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California AG Secures Record $1.55M CCPA Settlement Against Healthline Over Targeted Ads and Health Data Sharing

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On July 1, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $1.55 million settlement, pending court approval, with Healthline Media, LLC. This settlement is the largest penalty issued to date under the CCPA, as...more

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Key Developments in MedTech M&A: Momentum Despite Macroeconomic Uncertainty

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2024 was a challenging year for M&A activity in the medical technology (“MedTech”) industry. Although some sectors experienced a rebound in deal volume, MedTech dealmakers were disproportionately affected by a difficult...more

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AI-Powered Text Messaging by Digital Health Companies: Supreme Court Raises the Stakes

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Share on Twitter Share by Email Share Back to top Digital health companies increasingly rely on AI-powered messaging platforms, chatbots, and virtual assistants to engage patients through text and voice. However, a June 2025...more

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Tennr’s AI Platform Targets Referral “Black Holes” with $101 Million in New Funding

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Tennr, a healthcare technology company focused on streamlining healthcare operations, recently announced the receipt of $101 million in funding. While the investment signals growing confidence in AI-enabled administrative...more

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TELA Bio Launches OviTex Inguinal Reinforced Tissue Matrix in Europe

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TELA Bio—which was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Pennsylvania—is a medical device company that specializes in providing soft-tissue surgical products. According to TELA Bio, its soft-tissue reconstruction solutions...more

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Digital Health Startup Raises $45M to Expand AI Care Manager Tool

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Ellipsis Health, a digital health startup based in San Francisco, recently announced that it raised $45 million in a Series A-1 funding round led by Salesforce Ventures, CVS Health Ventures, and Khosla Ventures. The funding...more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - June 2025

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Byonyks, a medical device company focused on advancing dialysis care, today announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the Byonyks X1 APD Cycler, an automated peritoneal...more

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CDA update: new five-year strategic plan and position statement on using AI in health technology assessments

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On April 15, 2025, Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA) released its new five-year strategic plan, Insight to Impact 2025-2030. Formerly the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), this is the CDA’s first...more

Hogan Lovells

AI Summit panelists offer tips for obtaining reimbursement for innovative health care technology

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Hogan Lovells and the AI Health Care Coalition recently hosted their fourth annual AI Health Law & Policy Summit, where thought leaders and policymakers gathered to discuss a variety of topics including reimbursement issues...more

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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 236: Advocating for Accessible Diagnoses with Sydney...

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In this powerful episode, hosts Heather and Matthew are joined by Sydney Severance, a young woman and former competitive athlete whose life changed dramatically when she unexpectedly became wheelchair-bound. After a...more

Morgan Lewis

How the Health Tech Investment Act Could Reshape Medicare Reimbursement for Algorithm-Based Services

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As AI transforms medicine, some of the most promising healthcare innovations are at risk of exclusion by Medicare’s outdated and complex reimbursement structures. The Health Tech Investment Act, or S. 1399, introduced in...more

DLA Piper

New Federal Initiatives Signal Digital Health Access as a Key Priority

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Recent activity among lawmakers and federal agencies signal that the government may be poised to undertake meaningful legislative and administrative efforts to harness the potential of digital health innovation and to expand...more

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Innovative Strategies in Healthcare: A Conversation with Dan Yunker

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Episode 15: Innovative Strategies in Healthcare: A Conversation with Dan Yunker On this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, Dan Yunker, SVP of Risk and Compliance at Kodiak Solutions, joins host Eric Tower as...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2025 #2

News Briefs - States, D.C., File Lawsuit to Block Trump's HHS Restructuring - A coalition of 20 attorneys general is suing to block what they say is the Trump administration's "dangerous dismantling" of the federal health...more

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BBHIC 2025: Key Insights From Canada’s Leading Healthcare Investment Conference

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The Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference (BBHIC), held in Toronto this week, drew over 1,500 global participants to one of Canada's leading events for healthcare investment and innovation. The conference brought...more

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AI Health Law & Policy: Health Tech Investment Act would create AI-enabled device Medicare payment pathway

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U.S. Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus co-chairs Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) recently introduced S. 1399, the “Health Tech Investment Act,” which would establish a Medicare reimbursement pathway for...more

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Ep. 58 – Addressing Potential Discrimination in Patient Care Decision Support Tools

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Effective May 1, 2025, the Section 1557 regulations require covered healthcare providers to take reasonable steps by May 1, 2025, to identify and mitigate the risk of discrimination when they use AI and other emergency...more

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An Alternative for Treating Mitral Regurgitation Receives Support for Ongoing Trial

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Mitral regurgitation is the most common form of valvular heart disease and affects around 10% of Americans over 75. It occurs when the mitral valve, which is located between the left atrium and the left ventricle, doesn’t...more

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AI News Roundup – Pew poll reveals AI pessimism among American public, AI-assisted treatment found to reduce Parkinson’s symptoms,...

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

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Healthtech Patents: What Alivecor v. Apple Means for AI-Powered Innovation

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A major Federal Circuit ruling just sent a clear message to AI-driven healthtech companies: AI alone won’t get you a patent....more

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Boston Scientific Agrees to Acquire Sonivie Ltd. For up to $540 Million

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Boston Scientific recently announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SoniVie Ltd. According to the press release, SoniVie is a privately held medical device company that developed the TIVUS Intravascular...more

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[Podcast] Women @ RopesTalk: Conversation with Jan Sbarbaro, Lyric

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On this episode of Women @ RopesTalk hosted by IP transactions and licensing partner Megan Baca, IP transactions partner Emily Karlberg returns for another engaging conversation, this time with Jan Sbarbaro, the chief legal &...more

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[Podcast] Pharmacy Benefit Segmentation: Emerging Models for Health Plans

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In this episode of The Wiley Contracting Chronicles, hosts Jordan Ross and Brooke DeLoatch discuss the growing trend of pharmacy benefit segmentation among health plans. They outline three emerging models identified at Wiley:...more

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Early benefit assessment of medicinal products in Germany – first adaptions to AMNOG implementing the EU HTA Regulation

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First adaption of German AMNOG to the EU HTA Regulation: With the German Federal Ministry of Health's recent adoption of the respective ordinance in Germany (AMNutzenV), the German legislator took a first step to integrate...more

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Medicare Telehealth Gets Another Temporary Lifeline – Will Congress Make it Permanent?

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On March 15, 2025, President Trump signed a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown, which included a critical six-month extension of Medicare telehealth flexibilities through September 30, 2025. This six-month...more

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