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Nara Health Secures $14M for Third Party Administration Platform

Scholar Rock Drug Wins First-in-Class Approval in Rare Neuromuscular Disease

Scholar Rock’s Isembyld isn’t the only FDA-approved therapy for spinal muscular atrophy, but it is the first one that directly targets muscle tissue. Isembyld is the first commercial product for Scholar Rock, which is also evaluating the antibody in other rare muscle disorders.

By Frank Vinluan

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Shadow AI Is the Fastest Growing Force in Medicine, and Hospitals Are the Only Ones Who Can Control It

If trust, transparency, and accountability remain core values in medicine, AI governance cannot be left to improvisation.

By Deepthi Bathina

Where Will AI Deployment Benefit Payers the Most?

We are taking a look at how health insurers are using AI, defining success, and managing cybersecurity risks. Give us your opinions by completing our brief, anonymous survey.

By MedCity News

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Interra Health Adds GLP-1 Bridge Program Support

Interra Health is helping Medicare patients access $50-per-month GLP-1s through the new Bridge program.

By Marissa Plescia

Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Health Tech

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Inspiren Rakes In $70M to Scale Its AI-Powered Senior Living Platform

Inspiren, a company selling an AI-powered senior living platform, raised $70 million in Series C funding led by NewView Capital. The platform uses ambient sensors and computer vision to predict falls before they happen.

By Katie Adams

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Healthcare Needs Software That Handles a Messy Reality

The problem is not that companies have failed to make easy-to-use applications. Rather, it’s that there have been limitations to what software can realistically do in a modern healthcare environment.

By Venky Chellappa

Health Tech

GenHealth.ai Raises $16.5M to Automate Healthcare Administrative Tasks

Flare Capital Partners led the Series A round. Craft, Obvious Ventures, Eniac Ventures, InHealth Ventures, Epsilon Health Investors and ARTIS also participated.

By Marissa Plescia

Devices & Diagnostics, Startups

Nutromics Nabs FDA Breakthrough Status for Antibiotic Monitoring Patch

Nutromics earned FDA breakthrough device designation for its wearable patch that tracks vancomycin levels in real time. The device aims to replace the periodic blood draws currently used to dose the tricky-to-manage antibiotic.

By Katie Adams

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Augmenting the Systems That Support Patient Mobility

Automation in healthcare gains value when it strengthens the conditions that allow clinicians to practice at the top of their training.

By Eric Race

Payers, Consumer / Employer

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3 Strategies to Improve Health Insurance, Per Georgetown Report

A Georgetown report outlines three strategies to improve health insurance by lowering costs, simplifying coverage and protecting patients from corporate abuses.

By Marissa Plescia

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At INVEST Digital Health, Health Wildcatters Will Highlight Latest Cohort of Startups

Health Wildcatters, a Dallas accelerator and INVEST Digital Health partner, has announced the healthcare startups in its latest cohort. Join us at INVEST DIgital Health on October 29 and meet them in person!

By Stephanie Baum

Artificial Intelligence, Health Tech, Providers

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Imprivata CEO: AI Agents Need the Same Scrutiny as an Unvetted Contract Nurse

Imprivata CEO Fran Rosch said AI agents should be treated similarly to the way hospitals treat a new contract nurse — vetted, monitored and then cut off as soon as the job is done.

By Katie Adams

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What Health Equity Champions Can Learn from Pharmaceutical Sales

The same mechanics can now help people meet new Medicaid work requirements or exemptions, increase referrals to evidence-based health interventions, and dramatically increase enrollment in vital programs that improve health outcomes and reduce inequities.

By Rishi Manchanda

Health Tech

Virtual CKD Solutions Don’t Slow Disease Progression or Reduce Costs, Report Finds

A PHTI analysis found that virtual CKD management programs have little impact on disease progression or healthcare spending and recommends shifting the focus toward earlier diagnosis and treatment.

By Marissa Plescia

Artificial Intelligence, Health Tech, Providers

How Lifepoint Health Is Using AI to Give Nurses Their Time Back

Michelle Watson, Lifepoint Health's chief nurse executive, believes ambient listening and AI-powered patient prioritization are helping nurses reclaim time on tasks that don't require clinical judgment. The goal is to free nurses up for the work that actually requires their expertise.

By Katie Adams