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…
Behavioral-health MSO Beacon Behavioral Partners acquired Dallas–Fort Worth providers Prime Psychiatry and Invicta Healthcare, more than doubling its DFW density and expanding its interventional psychiatry capabilities. The Latticework…
LegacyMD is a new, majority physician-owned platform that consolidates concierge and direct primary care practices without selling control to private equity. Announced September 3, 2026, it launched by…
Sanford Health has closed its acquisition of North Memorial Health after signing a 10-year oversight agreement with Minnesota’s attorney general. The deal commits Sanford to invest $600 million…
Independent, third-party verification of healthcare AI is the gap PACT AI is built to close. Mount Sinai Health System and Denver Health have joined the Partnership for Assurance,…
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…
Epic’s new Ergo Visit is an AI capability that redesigns the outpatient office visit, surfacing patterns across a patient’s record and guiding clinicians before, during, and after each…
Francisco Partners has agreed to take Weave Communications (NYSE: WEAV) private in an all-cash deal valued at roughly $650 million, paying $7.40 per share, a 34% premium to…
Private equity acquisitions of physician practice management (PPM) companies are on track to fall by roughly half in 2026, according to new PitchBook data reported by STAT. Deal…
DSO acquisition and de novo activity in May 2026 showed continued regional density building across multiple platforms. SALT Dental Partners acquired MyOrthodontist (14 locations in NC and VA)…
