{"slug": "stat-commure-terminates-payments-under-its-customer-referral-programs-tied-to-ai", "title": "STAT+: Commure terminates payments under its customer referral programs tied to AI products", "summary": "Commure, a $7 billion health software company, terminated payments under its customer referral programs tied to its AI products, according to company emails obtained by STAT. The termination notice, sent by Chief Legal Officer Dan Brian, gives partners 30 days' notice and promises full payment of owed amounts. The move came six days before STAT published an investigation into Commure's referral payments.", "body_md": "Commure, a $7 billion health software company that sells artificial intelligence tools to medical clinics, has terminated a program through which it was paying parties for referrals to new customers, according to company emails obtained by STAT.\n\nThe emails, sent by Commure’s chief legal officer, Dan Brian, inform members of the partnership program that their payment agreements will be terminated 30 days from receipt of the company’s notice. One email, dated Aug. 6, states that anything owed under the agreement as of the termination date will be “paid in full.”\n\nThe notice was sent to members of the program six days prior to the publication of a [STAT investigation](https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/12/inside-commure-athelas-mad-dash-automate-health-care/) that found the company offers to pay thousands of dollars to customers and other parties to refer its AI products to new business prospects. STAT first asked about the referral arrangements in an email to Brian on June 5.\n\n## This article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers\n\n### Unlock this article — plus in-depth analysis, newsletters, premium events, and news alerts.\n\nAlready have an account? [Log in](/login/)\n\n[View All Plans](https://www.statnews.com/stat-plus/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stat-commure-terminates-payments-under-its-customer-referral-programs-tied-to-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/13/commure-terminates-payments-under-customer-referral-programs/?utm_campaign=rss", "published_at": "2026-08-13 21:49:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-13 22:13:45.964121+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Commure", "Dan Brian", "STAT"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stat-commure-terminates-payments-under-its-customer-referral-programs-tied-to-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stat-commure-terminates-payments-under-its-customer-referral-programs-tied-to-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stat-commure-terminates-payments-under-its-customer-referral-programs-tied-to-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stat-commure-terminates-payments-under-its-customer-referral-programs-tied-to-ai.jsonld"}}