AdhereHealth, a healthcare technology company focused on medication adherence, announced a partnership with Papa, a companionship platform company serving the elderly, blind and disabled. AdhereHealth and Papa will work together to address social determinants of health such as loneliness, food insecurity, and transportation to improve health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries. The partnership addresses these foundational barriers to care through a combination of advanced technologies and
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NextGate Integrates EMPI with Life Image’s Clinical & Imaging Data Network
NextGate, a provider of healthcare enterprise identification, and Life Image, a global network for sharing clinical and imaging data that is powered by industry leading interoperability standards, today announced a strategic partnership to meet the increasing demand for reliable imaging workflow integration.Global-Sharing Network of Clinical, Imaging, Medical Device and Pharmaceutical DataEliminating silos and ensuring that each patient has one and only one record, NextGate and Life Image will
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Change Healthcare: Applying AI Could Identify Up to 35% of Denials Prior to Submission
Change Healthcare AI can help providers identify problem claims and prevent denials before they happen, avoiding costly rework, delays, and improving revenue flow.Today Change Healthcare announced that it has applied its Claims Lifecycle Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to its claims management suite with the introduction of Assurance Reimbursement Management™ Denial Propensity Scoring and Revenue Performance Advisor Denial Prevention. With performance enhanced by Claims Lifecycle AI,
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Lucid Diagnostics Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for EsoCheck
PAVmed Inc. (the “Company” or “PAVmed”), a highly differentiated, multi-product medical device company, today announced that its majority owned subsidiary, Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (“Lucid”), has received 510(k) marketing clearance for its EsoCheck Cell Collection Device™ (“EsoCheck”) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
EsoCheck is a non-invasive cell collection device that is designed to sample cells from a targeted region of the esophagus in a five-minute office-based
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AHN to Implement Mercy Virtual’s ICU Program to Enhance Critical Care
Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and Highmark Health has signed a partnership agreement with Mercy Virtual to establish an innovative telehealth model that will enhance the delivery of critical care services in communities across western Pennsylvania. A subsidiary of the St. Louis-based health system Mercy, Mercy Virtual is a leader in the development and delivery of telehealth solutions to hospitals around the country.24/7 ICU Patient Care SupportThrough state-of-the-art telecommunication and
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UnitedHealth to Acquire Payment Integrity Company Equian for $3.2B
UnitedHealth Group Inc. has agreed to acquire payment integrity provider Equian from its private-equity owner New Mountain Capital for about $3.2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal report on Thursday evening.Equian delivers payment integrity solutions through proprietary content, enabling technology, and highly responsive customer service. The company analyzes over $500B in healthcare and insurance data to ensure payments are fair, accurate, and paid by the correct party—resulting in
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Surescripts Inks Partnerships with National Health Plans to Streamline Prior Authorization
Surescripts announced that several national, regional and local PBMs and health plans representing virtually all U.S. patients are replacing their manual prior authorization process with Surescripts Electronic Prior Authorization solution. Over the past 18 months, several national, regional and local PBMs and health plans representing virtually all U.S. patients have signed on, increasing the number of insured lives covered by Surescripts Electronic Prior Authorization by nearly 20%.Impact of
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Geisinger Appoints Dr. Jaewon Ryu as New CEO
Geisinger today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jaewon Ryu, M.D., J.D., as president and chief executive officer. Dr.
Ryu, who has served as interim president and CEO since November 2018 and
executive vice president and chief medical officer since September 2016,
becomes the seventh chief executive officer in Geisinger’s 104-year history. He
succeeds David T. Feinberg, M.D., MBA, who left Geisinger earlier this year to
assume a leadership role at Google.
“On
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VisualDx Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace to Support Diagnostic Accuracy
VisualDx, a Rochester, NY-based diagnostic clinical decisions support tool for physicians announced that it has joined the Epic App Orchard marketplace to support diagnostic accuracy, save clinicians’ time and enhance patient care.
Improve Clinical Decisions & Enhance Clinical Workflow
The VisualDx SMART app employs the HL7® standard SMART® on FHIR® technology and the integration extracts the sex, age, medications, and problem lists from the patient's record. This information is used to
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Medable Launches Telemedicine Solution to Improve Data-Driven Virtual Clinical Trials
Medable Inc., a Silicon Valley-based provider of data driven and digitally enabled clinical trials has announced the launch of their global Trial-Fit™ Telemedicine Solution designed to address critical trial barriers of low patient retention and lack of access. Medable’s Trial-Fit Telemedicine enables sites all over the world to conduct secure, HIPAA-compliant video consultations with clinical study participants in an integrated eCOA solution. Medable telemedicine is the only integrated,
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