MedCity News

Stop Waiting to Be Asked: What Operators Really Need From Their Revenue Cycle Partners

How Tech-Enabled Independent Pharmacies Can Address America’s Medication Adherence Crisis

Today’s technology has the potential to empower independent pharmacies to offer adherence support at a greater scale — and healthcare engagements that overlook this touchpoint miss out.

By Andy Maurer

Opinion

Women’s Health Is Central to the Future of Digital Health

Innovation in women’s health technology is about improving input data, refining performance criteria and ensuring design assumptions align with biological reality and real-world usage. When those fundamentals are in place, products are more accurate, more trustworthy and more likely to be adopted by clinicians and consumers alike.

By Kinsey Fabrizio

Health Tech, Startups

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Digital Health Startups Raised $4B in Q1: How Cash Is Flowing Amid Uncertainty

Digital health funding rebounded in the first quarter of 2026, reaching $4 billion across 110 deals, according to data from Rock Health. The surge was fueled mainly by megadeals, reflecting a market where investors are placing larger bets on fewer startups.

By Katie Adams

Latest Video

Latest News

Artificial Intelligence, Providers

CEO Building AI’s “Health Universe” Utterly Unperturbed By Rivals

"We spend a lot of time focused on building the experiences that we think are the future of healthcare, and we don't spend a heck of a lot of time worrying about what other people are doing," declares Dan Caron, founder and CEO of Health Universe. Here's a Q&A with the leader of the Kleiner Perkins-backed company.

By Arundhati Parmar

Health Tech

TPA Yuzu Health Aims to Revamp Health Benefits with $35M Boost

Yuzu’s $35 million round was led by General Catalyst and Chemistry, with participation from Anthropic’s Anthology Fund, Bain Future Back Ventures, Timeless Ventures, Lachy Groom and Neo.

By Marissa Plescia

The New Blueprint: How Clever Care Health Plan is Scaling Its Member Experience [Video]

MedCity News was at the Vive conference and spoke with executives who shared their insights for the healthcare industry.

By Clever Care Health Plan and MedCity News

BioPharma, Pharma

Neurocrine’s $2.9B Soleno Buyout Brings What Could Become Its Next Blockbuster Drug

Soleno Therapeutics brings Neurocrine Biosciences Vykat XR, a drug commercialized for treating the rare genetic disease Prader-Willi syndrome. This blockbuster prospect complements Crenessity, a Neurocrine drug approved for treating a rare endocrine disorder called congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

By Frank Vinluan

MedCity Influencers

From Data Ownership to Learning Velocity in Direct-to-Consumer Healthcare

As commercialization increasingly reflects direct engagement dynamics, differentiation depends less on the volume of data controlled and more on the speed at which systems incorporate feedback.

By Osama Usmani

MedCity Influencers

Not All Hospitals Have Equal Resources — Knowledge Sharing Can Help Level the Playing Field

Resource-sharing across large networks of hospitals allows people to receive a higher quality of care across the country, regardless of where they live or how well-resourced their local health system may be.

By Arup Roy-Burman

BioPharma, Startups

Pinnacle Medicines Adds $89M for Oral Peptides With Properties of Injectable Biologics

Startup Pinnacle Medicines is developing peptide drugs with the same efficacy as biologic medicines and the dosing convenience of oral small molecules. The lead program of OrbiMed-incubated Pinnacle is on track to enter the clinic in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

By Frank Vinluan

Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Health Tech, Providers

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What Will Separate Healthcare AI Winners From Losers?

Uma Veerappan of Flare Capital Partners thinks the healthcare AI startups that will come out on top will be companies that integrate seamlessly into workflows, build proprietary datasets and quickly determine how to sell their technology.

By Katie Adams

The Hidden Administrative Tasks Draining Small Practices

Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.

By Michael Blackman, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer, Greenway Health®

MedCity Influencers

Join the Fight Against Chronic Pain: It’s Time for Breakthrough Legislation in Congress

Over the past 15 years, financial and administrative barriers – most notably step therapy mandates and prior authorization requirements – have repeatedly forced patients through suboptimal or ineffective treatments before they can try another therapy, have tied the hands of healthcare professionals and patients alike. Now there's a possible solution.

By Craig B. Granowitz

Health Tech

The Women’s Health Market Is Poised to Reach $600B by 2030. That’s if ‘We Do Nothing’

A PwC report finds that women’s health is evolving into a much larger, high-growth market as investment expands beyond reproductive care, though it remains underfunded and under-researched.

By Marissa Plescia

MedCity Influencers

The Algorithm Won’t Hold Your Mother’s Hand

An algorithm can flag an irregular heartbeat. But it cannot notice that Tom hasn't mentioned his late wife in two weeks, or that he's wearing the same shirt for the fourth day running. Those observations require a person in the room, not a sensor on the wall.

By Neal K. Shah

BioPharma, Pharma

The Drug Companies Avoiding Trump’s Tariffs — For Now

Generic medicines face no tariffs, though the Trump administration reserves the right to revisit that in the future. Some branded drugmakers face a reduced tariff rate, but that could change if they don’t reach a so-called most-favored nation drug price deal.

By Frank Vinluan

Health Tech

4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in March

Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in March. Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds.

By Marissa Plescia

Hospitals, Policy, Legal, Providers

Gavel on Euro Background – Corruption, Fraud, Auctions, Fines, and Crime

Why 131 Hospitals Are Suing HHS Over Alleged Underpayment

A group of 131 hospitals has sued HHS over a CMS policy they say improperly reduces Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments. The lawsuit is the latest in a decade-long legal battle over how the agency counts patient days and calculates payments for safety net hospitals.

By Katie Adams

MedCity Influencers

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Smarter Documentation Is Changing EMS Operations

AI takes care of the small but time-consuming stuff, giving responders more space to focus on what really matters: providing life-saving care to patients.

By Joe Graw

MedCity Influencers

Why “Cleaning” Wipes Are Not Enough: Protecting Patients and Clinicians by Keeping Lead Aprons Truly Clean

Clinical care facility leaders must ensure personal protective equipment (PPE), especially lead aprons, are not just superficially clean, but clinically safe for patients and clinicians alike.

By Justin McKay