Katie Adams

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

UnityPoint Health's chief medical officer, Gregory Johnson, shared several ways the system is using AI to lift administrative burden off clinicians and get them back to patient care — including ambient scribing, real-time capacity tracking and AI-powered chart review.