Healthcare workers–not executives–are far more likely to be victims of violence in hospital and clinic settings. The bare facts are that pre-pandemic, health workers were five times more likely while at work than other industry workers to be physically attacked (2018, Bureau of Labor Statistics). Post-Covid, the lid came off, based on American Hospital Association reports and the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association (MHA). In the American College of Emergency Physicians (AECP) annual poll this year, 91% of emergency physicians were either personally threatened or knew a colleague who had. MHA developed a list of recommendations here as part of a code of conduct. AI and security alert companies have also found that hospitals are prime customers. Much more by Neil Versel in Healthcare Dive.
CareMax delivers Christmas coal to 
530 stockings. The senior healthcare provider that filed Chapter 11 on 17 November agreed to sell their management services organization (MSO) assets to Revere Medical, formerly Stewardship Health [TTA 8 Nov]. On Thanksgiving week CareMax disclosed that most of the clinical care centers (core centers) would go to ClareMedica Health Partners. in a ‘stalking horse’ purchase agreement that requires bankruptcy court approval. Both the Revere Medical and ClareMedica purchases were part of the Prearranged Plan with the secured lenders, often called a pre-packaged bankruptcy. ClareMedica is a value-based care provider with 12 clinics in Florida. Release
Their turkey was just about finished when CareMax filed a WARN notice to Florida Commerce notifying the state that the purchasers are not obliged to retain CareMax employees. The letter to Florida states that any retained employees will be notified by 17 January for the MSO/Revere Medical portion and by ClareMedica by 16 January for non-physician employees and 25 January for physicians. All the rest will be terminated by 31 January. Positions included are C-level executives, VPs, various officer titles down to pharmacists, RNs, and care managers. Until the sales receive final approval as part of the restructuring, the notice is conditional.
Another interesting wrinkle. Ralph de la Torre, MD, the former CEO of Steward Health, is a 15% owner of CareMax and is on the board of directors. This has aroused a serious level of Federal interest, since de la Torre has had a contempt of Congress warrant served and is at the center of a Federal probe on international corruption. Healthcare Dive, Becker’s, Becker’s ‘9 things to know…’
Funding rounds in the year-end closeout.
Evidently closed a pre-Christmas $15 million Series A. Evidently is a developer of cognitive AI healthcare workflow platforms that automates low-level tasks involving clinical data and knowledge – tasks that underlie patient care, revenue cycle, clinical research, and population health. The funding for the Palo Alto-based company was led by DN Capital with participation from FRAMEWORK, Clear Ventures, and Fellows Fund. Previous funding was a lean $1.1 million. The improved workflow is designed to increase financial and efficiency gains. Their own study indicates that it reduces transplant referral chart prep time by over 90%. Financial News UK (release), CityBiz
Hyro AI extended its Series B with a $35 million raise. New York-based Hyro’s fresh funding was led by Healthier Capital, joining previous investors including Macquarie Capital, Liberty Mutual, Twilio Inc., and Black Opal Ventures. Their total funding now tops $50 million. Hyro uses LLMs to power plug-and-play chat and voice interfaces automating the usual tasks of contact centers, including patient registration, routing, scheduling, IT helpdesk ticketing, frequently asked questions, and prescription refills. These can be up to 60-70% of call activity. The additional funding will be used for expanding their outbound calling offering and conversational intelligence analytics suite. Hyro blog/press release, FierceHealthcare
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