Katie Adams is MedCity News' associate editor. Her area of coverage focuses mainly on providers, healthcare technology, medical devices and regulatory matters. Previously, she worked as a healthcare technology editor at Becker’s Hospital Review. Adams is a DePaul University alum, and she lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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QuantHealth raised $45 million in Series B funding to expand its AI platform, which simulates clinical trials before they run and predicts patient outcomes for pharma companies. The startup is aiming to cut the industry's 90% trial failure rate and speed up the timelines for effective drugs to reach the market.
HHS is reviving a rebate program for 340B drug discounts after the previous pilot was blocked in court earlier this year. Providers say the change will burden already cash-strapped providers with new administrative and financial costs.
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
Sentara Health notified Anthem that it will let its commercial, Medicare and Medicaid contracts expire at year's end unless the two sides reach a new rate agreement. The dispute puts coverage for an estimated 380,000 Virginians at risk.
July has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, Aledade, Providence and Whoop named new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including Novartis, Adventist Health and Wellstar Health System.
Function Health raised $450 million in growth financing from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund, just eight months after its $298 million Series B. The lab-testing startup plans to use the capital to expand access to its testing and imaging services.
A survey of 112 health system executives finds that Epic's hold on hospital IT keeps getting stronger — but startups still have a shot, provided they solve a specific problem, prove strong ROI or offer a product that Epic is lagging behind on.
In an interview, Kyan Health Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Konstantin Struck discussed how Kyan gives mid-market and enterprise employers access to premium workforce mental healthcare, at a price point that is affordable.
Throne Science — a startup selling an AI-powered toilet camera that tracks gut health, hydration and urinary function — closed a $10 million Series A funding round. CEO Scott Hickle said the goal is to become a "smoke detector for colorectal cancer,” filling a monitoring gap he noted the wearables industry has largely ignored.
Lakshmi Halasyamani, chief clinical officer at Endeavor Health, thinks value-based care isn't really about payment models. To her, this work centers on understanding patients' clinical, social and financial circumstances well enough to make care plans that actually work for their lives.
As patients increasingly bring AI chatbot advice into exam rooms, where does liability land when that advice goes wrong? Health law attorney Meghan O'Connor said the answer still isn’t clear, but silence is the riskiest response for providers.
Health tech investors say the founders who win them over aren't the ones with all the answers, but the ones who know exactly what they don't know — and build a team to cover the gap.
Discover the top AI-powered EAP providers for 2026. Compare platforms like Kyan Health and Spring Health on triage speed, global reach, and clinical quality to transform workforce wellbeing.
Unlike past healthcare tech waves sold on cost savings, AI is proving it can generate new revenue — with returns as high as 100x, according to a panel of investors at MedCity News' Bullseye event.
Assured Health raised $19 million for its AI agents that verify provider credentials and manage insurance enrollment for health systems and group practices. The startup said it can cut a process that usually takes months down to days.
Prediction market Kalshi launched betting markets tied to clinical trial results and FDA approvals. Healthcare leaders warn the model could invite insider trading and distort the integrity of the research outcomes it's meant to forecast.
As hospitals increasingly use AI to improve patient care, the same technology is being used by hackers and nation-states to launch faster, more sophisticated attacks. Karen Habercoss, chief information security and privacy officer at the University of Chicago Medicine, explained how her health system is building a governance structure to manage that risk.
HSS chief digital and information officer Ashis Barad, who has worked on both the payer and provider sides of healthcare AI, thinks the industry's growing "bot vs. bot" battle over prior authorizations and appeals is driving costs up. To him, the real fix lies in providers and payers sharing data to build more personalized care pathways.