEvidence and general AI Short takes: Bain report on anemic AI ROI, SVB report on women’s health, Ladder... Continue Reading
Midjourney Medical audaciously promises a revolution in whole-body scanning, powered by Butterfly Network chips. Can the reality ever match the hype?
...reimbursement, no billing codes, no FDA validation. Unless it is priced well, the Midjourney vision of a pop-in spa and wellness checks will be confined to the early adopters and the affluent curious privately paying up to thousands of dollars for the experience, much as whole-body MRIs, also in the ‘general wellness’ category away from FDA scrutiny, are today. Can spas support 50,000 scanners? Not likely. It all sounds rather vague and glossy in a song that this Editor has heard before in the digital health (IBM Watson Health circa 2012) and concierge practice areas. What is also scarce in... Continue Reading
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