...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
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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
...2031. FedScoop 21 May, 30 April Update on the fraud indictment of the former EHRM director, John Windom. Surprisingly, there has been little to no mainstream media coverage of the Federal charges against John Windom, who was indicted on 25 March in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia. The three counts related to accepting cash and gifts from vendors plus failure to report them could bring a maximum of 35 years. This article on conservative news website PJ Media is the most recent (re)telling of the tale and links to nearly all the same sources this Editor... Continue Reading
US Senate Committee on Aging hearings on senior safety 20 May–available online (updated for reports)
...doesn’t directly craft legislation, it makes recommendations to the Senate on legislation–especially important as budgets are being worked on for FY 2027. GrandCare release *More on the LEAD program in a CMS three-page summary. Unlike REACH, it is a long term (10 year) plan for providers who’ve never participated in program ACOs, current ACO REACH participants, and providers serving High Needs and dually eligible Medicare beneficiaries. Update. The video of the Senate Committee hearing is up here (1:22). Chairman Rick Scott (R-FL)’s succinct opening remarks are posted here. John Torinus, who is a long-time investor in and board member of... Continue Reading
Former VA EHRM executive director Federally charged with accepting vendor cash and gifts, making false statements
Not knighted, but indicted. The former executive director of the VA’s Office of EHR Modernization (OEHRM) from 2017 to 2021, John H. Windom, was charged with failing to disclose cash and gifts from vendors, then making false statements to investigators in failing to report those gifts. The three counts were brought by a grand jury in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia on 25 March. They were originally sworn in on 30 October 2025. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the charges carry a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, with false statements adding... Continue Reading
Editor Donna is back. Here’s the catchup.
...legitimately bested Regeneron’s offer by $50 million. It also included the nearly-finished Lemonaid. Supposedly all business is now ongoing. It’s her risk, her money, as noted in our last article on 3 June. And now her responsibility to make a go of it. And a sad goodbye. Longtime Readers will remember John Boden, one of the pioneers (2001) of healthcare tech care management software for supporting older adults and a national expert in eldercare through his ElderIssues firm. He frequently commented on Steve’s and my articles, along with many insightful and funny emails. He was also a former Marine pilot... Continue Reading
Two other views on UnitedHealth Group’s annus horribilis, for your consideration
...is that UHG’s strategy was out of an old playbook that doesn’t work today: “(to) become successful is you increase the medical loss ratio (MLR), by which I mean you lower the value, meaning that you invest less in actual care delivery. He (Witty) does that by a lot of prior authorization {denial}, a tremendous amount of claims denial.” In his view, UHG hasn’t moved beyond that nor is anticipating the future. In this Editor’s view, CFO John Rex’s 13 May statement of UHG’s challenges reinforces this ostrich-head-in-sand approach. Finally, Dr. Brown’s fine point is taken (Editor’s emphasis): “I do... Continue Reading
News roundup: Hinge Health may postpone IPO, Rite Aid may enter 2nd bankruptcy, Veterans Affairs committees want new EHR costs & timeline, fired Texas health plan head hired private eyes to spy on members, providers, lawmakers
...Takano (D-Calif.), Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.). Senator Moran press release Private Eyes Are Watching You. They See Your Every Move. Mark Sanders, CEO of Superior Health Plans in Texas, a Centene health plan, admitted before the Texas House Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee that he had hired private investigators to get “background information” on lawmakers and plan members, specifically about claims, in a 26 March hearing on Medicaid procurement. The Dallas Morning News had previously uncovered examples of members who were being investigated from 2017 on,... Continue Reading
Theranos’ denouement: Holmes and Balwani lose their appeals
...Evil’ that both Holmes’ and Balwani’s futures ‘are all used up’. That is, they will emerge from their respective prisons and live on, but as to any role in medical research, the parade will have long passed them by. Postscript: The Mercury News published a rather anodyne interview with one of her prosecutors, John Bostic, who is now in private practice as a partner with Cooley in the Bay Area. It’s brief but interesting as to why he was chosen–he was a molecular biology major in college–which helped him to understand the technical aspects of Theranos and make them understandable... Continue Reading
Short takes: UK’s Cera raises $150M, $105M for Qventus, Solera Health’s $40M; General Catalyst’s AWS deal, Virta Health hits $100M in revenue, powered by GLP-1 maintenance; VirtuAlly’s JC telehealth accreditation
...cholesterol, diabetes prevention, and weight management, to drive down the cost of care. Also announced was the confirmation of interim CEO John Santelli to the position. He joined Solera after nearly 30 years with UnitedHealth Group, departing as CIO. Release, MedCityNews When giants meet…new AI models follow, with General Catalyst allying with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop AI tools for its portfolio companies. The focus will be on cloud services and generative AI using Amazon Bedrock, the ML application for building generative AI on AWS. This will be used for improving predictive analytics around patient treatment outcomes and insights... Continue Reading
Breaking: Federal agents seize Steward Health’s CEO, international head’s mobile phones in widening US fraud investigations
...2023–and perhaps more [TTA 25 July]. These rumors were confirmed when a former US Senator, John Boehner, a Steward board director, testified on 14 November to a Federal grand jury in Boston. Boehner had access to financial information that could have revealed potential fraud and corruption within the operations of Steward Health, which collapsed into bankruptcy in May. Prosecutors were reportedly zeroing in on financial transactions that could have personally benefited de la Torre and their top executives. The former senator was best known of late for his lobbying and advocacy of marijuana legalization, which makes his board appointment even... Continue Reading
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