Healthcare & Biotech

Stony Brook – September 18, 2026 -- ZBeats Inc. has secured U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance (K261580) for its ZBPro Diagnostic v2.0 software, extending its independent ECG analysis platform to cover recordings ranging from one minute to 14 days.

FDA clearance broadens device compatibility to Holter monitors and wearable patches

The updated clearance allows ZBPro to process data from a wider range of recording technologies, including Holter configurations and wearable patch devices, positioning the software as a device-agnostic layer for cardiac diagnostics providers.

San Francisco – September 18, 2026 -- Nuna Health LLC is now offering its AI-driven digital health coach at no cost to eligible Original Medicare (Parts A and B) beneficiaries in markets where the company operates, positioning itself among the first participants in the CMS Innovation Center's ACCESS (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions) Model.

CMS payment model ties reimbursement to patient outcomes, not services rendered

The ACCESS Model is a payment test that rewards participating organizations based on health outcomes achieved rather than volume of care delivered. Enrollment is voluntary and subject to CMS eligibility criteria. Nuna is supporting beneficiaries enrolled in the Model's Early Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic (eCKM) and Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) tracks, covering high blood pressure, high cholesterol, prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

New Brunswick, N.J. – September 18, 2026 -- Rutgers University and RWJBarnabas Health launched the Rutgers/RWJBarnabas Health Innovation Hub, powered by Amazon Web Services, creating one of the nation's first technology hubs to unite a medical school, an academic health system and a cloud provider under one roof.

Hub pairs New Jersey's largest health system with AWS cloud and AI tools

The facility combines Rutgers' academic and research capacity, RWJBarnabas Health's clinical reach as New Jersey's largest academic health system, and AWS cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure to address health care challenges spanning the classroom and hospital bedside.

Atlanta – September 18, 2026 -- Sensei, a Carestream Dental brand, has partnered with Zentist to deploy AI-powered remittance automation across dental practice management platforms serving U.S. dental service organizations, multi-location groups, and independent practices.

Zentist's Remit AI platform covers up to 1,500 payer and plan configurations

The tool digitizes and organizes Explanation of Benefits (EOBs) and Electronic Remittance Advice (ERAs) from 160 payers directly, with expanded access to as many as 1,500 payers and plans through Zentist's clearinghouse network. Billing teams currently rely on manual logins across dozens of individual payer portals to locate EOBs and resolve denied claims, a process the partnership aims to consolidate into a single dashboard.

Detroit – September 18, 2026 -- Caracal Products & Services has appointed Jim Wheeler, a healthcare sales strategist with more than 34 years of industry experience, as its new Vice President of National Sales.

Wheeler brings three decades of health system account management to Caracal's distribution business

Wheeler most recently supported business development and sales at Concordance Healthcare Solutions, where he worked with integrated health systems across Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, providing consulting services aimed at reducing costs and increasing revenue for those systems.

Caracal CEO says hire targets deeper customer alignment on medical products

Caracal President and CEO Donald Roberts said Wheeler's health care sales background positions him to work closely with customers on product selection suited to their operating environments.

Durham, N.C. – September 18, 2026 -- MSK ACCESS, the musculoskeletal care program powered by RevelAi Health, has been listed in the CMS ACCESS Participant Directory on Medicare.gov, opening enrollment to Medicare beneficiaries nationwide through MSKACCESS.com.

RevelAi Health has enrolled patients in the MSK track since July 2026

The program operates under CMS's Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model, a voluntary Innovation Center initiative that pays participating organizations for improving outcomes among Original Medicare beneficiaries. Its musculoskeletal track targets chronic joint, bone, muscle and low back pain lasting more than three months, delivering coordinated support over a twelve-month care period. Beneficiaries can join directly or via clinician referral.

San Francisco – September 18, 2026 -- Thatch, a health benefits platform enabling employers to replace group health plans with individual employee budgets, has raised $108 million in new funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by The General Partnership, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from ADP Ventures, Paychex, Eli Lilly and Company, Scale Venture Partners, QuantumLight, SemperVirens, Quiet Capital, and Avid Ventures.

Atlanta – September 18, 2026 -- E-cigarette directory laws in Alabama, Oklahoma and Louisiana produced no sustained reduction in flavored e-cigarette sales, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open by researchers from the CDC Foundation. The research, using retail scanner data from January 2021 through April 2025, marks the first rigorous evaluation of how these state registries affect nicotine sales and product availability.

Alabama and Oklahoma directories showed no measurable effect on sales

Researchers found no significant change in per-capita nicotine sales or product availability in Alabama or Oklahoma after directory implementation, using comparison states without such laws as controls.

Goleta, Calif. – September 18, 2026 -- Vitamin Angels has launched a five-year strategy targeting 477 million at-risk women and children across 57 countries by 2030, projecting it will save 360,000 children's lives and protect 10 million women and children from malnutrition.

Vitamin Angels sets numeric targets tied to global malnutrition data

The nonprofit estimates its new initiative, Vitamin Angels 2030: Science. Systems. Scale., will reduce infectious disease risk for 300,000 children ages 0-5, alongside the malnutrition protection and lives-saved figures. The launch responds to 2024 data showing 150.2 million children under five affected by stunting and 42.8 million by wasting, plus 2023 figures indicating nearly one in three women ages 15-49 experienced anemia.

Beverly Hills -- A peer-reviewed narrative review published September 11, 2026, in Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum identifies nutritional deficiencies as an overlooked factor in skin changes among patients using GLP-1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide and tirzepatide for rapid weight loss.

Claims data show one in five patients develops a nutrient deficiency within a year

A large claims analysis cited in the review found that 22.4% of patients received at least one nutritional-deficiency diagnosis within 12 months of starting GLP-1 therapy, including 13.6% diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency. The broader literature reviewed also flags inadequate protein intake and shortfalls in iron, vitamin B12, folate, zinc, and copper as recurring concerns, nutrients tied to collagen synthesis and tissue repair.