News 6/22/26

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Prosper AI announces $30 million in Series A funding. The company offers providers and healthcare technology companies an AI workflow that handles patient scheduling, benefits verification, and billing.

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Serious mental illness provider Vanna Health raises $17 million in Series B funding. It will use some of the funding the invest in its technology infrastructure, including administrative automation.

Chronic care management company ChartSpan acquires Validic, a digital healthcare company that offers remote patient monitoring software, health data API infrastructure, and device logistics and support. ChartSpan will incorporate Validic’s technology into its new care management and remote patient monitoring service.

People

Next Generation Medicine founder Anant Vinjamoori, MD joins Hims & Hers Health as CMO.

Announcements and Implementations

SimplePractice announces GA of its Care Aide AI clinical workflow assistant for independent mental healthcare providers.

Electronic Caregiver incorporates HCUnity’s care management infrastructure, care coordination workflows, and operational intelligence with its Addison Care remote patient monitoring and engagement platform.

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GeekWire profiles Apacendo Health, a Seattle-based startup that launched last year to offer kidney care practices an AI-based operating system that can handle back-office tasks. The three-employee company currently works with four practices including Global Kidney Care (TX).

Healthconnect Texas celebrates the opening of its new headquarters in Houston. The statewide HIE acquired community-based information exchange Patient Care Intervention Center in January.

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News 6/17/26

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Maia raises $1.2 million in seed funding. The company offers AI-enhanced RCM and medical coding services to orthopaedic practices and currently integrates with EHRs from EClinicalWorks and Athenahealth.

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RCM vendor Fellow Health Partners secures an undisclosed amount of funding from Cleargate Capital Partners.

Health insurance and administration services company WPS acquires digital maternal mental healthcare provider Mavida Health. WPS Chief Growth Officer Rochelle Myers will take on the additional role of president of Mavida Health.

People

Eric Doherty (MyPediatricDoctor.com) launches healthcare innovation holding company QC Healthcare and takes on the role of CEO.

Jamie Sharp, MD joins Strive Health as chief medical officer.

Announcements and Implementations

Lumeris adds symptom-checking capabilities to its AI-powered Primary Care as a Service platform.

AdvancedMD announces the launch of its 2026 Summer product release, which includes new EHR, practice management, and patient engagement features.

Surgical Information Systems announces GA of its new AI medical scribe for ambulatory surgery centers.

Discovery Family Services implements the InSync EHR from Qualifacts.

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News 6/15/26

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InStride Health announces $30 million in Series C funding. The pediatric mental healthcare company offers virtual care for anxiety, OCD, and related disorders in 16 states and Washington, DC.

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FYihealth Group secures an undisclosed amount of funding from investment firm KKR. The group, through its subsidiaries, manages 370 optometry clinics and retail locations in Canada and the US. The funding will help the group expand its investment in AI and digital infrastructure.

People

Vision Innovation Partners names Brad Foster, MD (Ascend Vision Partners) chief medical and strategy officer.

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CVS Health Chief Experience and Technology Officer Tilak Mandadi shares details around the personal AI assistant it’s working on with Google Cloud as part of the Health100 platform, which will launch later this year: The assistant will aggregate and continuously monitor a member’s insurance, pharmacy, and clinical data to proactively offer guidance in real time. Mandadi envisions it pulling data from EHRs, wearables, pharmacy records, and claims data.

The Louisiana Department of Health begins offering 250,000 free Phenomune test kits to residents across the state. The kits, which use taste testing strips and an accompanying app to help users understand how their bodies might respond to upper respiratory illnesses. The department hopes the data will enable users to have more informed conversations with their providers and potentially prevent trips to the ER.

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News 6/10/26

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CVS Health launches an AI Learning Academy for its workforce. Initially launched within its IT organization, the academy will expand to all of the company’s business units to offer them live learning sessions, workshops, product demonstrations, applied learning opportunities, and additional on-demand resources. Training will be tailored to specific roles and workflows.

In addition to internal administrative tasks, the company is using AI across its businesses and service lines in the areas of customer service, member engagement, pharmacy and prescription processing, prior authorizations and claims, and care management.

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Qventive Healthcare launches a combined EHR/practice management and cybersecurity administration service.

Announcements and Implementations

Georgia Clinic will use Apple Billing & Credentialing’s software and services across its 18 locations.

Research and Innovation

MGMA’s latest analysis of physician pay and productivity finds a growing gap. A few highlights:

• Compensation increased across specialties in 2025, but not enough to keep pace with inflation.
• A third of surveyed medical groups saw a physician quit due to burnout.
• Non-surgical specialists saw the steepest drop in productivity, with patient visits decreasing by nearly 16%.

Other

Apple will add perimenopause and menopause support to its Health cycle-tracking feature with the release of iOS 27 in September. The new feature will enable women to log symptoms, access educational resources, and (for those who are over 40) receive alerts when their cycle patterns suggest they are in perimenopause.

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News 6/8/26

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Klinic announces $24 million in new funding. The company offers an online platform that helps patients find and schedule telehealth appointments with providers specializing in behavioral health, mental health, and weight management.

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Sunwave Health and Lightning Step Technologies consolidate their behavioral healthcare software brands under the Sunwave name. Sunwave Health acquired Lightning Step last year.

People

Well Health Technologies names Andrew Bond, MD, MBA (GreenShield) chief health officer and head of public sector.

Announcements and Implementations

North Carolina-based FQHCs High Country Community Health and First Choice Community Health will go live on Epic this month with assistance from Med Tech Solutions.

Sobrius (VA) selects healthcare compliance and revenue software and services from Adentris.

The Neurology Center of New England (MA) implements AI medical scribe software from Sunoh.ai.

US Orthopaedic Partners replaces nine systems with ModMed’s AI-Powered Practice EHR, RCM, practice management, and patient engagement platform.

OrthoLoneStar (TX) implements Hatch’s referral coordination software.

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