Google Local Services Ads Move to Performance Max: What Healthcare Should Fix
Google is moving Local Services Ads into Performance Max, and the billing rules changed on October 1, 2026. According to Invoca, a missed call during your posted business…
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Angle Health Raises $600M at $2.7B Valuation to Scale AI-Native Small-Business Health Plans
How much did Angle Health raise, and what will it do with the money? Angle Health closed $600 million in equity financing — a $200 million Series C…
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Penn Medicine, IBX, and Regent Surgical Launch Tri-Party Company to Build 18+ Philadelphia ASCs
What is the new Penn Medicine, Independence Blue Cross, and Regent Surgical partnership? The three organizations have formed a new jointly owned company to develop at least 18…
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Intermountain Wants AI to Handle 30% of Its 260K Monthly Patient Calls
How is Intermountain Health using AI to manage patient call volume? Its contact center fields about 260,000 calls a month across the 34-hospital system, 80% to 90% of…
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Medicare’s WISeR AI Prior-Authorization Pilot Is Delaying and Denying Care, Records Show
Medicare’s WISeR pilot — which uses AI to approve or deny prior-authorization requests in traditional Medicare — has produced widespread denials, long delays, and technical failures since its…
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Sword Health to Buy Headspace: All-Cash Deal Reported at $200M-$300M
Digital musculoskeletal and virtual-care company Sword Health is set to acquire mental-health app maker Headspace in an all-cash deal valued between $200 million and $300 million, with an…
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Medicaid Losses Are Shifting Patients to Self-Pay: Epic Research 2026
Self-pay patients are rising across every U.S. care setting as Medicaid coverage shrinks, according to a new Epic Research analysis of more than 550 million healthcare encounters. In…
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Patient access priorities for 2026: Tackling wait times, phones, no-shows and more
MGMA’s Stat survey identifies the top patient access challenges medical practices are prioritizing in 2026: reducing wait times, improving phone access, reducing no-shows, streamlining online scheduling, and optimizing…
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Hopscotch Raises $53M to Scale Rural Value-Based Primary Care
Hopscotch Primary Care, a tech-enabled provider serving rural communities, has raised $53 million in Series D funding led by 8VC and Townhall Ventures to expand beyond its Western…
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76% of Gen Z Turn to AI Before a Doctor: 2026 Aflac Survey
Seventy-six percent of Gen Z and 63% of millennials now turn to AI tools for health support before seeking professional medical care, according to Aflac’s 2026 Wellness Matters…