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- COTA, Inc., an oncology real-world data and analytics company, today announced a new partnership with Genomic Testing Cooperative (GTC), a molecular testing company.
- GTC has a very innovative approach to genetic testing, providing molecular information which is critical to determining accurate diagnoses and determining the most appropriate treatment. GTC's tissue and liquid-biopsy testing leverages DNA and RNA sequencing, which is very rare in the
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Long-Term Care Insurtech Assured Allies Nabs $42.5M to Power Successful Aging
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- Assured Allies, an insurtech company for evidence-based successful aging raises $42.5M in Series B funding round co-led by FinTLV Ventures and existing investor Harel Insurance, and was joined by new and existing investors including Lumir Ventures, Funds managed by Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE), New Era Capital Partners, MS&AD Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Poalim Equity, EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, Akilia Partners, and Samsung Next. The latest round
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Wave Life Secures $6M to Increase Mental Health Access For Gen Z
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- Wave Life, the science-backed mental health platform aimed at supporting Gen Z raises $6M in seed funding led by Santé Ventures. The seed round also included participation from Hannah Grey, Joyance Capital, Gaingels, and Telocity Ventures.
- Created and led by clinical psychologist Dr. Sarah Adler, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, the Wave Life platform takes the best of science-backed traditional therapy and delivers it in a way
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Transcarent Acquires 98point6 AI-Powered Virtual Care Platform and Care Business
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- Transcarent, a health and care experience company that makes it easy for people to access high-quality, affordable care announced it will acquire AI-powered virtual care platform and care business of on-demand primary care company, 98point6. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed; however, insiders expect the deal to be valued at $100M.
- As part of the acquisition, hundreds of 98point6 enterprise customers including Boeing, Kindercare and
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Maryland HIE to Expand Medicaid Redetermination Notification Project
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- CRISP, the nonprofit state-designated health information exchange (HIE) of Maryland, announced plans to expand its Medicaid Redetermination Notification project across the state to support care teams as they navigate redetermination for 1.6 million Medicaid enrollees.
- The project is a collaboration across state agencies and began as a pilot supporting federally qualified health centers who expressed concerns about lacking resources that would contribute to
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IDS Taps Veta Health to Expand Virtual Care Offerings
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- Veta Health and Indiana-based Interactive Digital Solutions (IDS) announced their strategic partnership to expand IDS's virtual care offerings through an exclusive reseller agreement.
- The adoption of telehealth and virtual care has surged since the Covid-19 pandemic and the demand for solutions that extend beyond virtual visits is high. The partnership enables hospitals and health systems to contract with a single organization to provide a
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Implicity Launches SMART on FHIR App to Optimize Interoperability & Workflow Efficiencies
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- Implicity, a leader in remote patient monitoring (RPM) and cardiac data management solutions, released a new SMART on FHIR application to improve interoperability and workflow efficiencies for providers.
- The new app improves cardiac remote monitoring workflows by providing clinicians access to Implicity alerts and reports directly within Epic's EHR system.
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Implicity's cloud-based platform allows cardiac teams to streamline workflows by
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Major Health Partners Reduces Home Medication Reconciliation Time by 30%
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Major Health Partners (Shelbyville, IN) announced that technicians saved on average three minutes of time per patient and realized a 30% improvement in the average time for overall home medication verification leveraging MEDITECH’s Expanse Patient Care solution.
The solution was rolled out facility-wide, including in the ED, where medication reconciliation technicians saw immediate results. MHP has been able to build on this success by adopting the Expanse Patient
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Walmart Health Center to Add 28 New Locations in 2024
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- Today, Walmart announced it will add 28 new Walmart Health centers, with 75+ total locations by the end of the year. This continues our commitment to making quality healthcare more convenient, accessible and affordable for customers in the communities we serve.
- The expansion will increase Walmart Health’s footprint into two new states including Missouri and Arizona, deepening our presence in Texas in the Dallas metro area and growing into Houston.
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CMS Awards Accenture Federal Services with $628M Contract to Support Healthcare.gov
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- Accenture Federal Services has won a five-year, $628 million recompete of a contract award from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue its work supporting Healthcare.gov. CMS made this award through the Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract (SPARC) vehicle.
- In 2014, Accenture Federal Services was awarded a prime contract to take over management of the Federally-Facilitated Exchange (FFE). FFE is the backbone of
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