Bonus Features – November 8, 2026 – 48% of Americans have used AI to review their health insurance options, 68% would independently verify AI-generated medication details, plus 34 more stories

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT that we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

News

• CMS released the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule; notably, the agency delayed until 2029 the requirement to only allow payment for remote patient or therapeutic monitoring when performed by clinical staff employed by the practice.
• ONC announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of War have joined TEFCA.

Stats

• A report from ACTO found that 54% of senior leaders remain concerned about how AI is being used in life science organizations, and 58% say the industry has no clear industry standard for responsible AI.
• A report from eHealth found that 48% of Americans have used an AI tool to review their health insurance options.
• Research from Wolters Kluwer Health found that 68% of consumers would independently verify medication details if they are generated through processes using AI.

Partnerships

• Digital marketplace Ebix will distribute SMARE, the Synthetic Mind Aware Risk Engine from intentyx, to its clients in healthcare and other regulated industries.
• Healthcare recruiters can now sponsor jobs on ZipRecruiter directly in Apploi Hire, the applicant tracking system from Viventium + Apploi.

Products

• athenahealth announced expanded capabilities for Sage, athenaOne’s AI assistant.
• Attuned Intelligence launched Attuned Coverage to help community health centers and health systems support patients through new Medicaid applications and renewals.
• GXL released Paperclip Datasets, which turn evidence scattered across scientific literature into structured datasets.
• HOPPR announced the beta release of the ​​HOPPR FS MSK Whole-Body Narrative Model, which generates draft findings text for musculoskeletal radiographs.
• The University of Maryland Medical System’s iHarbor Innovation Center released OARS, an an evidence-based nurse onboarding and orientation platform.
• Inovia Bio launched InovaMine, an end-to-end biostatistics and data pipeline platform to support drug development.
• Kontakt.io introduced KIO Clinic, which helps health systems identify unused capacity and coordinate care in clinic settings.
• MedeAnalytics announced Mede Foundation, an analytics and workflow platform to support health plan decision-making.
• Data archiving vendor MediQuant introduced the next generation of its DataArk platform.
• Mentavi Health announced MentaviDx, which will license the Mentavi Mental Health Diagnostic Evaluation to organizations with licensed clinicians.
• Midmark launched the Midmark 800 Digital Vital Signs Device to collect vital signs at the point of care.
• Nursa launched Central Staffing, a workforce management platform for all levels of staff.
• Octo Health opened its beta program to help consumers combine medical records, lab results, biomarker testing and other health data.
• OhMD launched OhMD Outcomes, which builds voice and text AI agents directly aligned with a specific goal for healthcare organizations.
• Cybersecurity company Omega Systems announced a managed AI suite to help healthcare organizations adopt AI.
• Superscript launched an API allowing medical practices and EHR systems to plug into its real-time prescription pricing capabilities.

Implementations

• Alabama’s Infirmary Health selected AGFA HealthCare Enterprise Imaging Cloud. In addition, Chicago’s Rush University System for Health selected AGFA HealthCare Enterprise Imaging Cloud.
• Three health systems implemented Art, Epic’s AI tool for clinicians.
• Minnesota’s Fairview Health Services selected Layer Health to automate and standardize clinical registry abstraction.

Company News

• Cybersecurity validation organization HITRUST announced IRIDX, an information risk ratings company.
• The investigational Toumai surgical system from MicroPort MedBot supported robotic telesurgery at two AdventHealth facilities 35 miles apart.
• Brain disorders diagnosis and treatment technology from Neurophet is now integrated with RapidAI‘s Rapid Enterprise Platform.
• xCures received a patent for structuring medical records in transit; the patent covers the technology behind the xCures Clinical Clarity Engine.

People

• Cloud-based EHR, RCM, and practice management software maker Azalea Health appointed Arman Samani as CEO.
• Virtual care platform AvaSure appointed Patric Edmondson as Chief Technology Officer.
• Data and analytics company Definitive Healthcare promoted Rebecca Marani to Chief Product Officer.
• RCM vendor EnableComp appointed Matt Capell as Chief Operating Officer.
• Medical practice care management vendor ChronicCareIQ promoted Fahad Saleem to COO.
• AI healthcare operations platform Qventus promoted Jamie Eisinger Burgess to Chief Marketing Officer.

If you have news that you’d like us to consider for a future edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features, please submit them on this page. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo. Note that submissions received after the close of business on Thursday may not be included in Bonus Features until the following week.

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT that we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

News

• CMS released the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule; notably, the agency delayed until 2029 the requirement to only allow payment for remote patient or therapeutic monitoring when performed by clinical staff employed by the practice.
• ONC announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of War have joined TEFCA.

Stats

• A report from ACTO found that 54% of senior leaders remain concerned about how AI is being used in life science organizations, and 58% say the industry has no clear industry standard for responsible AI.
• A report from eHealth found that 48% of Americans have used an AI tool to review their health insurance options.
• Research from Wolters Kluwer Health found that 68% of consumers would independently verify medication details if they are generated through processes using AI.

Partnerships

• Digital marketplace Ebix will distribute SMARE, the Synthetic Mind Aware Risk Engine from intentyx, to its clients in healthcare and other regulated industries.
• Healthcare recruiters can now sponsor jobs on ZipRecruiter directly in Apploi Hire, the applicant tracking system from Viventium + Apploi.

Products

• athenahealth announced expanded capabilities for Sage, athenaOne’s AI assistant.
• Attuned Intelligence launched Attuned Coverage to help community health centers and health systems support patients through new Medicaid applications and renewals.
• GXL released Paperclip Datasets, which turn evidence scattered across scientific literature into structured datasets.
• HOPPR announced the beta release of the ​​HOPPR FS MSK Whole-Body Narrative Model, which generates draft findings text for musculoskeletal radiographs.
• The University of Maryland Medical System’s iHarbor Innovation Center released OARS, an an evidence-based nurse onboarding and orientation platform.
• Inovia Bio launched InovaMine, an end-to-end biostatistics and data pipeline platform to support drug development.
• Kontakt.io introduced KIO Clinic, which helps health systems identify unused capacity and coordinate care in clinic settings.
• MedeAnalytics announced Mede Foundation, an analytics and workflow platform to support health plan decision-making.
• Data archiving vendor MediQuant introduced the next generation of its DataArk platform.
• Mentavi Health announced MentaviDx, which will license the Mentavi Mental Health Diagnostic Evaluation to organizations with licensed clinicians.
• Midmark launched the Midmark 800 Digital Vital Signs Device to collect vital signs at the point of care.
• Nursa launched Central Staffing, a workforce management platform for all levels of staff.
• Octo Health opened its beta program to help consumers combine medical records, lab results, biomarker testing and other health data.
• OhMD launched OhMD Outcomes, which builds voice and text AI agents directly aligned with a specific goal for healthcare organizations.
• Cybersecurity company Omega Systems announced a managed AI suite to help healthcare organizations adopt AI.
• Superscript launched an API allowing medical practices and EHR systems to plug into its real-time prescription pricing capabilities.

Implementations

• Alabama’s Infirmary Health selected AGFA HealthCare Enterprise Imaging Cloud. In addition, Chicago’s Rush University System for Health selected AGFA HealthCare Enterprise Imaging Cloud.
• Three health systems implemented Art, Epic’s AI tool for clinicians.
• Minnesota’s Fairview Health Services selected Layer Health to automate and standardize clinical registry abstraction.

Company News

• Cybersecurity validation organization HITRUST announced IRIDX, an information risk ratings company.
• The investigational Toumai surgical system from MicroPort MedBot supported robotic telesurgery at two AdventHealth facilities 35 miles apart.
• Brain disorders diagnosis and treatment technology from Neurophet is now integrated with RapidAI‘s Rapid Enterprise Platform.
• xCures received a patent for structuring medical records in transit; the patent covers the technology behind the xCures Clinical Clarity Engine.

People

• Cloud-based EHR, RCM, and practice management software maker Azalea Health appointed Arman Samani as CEO.
• Virtual care platform AvaSure appointed Patric Edmondson as Chief Technology Officer.
• Data and analytics company Definitive Healthcare promoted Rebecca Marani to Chief Product Officer.
• RCM vendor EnableComp appointed Matt Capell as Chief Operating Officer.
• Medical practice care management vendor ChronicCareIQ promoted Fahad Saleem to COO.
• AI healthcare operations platform Qventus promoted Jamie Eisinger Burgess to Chief Marketing Officer.

If you have news that you’d like us to consider for a future edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features, please submit them on this page. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo. Note that submissions received after the close of business on Thursday may not be included in Bonus Features until the following week.