Everside Health and Marathon Health Announce Merger to Meet Accelerating Employer Demand for Advanced Primary Care Services
Joining Forces to Deliver Demonstrably Improved Health Outcomes and Meaningful Cost Savings to Patients, U.S. Employer, and Union-Sponsored Clients
Extends Reach to Serve 2.5 Million Eligible Patients and Over 630 U.S. Employer and Union-Sponsored Clients, Comprising 680+ Near-Site, Onsite, and Network Health Centers, Augmented by 50-State Access to Virtual Care
All Existing Shareholders, Including General Atlantic, New Enterprise Associates, and Oak HC/FT, to Support the Combined Entity
Everside Health and Marathon Health, leading providers of advanced primary care and occupational health for employer and union-sponsore...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 1, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ben Evans Chris Miller Everside Health Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Jeff Wells Marathon Health Source Type: blogs
The Undeserving Poor and the Marketization of Medicaid
Elenore Wade (Rutgers University), The Undeserving Poor and the Marketization of Medicaid (2023): No welfare program in the United States is available to the poor solely by virtue of their low income. Instead, programs like Medicaid require people to be... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 1, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
What Health IT Trend Has You Most Excited?
Burnout is something that can slowly creep up on you but take a long time to crawl out of. This serious problem is something that happens with you are overworked and overstressed from the problems you are tasked with at work. In the world of healthcare, where we are constantly looking for ways to make things better, it is no surprise that we are facing a high burnout rate. While burnout is hard to recover from, it is possible. Taking time off and finding things that you enjoy and are excited about are key to letting your brain reset and being ready to get back to work.
While there are countless problems and struggles in he...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 28, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System 86Borders Arcadia Authenticx AVIA Health Blake Richards Dan McDonald Elucid Eric Prugh Health IT Trends Healthcare AI Source Type: blogs
Generative AI in Your Desk Drawer: Revenue Management
This article starts to look at healthcare generative AI use cases.
Is it any surprise that new technologies in health care pop up quickly in the area of reimbursements? Payments are the constant obsession of every manager.
Claims
Abhishek Sharma, principal of business transformation at Sagility, says that payers question why a doctor ordered an MRI instead of a less costly CT scan, and that precise details in the patient’s medical record and clinical demographic history have to be culled to justify the decision.
Dushyant Mishra, co-founder and CEO of RapidClaims, says that five to ten percent of costs in clinical i...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 27, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management Abhishek Sharma Administrative Burden AI Advantage Akshay Sharma Anna Twomey Artificial Intelligence Automated Medical C Source Type: blogs
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company Announces Acquisition of HealthBeacon PLC
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company today announced that, through its Hamilton Beach Health subsidiary, it has acquired HealthBeacon PLC, a medical technology firm and strategic partner of the company. HealthBeacon develops connected devices that enable patients with chronic conditions to manage their injectable medication regimens at home and provides other health services.
Gregory H. Trepp, President and Chief Executive Officer at Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company, said, “This acquisition is a key step in support of our strategic initiative to expand in the fast-growing home health and wellness market, and it...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 27, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Gregory H. Trepp Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company Hamilton Beach Health Health IT Acquisitions HealthBeacon PLC Healthcare M&A Kieran Daly Rob George Source Type: blogs
Accessing the Safety Net: How Medicaid Affects Health and Recidivism
Discussion Paper No. 16665) (2023): We estimate the causal impact of access to means-tested public health insurance coverage (Medicaid) on... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 27, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
U.S. Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024, which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into cer...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 25, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Accenture Authenticx Availity AXYS Biofourmis Brightside Health Dandelion Health Digital Health Collaborative Edifecs EHR Association Experity FHIR API Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features Healthcare Legislation H Source Type: blogs
Bonfire Analytics Raises Oversubscribed $2M Venture Round to Accelerate Digital Health, Medical Device, & Biotech Adoption Across Healthcare Providers
Bonfire Analytics Closes its First Venture Round to Scale its AI-Driven Sales Intelligence Platform for Healthtech Companies along with Building a Powerful Foundational Dataset Consisting of 300M+ Lives Worth of Medical & Prescription Claims, 2M+ Providers, and 1,000+ Population Health Variables
Bonfire Analytics announces the closing of its first venture round with key institutional investors including Impulsum Ventures, Wedbush Ventures, and Plug & Play Ventures, along with participation from the Alchemist Accelerator and Venture For America. The round will fuel product and growth initiatives to further Bon...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 22, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Alchemist Accelerator Bonfire Analytics Ed Wilson Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Impulsum Ventures Jaya Pokuri Plug & Play Ventures Venture For America Vinay Nagaraj Wedb Source Type: blogs
Leading Healthcare Payer Consulting Firm HealthScape Advisors Joins Chartis
This Acquisition Positions Chartis to Help Clients Achieve Transformational Healthcare Change
Chartis, a leading healthcare advisory firm, today announced that it has acquired HealthScape Advisors, a leading healthcare payer consulting firm. Based in Chicago with 160 professionals, HealthScape helps payers across all segments, including commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, ACA, and federal, navigate the evolving healthcare landscape.
The acquisition of HealthScape is Chartis’ next step to meaningfully expand its work in the healthcare payer segment, following its acquisition of crankfrog in 2022. HealthScape strengthens Chart...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 21, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Chartis crankfrog Greg Maddrey Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A HealthScape HealthScape Advisors Kyle Stern Lincoln International LLC Ropes & Gray LLP Source Type: blogs
Cohere Health Raises $50 Million in Equity to Meet Increased Demand for AI-Driven Transformation of Prior Authorization Process
New Funding Propels Cohere’s Expansion of Intelligent Prior Authorization Platform to Drive Better Payer-Provider Collaboration, Following CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule
Cohere Health, a recognized leader in clinical intelligence and prior authorization automation, announced it has closed $50 million in additional equity funding. The funding was led by Deerfield Management, with participation from Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners, and brings the total raised by Cohere to $106 million. The latest round of funding will fuel the company’s expa...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 16, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Cohere Cohere Health Deerfield Management Define Ventures Flare Capital Partners Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Longitude Capital Michael Greeley Polaris Partners Siva Na Source Type: blogs
Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiations: Assessing Constitutional Structural Limits
James G. Hodge (Arizona State University), Joel Michaels (Arizona State University), Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiations: Assessing Constitutional Structural Limits (2023): A series of structural constitutional arguments lodged in multiple cases against Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ’ (CMS) authorities to... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 16, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Concerning Health IT Trends: What Can We Do and What Happens if We Do Nothing?
There are so many exciting new ideas and technologies being implemented in the field of healthcare. For the most part, these changes can be the very necessary answer to a problem we’ve been facing for a long time. But sometimes, these changes can be concerning. While everyone seems to be excited about it, you might be left with questions and concerns about what its impact will be. These worries and concerns can be very isolating when the topic is trending with seemingly everyone else being excited for it. But you are not alone with your doubts – so let’s unburden ourselves and air out these concerns. What...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 15, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AVIA Health Brent Dover Calian IT & Cyber Solutions Carenet Health Carta Healthcare Caryn Hewitt CenTrak Christopher Rogers Dave Benn Source Type: blogs
Medicaid, the Supreme Court, and Safe Care for Nursing Home Residents
Nicole Huberfeld (Boston University), Medicaid, the Supreme Court, and Safe Care for Nursing Home Residents (2022): This JAMA Viewpoint explained and analyzed the US Supreme Court litigation in Health and Hospital Corporation v. Talevski after oral arguments occurred. The state-run... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 15, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
A Few #HealthPolicyValentines
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you! May your lives be filled with love this day. In the world of health IT and healthcare policy, this is the day we love to share our love (and some disdain) for healthcare in what we call #HealthPolicyValentines. Be sure to check out our coverage of previous #HealthPolicyValentines as well as some that we found interesting this year below. We hope you’ll enjoy a nice break this Valentine’s day.
Roses are red, violets are blue
CMS’s plan to abruptly migrate Medicare/Medicaid research to the expensive VRDC
Will be bad for researchers and bad for health polic...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 14, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Healthcare IT #healthpolicyvalentines Fun Friday Health Policy Personal Musings Valentine's Day Source Type: blogs
Supporting innovations in cancer treatment and prevention for our nation ’s most vulnerable
By KAT MCDAVITT and LESLIE KIRK
Innsena has made a $100,000 contribution to CancerX, making Innsena the public-private partnership’s first Impact Supporter.
Why? There are few conditions in which the disparity in innovations benefiting underserved communities is more apparent than in the treatment and prevention of cancer.
Patients without insurance are more likely to present with more advanced cancers, and the cancer death rate for people of color is significantly higher than for white patients. More people die from cancer in rural communities than in urban settings.
In CancerX, we found a community of...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy CancerX DiME health equity Jennifer Goldsack Kat McDavitt Leslie Kirk Medicaid Moffitt Cancer Center Oncology Ventures Source Type: blogs
