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Hint Health acquired AeroDPC, a software company and electronic medical record for direct primary care clinics. As a result, Hint will release a new product in 2023 that combines tools from both companies.

MedCrypt, a San Diego-based provider of cybersecurity solutions for medical devices, recently closed a $25 million Series B funding round. The startup sells its software to medical devices manufacturers so they can enhance the security of their products, which range from pacemakers to CT scanners.

Let’s tear down the silos that transport seniors through the classic stages of hospitals, rehab, assisted living, and nursing homes. Value-based care or better yet, global risk, has a way of disintegrating these silos. If providers want to get paid, they must collaborate. That means instead of treating a singular issue, we must reach out to the rest of the ecosystem, coordinating treatment and driving together toward a meaningful outcome.

Israel has a powerful tech ecosystem combined with practical government support. The nation's leaders don’t tell entrepreneurs what to do — but they do provide clarity around the challenges that the healthcare sector is facing, and help gently steer innovation in the right direction.

Lusaris Therapeutics launched with $60 million for clinical development of a psychedelic depression drug it claims will be easier to dose and fast-acting. The company was formed and incubated by RA Capital Management, which led the startup’s Series A round of financing.

Check out new developments from Carrum Health, Strive Health, Abridge and Concerto Biosciences.

Empowering a high-quality homecare workforce with the skills and technologies they need is just the prescription the nation needs to address the health inequities that have been plaguing our underserved populations.

Healthcare is very personal, and consumers expect health plans to treat it that way. If they don’t, plans risk losing the member’s interest and trust, or perhaps the member altogether. The industry refers to this as member abrasion, which occurs when a health plan wears down a member to a point where they don’t take action on their health or leave a plan entirely. Member churn isn’t good for anyone. It negatively affects health plan performance, making it less likely that members ar...

Tech-enabled hospice provider Guaranteed recently closed a $6.5 million seed round, bringing its total funding to $9.25 million. Jessica McGlory founded the startup a year ago so that patients and their families can have more dignified and holistic end-of-life care experiences than what she and her father went through.

Less than 1% of hospitals and health systems said their relationship is improving and the rest said it has stayed the same. The American Hospital Association specifically called out commercial insurers for their practices on prior authorization and claims denials and delays.