HITshow Daily: January 14, 2026 (Wednesday) — JPM Week Day 3

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Today on HITshow:

Revenue-cycle consolidation meets patient privacy concerns as JPM Week continues. EnableComp acquires H/ROI to create a comprehensive platform for complex revenue, Epic and several major providers sue over alleged misuse of patient records in the TEFCA ecosystem, and JPM Week signals shift from AI demos to credible ROI. Plus: federal policy reinforcing interoperability accountability, and a Bright Spot on solving patient identity to finally get rid of the clipboard.

HOST: RHONDA BROOKS

📍 Finance & Capital — Teresa Vaughn

EnableComp is acquiring H/ROI (Human Resources Optimization) to create a comprehensive platform for complex revenue including denials, DRG validation, and complex claims recovery. EnableComp CEO Frank Forte says a typical VA claim that takes 90 minutes manually can be 90-95% automated and completed in minutes or seconds. The deal signals revenue-cycle tech is consolidating around platform plays as margin pressure continues.

📍 Healthcare Policy & Advocacy — Peter Betterworth

Epic, along with OCHIN, Reid Health, Trinity Health, and UMass Memorial Health, filed a federal lawsuit alleging Health Gorilla and a network of companies improperly accessed and monetized patient medical records. The lawsuit is essentially one TEFCA participant taking another to court, alleging bad actors exploited national health information exchange pathways by requesting records under the appearance of legitimate care purposes for profit instead of treatment.

📍 Healthcare Policy & Advocacy — Anika Shah (JPM Coverage)

Federal policy is showing up directly inside JPM conversations, with senior government leaders reinforcing that the next phase isn’t just talking about interoperability but proving it works at national scale with real accountability. Health systems should expect more scrutiny around how data is accessed, governed, and used.

📍 AI & Machine Learning — Jade Romero (JPM Coverage)

JPM announcements are shifting from shiny tech to operational adoption. Revenue cycle is becoming an AI battleground focused on automation that takes work off teams’ plates. Provider partnerships are being framed as clinical workflow plus data plus outcomes, not just new tech. Wearables are inching closer into clinical workflow when data can be incorporated in ways clinicians can actually use.

📍 Finance & Capital — Logan Stokes (JPM Market Read)

JPM Week compressed months of strategy talk: AI is everywhere but the bar has moved from cool demo to credible ROI, real anxiety around public funding and Medicaid dynamics is shaping growth conversations, and executives are watching payer behavior closely. For hospital leaders evaluating technology: treat every AI pitch like a budget conversation asking what cost disappears, what risk drops, and what capacity returns to the workforce. The winners are tying AI to measurable operational relief and proving it can live inside real workflows.

📍 Digital Health — Jalen Cross (Bright Spot)

Verato is solving patient identity to eliminate the clipboard moment. Clay Ritchey explains the most common experience health systems get wrong is lack of context at every touch of the care journey, forcing patients to re-explain themselves repeatedly. Only 25% of millennials or younger have a primary care physician compared to 80% of those 65+, making micro-moment experiences more important. Younger generations are 3x more likely to switch providers because they expect better consumer experiences.

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