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!

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10-13 July 2026

A quieter post holiday week, but with one major sale and one substantial raise. Resmed sold off their MatrixCare post-acute software business to private equity, for substantially less than they paid for it seven years ago. The big raise was Pearl Health’s. Not so pearly were the substantial sentences and fines given to Done Health’s principals for out of control Adderall prescribing and fraud. Nor was 23andMe’s data breach settlement of $47 million while still in bankruptcy, or another Oracle software vulnerability. And OpenAI’s offer of 5% to the US government–good deal or Trojan Horse? But there’s hope in the 26th clinical trial of Elon Musk’s Neuralink in a Canadian ALS patient. 

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News roundup: 23andMe settles with data breach victims for $46.75M, Neuralink implants first Canadian ALS patient, Resmed selling MatrixCare EHR for $490M, Teladoc now preferred telehealth provider for NBA players

Chutes & Ladders: Done Global principals sentenced on Adderall fraud, Oracle E-Biz Suite hacked, OpenAI’s 5% offer to US government, Meta considers cloud AI, 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 Health pedes virtual health raises $7M, an update on the Luigi Mangione trial

Amazon’s One Medical Seniors hacked by ShinyHunters, issues “final warning” on 8.8 TB of patient data

News roundup: Validic bought by ChartSpan; raises for Cadence, Prosper AI, Telepatia; Epic MyChart portal messages doubled in 5 years–study    

Perspectives: The most aggressive AI adoption in healthcare is happening off the books

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TTA Celebrates USA 250! Midjourney’s body scanner promises a revolution and Butterfly a future? Hype or reality? And more!

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2 -6 July 2026

An early close for a very big holiday this weekend–the 250th anniversary of United States Independence, a/k/a The Rebel Colonials Serving It Up Hot To King George III. And the UK and Europe returned this weekend’s 100 degree F temps (38 C) as a present…

Speaking of presents…our one story this week is a very deep dive into Midjourney Medical’s ‘magical’ whole-body scanner and the Butterfly Network ultrasound chips powering it. The Midjourney agreement is a substantial present to a once-promising POCUS company that was almost KO’d by the Devil of Demise after a cracked SPAC. Is it a future that Butterfly can bet on, or just another bridge to cross?

Set off fireworks (safely), drink up like a colonial, and stay cool!

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Midjourney Medical audaciously promises a revolution in whole-body scanning, powered by Butterfly Network chips. Can the reality ever match the hype?

Last Week’s Headlines, from Cargo Culture to OpenEvidence   

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 Health pedes virtual health raises $7M, an update on the Luigi Mangione trial

Amazon’s One Medical Seniors hacked by ShinyHunters, issues “final warning” on 8.8 TB of patient data

News roundup: Validic bought by ChartSpan; raises for Cadence, Prosper AI, Telepatia; Epic MyChart portal messages doubled in 5 years–study    

Perspectives: The most aggressive AI adoption in healthcare is happening off the books

Catch up with these if you haven’t

Chutes, and chutes: Microsoft’s $3B Oracle cloud leasing deal goes sideways, Defense Health Agency to replace Leidos as system integrator for MHS’ EHR, Centene offering voluntary buyouts to most employees

Tuesday 23 June–UKTelehealthcare webinar/virtual event: Keeping People at Home, Supported by Technology (this is now available on video–check the UKTelehealthcare website and LinkedIn)

Perspectives: Virtual Care, AI, and the Future of Autism Therapy

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TTA’s Here Comes Summer: two data breaches and a warning, six raises, Validic bought, Silicon Valley’s ‘Cargo Culture’, OpenEvidence scored in study, ‘off the books’ AI in healthcare, more!

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Friday 26 June 2026

Summer started and the doldrums lifted. We have not one but two data breaches with a big warning from Five Eyes that AI-powered breaches are coming. Six raises from seed to Series C–including in Brazil–and Validic after many years is bought. But scrutiny is piling on AI and AI clinical tools, from the economics to Silicon Valley ‘Cargo Culture’ to OpenEvidence’s performance to ‘off the books’ AI in healthcare. We also touch on the current status of the Luigi Mangione NY State trial, 18 months after the murder of UHC’s Brian Thompson.

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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 Health pedes virtual health raises $7M, an update on the Luigi Mangione trial

Amazon’s One Medical Seniors hacked by ShinyHunters, issues “final warning” on 8.8 TB of patient data

News roundup: Validic bought by ChartSpan; raises for Cadence, Prosper AI, Telepatia; Epic MyChart portal messages doubled in 5 years–study    

Perspectives: The most aggressive AI adoption in healthcare is happening off the books

Last Week’s Headlines

Chutes, and chutes: Microsoft’s $3B Oracle cloud leasing deal goes sideways, Defense Health Agency to replace Leidos as system integrator for MHS’ EHR, Centene offering voluntary buyouts to most employees

Tuesday 23 June–UKTelehealthcare webinar/virtual event: Keeping People at Home, Supported by Technology (this is now available on video–check the UKTelehealthcare website and LinkedIn)

Perspectives: Virtual Care, AI, and the Future of Autism Therapy

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TTA’s June doldrums: Oracle loses Microsoft cloud leasing deal, DHA boots Leidos from MHS Genesis, Centene’s employee buyouts, UKTelehealthcare webinar next Tuesday, where virtual fits in autism care, more!

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Friday 18 June 2026

Is it late spring doldrums? This week’s news was all about things going sideways. Much like Oracle losing out on leasing its cloud to Microsoft, DHA booting Leidos from MHS Genesis, and Centene offering most employees a voluntary separation package? Hope there’s cheerier news next week!

In the meantime, there’s a UKTelehealthcare webinar/virtual event next Tuesday and a Perspectives on making autism care more fit for purpose by incorporating virtual care. 

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Chutes, and chutes: Microsoft’s $3B Oracle cloud leasing deal goes sideways, Defense Health Agency to replace Leidos as system integrator for MHS’ EHR, Centene offering voluntary buyouts to most employees

Tuesday 23 June–UKTelehealthcare webinar/virtual event: Keeping People at Home, Supported by Technology

Perspectives: Virtual Care, AI, and the Future of Autism Therapy

Last Week’s Headlines–and who may buy Oracle Health?

News roundup: VSee refocuses business, transitions CEO; legacy PERS connectivity problems; South Korea’s AI ‘Talking Buddy’, expands telemedicine to foreign patients; Novellia’s $18M Series A

VA’s EHR goes live with four more centers; GAO criticizes VA, MHS on EHR cybersecurity collaboration

UK News: Health Bill 2026 modernization will abolish NHS England, introduce Single Patient Record, save 20K A&E visits and £20M; IPO launches Knowledge Asset Management Hub

Selling Oracle Health’s EHR–what are the potential buyers, their odds, and price?

 

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TTA’s It’s June Too: UK to sunset NHS England, move to Single Patient Record in new bill, VA goes live in 4 VAMCs, VSee reorgs, spotlight on South Korea telehealth/senior support, more!

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12 June 2026

This week’s Big Story comes from the UK, with the Government’s 2026 Health Bill modernization sunsetting NHS England, pushing more responsibility to local organizations such as ICBs and trusts, and moving to a Single Patient Record. VA goes live at four more Ohio area Medical Centers, gets slapped by GAO (with DoW) on cybersec/privacy cooperation ‘best practices’. Veteran telemed company VSee reorganizes. And we spotlight South Korea’s senior care innovations and foreign visitor telemedicine.

Enjoy your week and weekend!

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News roundup: VSee refocuses business, transitions CEO; legacy PERS connectivity problems; South Korea’s AI ‘Talking Buddy’, expands telemedicine to foreign patients; Novellia’s $18M Series A

VA’s EHR goes live with four more centers; GAO criticizes VA, MHS on EHR cybersecurity collaboration

UK News: Health Bill 2026 modernization will abolish NHS England, introduce Single Patient Record, save 20K A&E visits and £20M; IPO launches Knowledge Asset Management Hub

Last Week’s Headlines

Chutes & Ladders: MA sues UHG on Medicaid fraud, Teladoc joins Walmart’s Better Care Services, raises for Signos and H1

Breaking: Anthropic files confidential S-1 with SEC for IPO, less than one week after $65B raise. But is this Peak AI?

Selling Oracle Health’s EHR–what are the potential buyers, their odds, and price?

Breaking: Roy Schoenberg moving to Amazon to lead Health Services; Neil Lindsay to depart

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TTA’s It’s June: Anthropic’s pending IPO, the AI Hype Curve, Oracle Health for sale, Schoenberg’s move to Amazon, Mass. sues UnitedHealthcare, Signos/H1 raises, more!

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Thursday 4 June 2026

This Editor is closing and sending out Alerts a little early this week as off to an event. Most significant this week is Anthropic’s confidential, unpriced IPO filing on top of a $65B raise, a sure mark of Peak AI and the next stages of the Gartner Hype Curve. The other is an analysis of the potential market for a sell-off of Oracle Health’s EHR and what that entails–oddly coinciding with Roy Schoenberg’s move to Amazon Health. More about raises, UHG’s senior MassCare plans accused of fraud, and new Teladoc business. From last week–our Must Reads about the societal impact and the divinity of AI.

Enjoy your week and weekend!

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Chutes & Ladders: MA sues UHG on Medicaid fraud, Teladoc joins Walmart’s Better Care Services, raises for Signos and H1

Breaking: Anthropic files confidential S-1 with SEC for IPO, less than one week after $65B raise. But is this Peak AI?

Selling Oracle Health’s EHR–what are the potential buyers, their odds, and price?

Breaking: Roy Schoenberg moving to Amazon to lead Health Services; Neil Lindsay to depart

Last Week’s Headlines

Weekend Must Reads on AI: its societal and economic effects, and why its developers see it as replacing God

Short takes: Garner Health’s $100M Series E; Veradigm files financial reports for ’23/’24, moved to net loss; Rovex debuts autonomous in-hospital transport robot

Post-holiday news roundup: Oracle Health acute care EHR market share crumbles to 20%–what that means; retail real estate downsizer marketing Walgreens leases; Oura files for US IPO, Swoop buys NimbleRx

Holiday weekend roundup: VA asks for ‘cyberspeed’ 25% EHR budget bump, update on EHRM fraud indictment; Commure raises $70M; Innovaccer buys Caduceus, lays off staff; Doximity, OpenEvidence slugfest gets hot

 

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