Waystar news, Healthworx Accelerator, Paper2Agent, AI governance (or not) and more...!

Healthcare through a Kentucky lens. Yeah, it's niche. But neat!

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Andrew Steen
September 22, 2026

I would have burned a couch, too. Go Cats.

Waystar

Maybe the biggest local news of the past week—ICYMI.

“The Lehi, Utah, and Louisville, Kentucky-based ​company has hired investment bank Evercore to advise on potential sale process, sources say.”

Healthcare software firm Waystar explores options including sale, sources say

By Isla Binnie, Sabrina Valle and Milana Vinn

www.reuters.com/world/healthcare-software-firm-waystar-explores-options-including-sale-sources-say-2026-09-15/?_bhlid=5532de0cf9faac115658b8b69555587903d379a7

Wrote this in 2024.

From ZirMed to Waystar

Healthcare revenue cycle management [RCM] is the financial process facilities use to manage the administrative and clinical functions associated with claims processing, payment and revenue generation. The Kentucky Secretary of State website shows that ZirMed.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-zirmed-waystar-liverpoollane-com-c6nbe

Healthworx Accelerator Is Coming to Your City

Healthworx Accelerator Is Coming to Your City — And We're Searching for the 2026 Cohort

At Healthworx, we enable solutions to make healthcare better by increasing healthcare quality, affordability and accessibility for all.

www.healthworx.com/blog/healthworx-accelerator-is-coming-to-your-city?mc_cid=84271e2ccd&mc_eid=d162ae4d98

Well, not our city, if your city is in Kentucky.

Healthworx is the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield.

You might recall that Louisville-headquartered RAAPID is in the Healthworx Ventures portfolio.

AI governance in healthcare

Independent research commissioned by Imprivata.

“However, many acknowledge that Al tools and agents are already appearing
outside Of their formal governance processes, with 72% reporting that Al tools or agents are deployed without IT approval at least occasionally…”

This is just cool

“Here we introduce Paper2Agent, an automated framework that converts research papers into artificial intelligence (AI) agents.”

Reimagining research papers as interactive and reliable AI agents - Nature

Paper2Agent converts research papers into interactive artificial intelligence agents by turning manuscripts, code and data into model context protocol-based tool-invoking systems that reproduce original results, answer new scientific queries and collaborate to generate novel insights.

Nature

Cool.

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Liverpool Lane | LinkedIn

Liverpool Lane | 1,086 followers on LinkedIn. Healthcare innovation. For Louisville, the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. | Liverpool Lane works with healthcare and life sciences startups, investors, corporations and other organizations to identify opportunities, navigate the healthcare ecosystem and build relationships that accelerate growth.

Deep relationships across the Commonwealth’s entire health innovation ecosystem. And a vast network outside the state.

www.linkedin.com/company/liverpoollane.com

If not, this is your sign.

Health Innovation Meetup

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Register at the link below the image.

This will be good.

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