Phoenix, AZ-based Solera Health, Inc., a technology-enabled health community integrator for chronic disease prevention has raised $3 million in Series A funding led by BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners (BCBSVP) with participation by Sandbox Industries. The company will use the financing to accelerate its technology platform and scale operations to meet the high demand of chronic disease prevention referrals.
Enabling a National Scalable Model for Community – Integrated
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This is What’s Keeping the Hospital C-Suite Up at Night
Today's hospital c-suite faces an ever-changing landscape of unrelenting government regulations, shifting population demographics, and continuing industry consolidation. As the industry deals with the shift towards value-based healthcare, the healthcare c-suite are increasingly looking for ways to extract value and cost-savings out of their healthcare organizations.
In peer60's latest report, "Into the Minds of the C-Suite", takes an in-depth look into the minds of the hospital c-suite to
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Quality Systems, Inc. Acquires HealthFusion for $165M
Quality Systems, Inc. has announced it will acquire San Diego-based HealthFusion, a cloud-based software for physicians, hospitals and medical billing services for $165 million plus potential additional contingent consideration of up to $25 million. The contingency for full payment of the earn-out is based on the revenue target of $43 million of HealthFusion product revenues during calendar 2016. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed during
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Senate Cybersecurity Bill: 5 Key Facts for Healthcare Organizations
On Tuesday, the Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, a bill that intends to improve cybersecurity by getting companies to share information about their hacking threats with the federal government. Passed by a 74-21 vote, the bill includes a provision co-authored by Alexander and Senate health committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) that would help protect against health care industry data breaches. A recent Accenture report predicts that healthcare data breaches will
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Enlitic Raises $10M to Enhance Deep Learning Medical Imaging
Enlitic, a deep learning medical imaging company dedicated to revolutionizing diagnostic healthcare has raised $10 million in Series B funding led by Capitol Health Limited, an Australian public company providing medical diagnostic imaging (DI) services. The two companies will partner to reach a landmark milestone for human health: for the first time, real patients will directly benefit from deep learning, at scale, and across a whole healthcare network in Australian and Asian
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25 HIM Benchmarking Trends and Insights to Know
As the healthcare industry embarks upon a post ICD-10 world, the landscape of health information management (HIM) is evolving. So how are HIM professionals responding to today’s current challenges such as ICD-10, coder productivity, Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI), Computer Assisted Coding (CAC) and outsourcing? To gather these insights, ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals and himagine solutions, Inc. recently published their inaugural 2015 Benchmark Report: The Landscape of
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StartUp Health:10 Trends Driving the Future of Aging Care
According to the American Medical Student Association, the population of individuals over the age of 65 will increase by 73 percent between 2010 and 2030, meaning 1 in 5 Americans will be a senior citizen. For the next 20 years, about 3 million baby boomers will hit retirement age yearly.
With the tsunami wave of boomers getting older and multiple chronic conditions is set to place a tremendous financial burden on the US healthcare system, especially as it related to Medicare. Census Bureau
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Teladoc Reaches 1 Millionth Telehealth Visit Milestone
On-demand telehealth platform Teladoc has crossed an industry milestone this week with the completion of its 1 millionth telehealth visit. Each telehealth visit reflects an interaction between a board-certified, state-licensed physician and a patient in need of health care via video, phone or online.
To date, more than 12.5 million U.S. members are connected to Teladoc’s network of over 2,000 board-certified, state-licensed physicians and behavioral health professionals who provide care for
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3 Trends Driving Medicare Towards Bankruptcy
The 50-year old Medicare program is not aging well; and that’s not good news for seniors, according to a new report by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Devon Herrick. When President Johnson signed the Medicare program into law on July 30, 1965, no one anticipated the program to grow at the rate it has. In 2014, the Medicare program spent over $613B to cover healthcare for 54 million beneficiaries. The law states that seniors do not qualify for Medicare until age
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Healthgrades: 1 in 6 Patients Receive Care In 1-Star Rated Hospitals
1 out of every 6 patients in the U.S. received care in a hospital rated 1-star[1], according to new research released by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. Had those patients researched local doctors and hospitals to identify and select a physician practicing in a 5-star hospital for their specific procedure or condition, they would have faced a 71 percent lower risk of dying or a 65 percent lower risk of experiencing
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