Hospital Mergers as a Lifeline: What Actually Creates Value
Hospital mergers are increasingly a survival move rather than a growth play, as roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and ACA…
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Why AI ROI Stalls: The Case for Disciplined Decisions
AI initiatives often underdeliver because organizations never define which decisions AI should actually improve — a fixable focus problem, not a technology gap. Summit Partners’ Sharon Lin argues…
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Kaltroco Acquires Smile America, the Largest U.S. School-Based Dental Program
Family-owned investment firm Kaltroco has acquired Smile America Partners, the largest school-based mobile dental program in the U.S., from Beach Point Capital Management in a deal announced July…
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Straine Consolidates Three Dental Companies Into One Integrated Management Brand
Straine, a 30-year dental management organization founded by Olivia and Kerry Straine, has unified its three operating entities — Straine Dental Consulting, Straine Dental Analytics, and Straine Dental…
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AI Search and Brand Differentiation: 17 Health Systems’ 2026 Marketing Priorities
AI is fundamentally changing how consumers search for care, as Google and chatbots increasingly answer queries directly instead of surfacing links. In this Becker’s roundup, CMOs at 17…
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Better Life Partners and Groups Merge to Expand New England Addiction Care
Hanover, N.H.-based Better Life Partners has joined the Burlington, Mass.-based Groups care network in a partnership expanding addiction treatment access across New England, the organizations announced July 23,…
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Commure Targets the 35–50% of Referrals That Never Convert
Between 35% and 50% of medical referrals never result in a completed specialist appointment, and those that do take 31 days on average — a gap Commure’s new…
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Select Medical Goes Private in $3.9B Welsh Carson-Led Deal
Select Medical Holdings completed a $3.9 billion take-private on July 1, 2026, led by its founders and private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe at $16.50 per…
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Allina Health to Pay $12.5M to Settle Website Pixel Litigation
Allina Health System agreed to pay $12.5 million to resolve a consolidated class action over its use of website tracking pixels, one of the larger settlements in the…
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Federal Court Strikes Down South Dakota Dental Advertising Restrictions
A federal court struck down South Dakota’s dental advertising restrictions, ruling that dentists may market bona fide credentials—including implant dentistry—even in areas the American Dental Association does not…