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Cityblock Health $116M Series E
$116 million. And a full acquisition on the same day. 🔥 That is not a funding round. That is a statement. According to StartUp Health, Cityblock Health closed a $116M Series E led by General ...
The AI Radiology Reimbursement Ladder
FDA clearance is not the finish line for AI radiology tools. 🚩 It is just stage two of a four-stage ladder most hospitals have never mapped out. CMS just approved a New Technology Add-on Payment ...
Medicare Drug Price Rulemaking CMS-4215-P
5:00 p.m. Monday. The clock ran out on the biggest drug pricing fight in years. Over 11,000 public comments landed in the docket for CMS-4215-P, according to Latham and Watkins' Drug Pricing Digest. The comment ...
At-Home Test Cuts CRC Death Risk 43%
The cancer cure hiding in plain sight is not a drug. 🔬 It is a free at-home test that takes minutes to complete. According to ScienceDaily, a new study published in JAMA Network Open by ...
Flagler Health’s $50M MSK AI Bet
Everyone thinks MSK software is boring. Flagler Health just proved it isn't. 🔥 The conventional take on musculoskeletal health tech is that it's a sleepy, commoditized corner of the market. Scheduling tools, basic EMR plugins, ...
The EGFR Resistance Decision Framework
Everyone is celebrating the SAFFRON trial. I want to slow down. 🧬 The headlines are right that this is significant. But the most important thing SAFFRON gives us is not a drug combination. It is ...
4-Force Radiology Revenue Squeeze
The radiology workforce story everyone is telling is the wrong one. 🩻 The dominant narrative is simple: we have a shortage, so we need more radiologists. Hire more, read more, fix it. But a new ...
Nevada FQHCs Fear Medicaid Cliff
Nevada FQHCs are already absorbing the Medicaid fallout. 🚨 Patients are dropping off coverage before the rules even fully kick in. According to the Las Vegas Sun, leaders from eight federally qualified health centers in ...
Aidoc Wins First AI Radiology NTAP
A radiologist reads a non-contrast CT in the ED. The AI already flagged the chest and abdomen for multiple emergent conditions before the read even started. 🩺 This week, that workflow got a price tag ...








