Health IT Business News, Financial Edition – April 16, 2026

Trending News

NextGen Healthcare Launches Bold Platform Future with New Brand Identity
NextGen Healthcare is entering its next era of platform and services innovation with a refreshed brand identity that reflects the company’s commitment to simplifying the business of healthcare and delivering purpose-built solutions for the evolving needs of diverse ambulatory practices.

ModMed Selects AWS as the Cloud Provider for the AI-Powered Practice
ModMed®, a provider of software and services to specialty medical practices, announced it has entered into a new multi-year agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). As a company born in the cloud, ModMed has used AWS as its primary cloud provider since day one. This expanded agreement makes AWS the cloud provider for ModMed’s AI-Powered Practice™, which will responsibly bring artificial intelligence (AI) to every corner of the specialty medical practice, including clinical, billing, and front-office operations, as well as patient engagement.

MRO Earns Fifth Consecutive USA TODAY National Top Workplaces Award
MRO Corp. (MRO), the leader in enterprise clinical data management and intelligent data exchange, is proud to announce that it has earned the prestigious 2026 USA TODAY National Top Workplaces award. MRO is a five-time winner, and for the second year, MRO is the highest ranked vendor serving the healthcare industry in the USA.

Mergers and Acquisitions

MedReview Announces Acquisition of Vital Data Technology
MedReview, a provider of payment integrity solutions for health insurers, is proud to announce the acquisition of Vital Data Technology, the premier provider of advanced healthcare payer workflow and data technology. This strategic acquisition strengthens and expands MedReview’s comprehensive payer solution suite by adding member outcome-focused solutions.

Contract Announcements

VA Taps Mynd Immersive to Lead National Rollout of Prescriptive Virtual Reality Therapies
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has expanded its immersive therapy initiative, selecting Mynd Immersive, in partnership with Meta and an innovative ecosystem of clinical-grade content producers, to support a national rollout of immersive virtual reality therapy across 45 additional VA medical centers.

Zebra Technologies and Aiva Health Work Together to Power Hands-Free Nurse Workflows
Zebra Technologies Corporation, a global leader in digitizing and automating workflows to deliver intelligent operations, and Aiva Health, a pioneer in voice-powered clinical software, announced a partnership to support hands-free nurse workflows using Aiva’s AI-powered Aiva Nurse Assistant on Zebra healthcare devices, including the HC20/HC50 mobile computers and Zebra’s new WS101-H wearable badge.

athenahealth Partners with rater8 to Add AI-Powered Reputation Management to Industry-leading AI-native athenaOne® Solution
athenahealth announced it is bringing rater8’s AI-powered reputation management capabilities into AI-native athenaOne. The integration embeds rater8’s healthcare-focused review, listings, and patient feedback tools into athenaOne workflows — enabling practices to request and respond to reviews, maintain listings, monitor sentiment, and act on insights without leaving athenaOne.

Rubrik Selected as an AHA Preferred Provider for Cybersecurity Resiliency
Rubrik, the Security and AI Operations Company, is now an American Hospital Association (AHA) Preferred Cybersecurity Provider. Rubrik is offering cyber resilience and data protection tools, ransomware training, and financial risk analysis to nearly 5,000 AHA member hospitals.

Atlantic Health Reduces Colonoscopy Screening Gaps Using Artera’s AI Agents
Colorectal cancer is expected to claim the lives of more than 55,000 Americans in 20262. Despite the fact that early-stage detection carries a survival rate of over 90 percent3, nearly one-third of eligible adults remain unscreened – often due to the complexities of the multi-step preparation process. To help guide patients through the colonoscopy journey and close the screening gap, Atlantic Health, a leading not-for-profit health care system caring for patients throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area, has partnered with Artera to successfully deploy Artera’s AI Agents for colonoscopy patient outreach.

Elpida Launches New AI-Powered Marketing Compliance Platform for the Healthcare Industry
Elpida, the healthcare industry’s AI-powered marketing compliance platform, announces the launch of its new platform designed to streamline regulatory compliance for healthcare companies and their marketing agencies.

Brook.ai and Highgate Medical Group Partner to Advance Continuous Chronic Care in Western New York
Highgate Medical Group, a primary care provider in Western New York with more than 75 years of clinical excellence, announced a partnership with Brook.ai to expand its model of care beyond the clinic and into patients’ daily lives.

Venture Capitol and Funding

Qualified Health Raises $125M Series B to Meet Growing Demand for Enterprise AI Transformation Across Health Systems
Qualified Health, a public benefit corporation providing a secure enterprise AI platform built for health systems, announced a $125 million Series B financing round led by global venture capital firm, New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA), with participation from new investors Transformation Capital, GreatPoint Ventures, Cathay Innovation, and Menlo Ventures’ Anthology Fund, an AI innovation fund created in partnership with Anthropic. Existing investors SignalFire, Frist Cressey Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Healthier Capital, Town Hall Ventures, and Intermountain Ventures also participated.

Avo Raises $10 Million Series A to be the Clinical AI Platform Powered by Trusted Knowledge
Avo, the clinical AI platform that transforms Electronic Health Records into intelligent systems of action, announced a $10M Series A financing round led by Noro-Moseley Partners, with participation from existing investors AlleyCorp, Las Olas Venture Capital, MedMountain Ventures, Epsilon Health, and new investor Scrub Capital.

Chapter Raises $100 Million Series E to Continue Building the Trust Layer Between Seniors and Technology in the Age of AI
Chapter, an AI company focused on retirement, announced that it has raised $100 million in Series E funding.

Making the Cut, Milestones, Accolades, Awards and More

Ochsner Health earns USA TODAY Top Workplaces Award
Ochsner Health is proud to announce that it has earned the prestigious 2026 USA TODAY Top Workplaces award. This is the sixth consecutive year Ochsner has ranked on the list, and this year Ochsner leaped to 65 in the rankings.

Everpure to Change Ticker Symbol to “P”
Everpure, the company revolutionizing storage and data management, announced it will change its stock ticker symbol from “PSTG” to “P” on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Trading under the new ticker symbol is expected to begin on Friday, April 17, 2026.

Avalon Healthcare Solutions Recognized as USA TODAY Top Workplace
Avalon Healthcare Solutions, a trusted partner for Diagnostic Intelligence across the payer ecosystem, is proud to announce that it has earned the prestigious 2026 USA TODAY Top Workplaces award.

PhaseV Sponsors Timmerman Traverse in Support of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
PhaseV, a leader in AI/ML for clinical development, announced its “Mt. Emerson” level sponsorship and participation in the Timmerman Traverse – a multi-day expedition across the Evolution Range of California’s High Sierras – to raise awareness and funds for the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. The sponsorship forms part of PhaseV’s broader mission to optimize clinical development across therapeutic areas, with a strategic focus on accelerating new cancer research and bringing promising therapies to patients faster.

Briya Hits 120M Patient Journeys Milestone to Accelerate AI-Driven Medical Research
Briya, the health AI technology company redefining healthcare research, announced its global data network has expanded to cover over 120 million patient records. By unifying this massive real-world data (RWD) repository with the Briya AIRE™ research engine, Briya is delivering a scalable solution to address the industry’s need for diverse, high-fidelity patient representation to advance medical innovation and personalized medicine.

Tendo Marketplace hits one million vouchers purchased, establishing the standard for price-transparent, high-quality care.
Tendo, a healthcare technology company committed to putting quality at the center of every care decision, announced that its Tendo Marketplace has surpassed one million vouchers purchased nationwide, a major milestone in delivering more accessible, high-quality, and price-transparent care.