Discovery Health Partners, an industry leader dedicated to helping healthcare payers solve payment and revenue integrity challenges to improve financial outcomes, today announced they have acquired HealthMind, LLC (formerly known as Datametrix Inc.Founded in 2005, HealthMind specializes in pre- and post-payment services that ensure correct payment for both contracted and non-contracted providers using a continuous-looped platform with Dynamic Discovery.Rise of Healthcare SpendingWith U.S.
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BHE Raises $78M To Expand Real-World Evidence Analytics Platform
BHE, a Boston, MA-based innovative healthcare analytics company, today announced a $78 million minority growth investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners (“Silversmith”) and Leerink Transformation Partners (“LTP”). Instant Health DataThe use of real-world evidence (RWE) has grown rapidly within life sciences companies over the last several years, supported by the proliferation of large datasets, new computing technologies, and interest by both payers and regulatory agencies in understanding
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Rutherford Diagnostics Inks 10-Year Partnership with Philips to Improve Diagnostic Services Across England
Royal Philips, a global health technology company has announced it signed a 10-year strategic partnership agreement with Rutherford Diagnostics. This collaboration will utilize Philips innovative radiology technology and Rutherford Diagnostics’ healthcare expertise to deliver and operate advanced personalized diagnostic services through a network of community diagnostic centers, driving the best possible healthcare outcomes for patients. Rutherford Diagnostics is a subsidiary of Proton Partners
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Livongo Launches Pregnancy and Early Parenting Digital Behavioral Health Program
Livongo for Behavioral Health by myStrength has launched a comprehensive set of new evidence-based activities and tools to guide Members in addressing the physical and emotional challenges associated with pregnancy and early parenting. The new Pregnancy and Early Parenting program offers personalized content to all parents and expecting families; including mothers and fathers, partners, single parents, same-sex couples, those who adopt, and anyone else who is expecting a baby or has a child up
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Fitbit Charge 3 Now Available to Eligible UnitedHealthcare Motion Participants
Wearable fitness leader Fitbit today announce the next phase of its integration with UnitedHealthcare Motion by offering Fitbit Charge 3 as a buy-up option to eligible program participants. Fitbit Inspire HR™, Fitbit’s first device designed to meet the specific needs of the healthcare industry, will also be offered to program participants later this year. This integration builds on Fitbit’s history of working with UnitedHealthcare; Charge 2 was the first wearable device offered as a buy-up
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BJC HealthCare Taps R1 RCM to Enhance Revenue Integrity Across Enterprise
BJC HealthCare, based in St. Louis, Missouri has selected revenue cycle management (RCM) services company R1 RCM to provide its Revenue Integrity Solutions (RIS), formerly known as Revenue Capture Services (RCS) to support BJC’s affiliated hospitals and affiliated physician group in ensuring appropriate payment for services provided and documented via charge capture, coding review, root cause analysis and education. In addition to R1’s Revenue Integrity Solutions, hospitals and health systems
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Bill Conway Returns to athenahealth as Chief Sales Officer
athenahealth, Inc., a provider of network-enabled services for ambulatory and hospital customers nationwide, announced today that Bill Conway has been appointed Chief Sales Officer. In his new role, Mr. Conway will work closely with the athenahealth executive leadership team on strategic execution to help accelerate the Company’s vision of transforming the healthcare industry. Bill Conway, a health IT industry veteran previously served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Client Services at
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Zebra Medical Vision Granted FDA 510k Clearance for AI Chest X-Ray Triage
Zebra Medical Vision, an Israli-based deep learning imaging analytics company, today announces that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for HealthPNX – an AI-powered alert for pneumothorax (PNX), based on chest X-rays.FDA 510(k) Clearance DetailsReceived in May 2019, the FDA 510(k) clearance focuses on an AI alert for “stat” (urgent) findings of pneumothorax and demonstrates a promising potential to substantially reduce turnaround time and increase the radiologist’s confidence in making this
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HealthFeed Integrates Patient Education Module With DrChrono EHR
HealthFeed, a multichannel, embedded patient engagement platform, has announced an integration partnership with DrChrono EHR platform so providers will have access to over 10x more educational content. As part of the integration with DrChrono’s EHR platform, providers can now use the HealthFeed module to give patients medically validated health education illustrations and articles within the mediums that they use the most, such as emails and text messages. The module also includes video
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Greenway Appoints Dr. Geeta Nayyar As New Chief Medical Officer
Greenway Health, a health information technology and services provider, has appointed Dr. Geeta Nayyar chief medical officer. Dr. Nayyar is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology as well as a practicing physician. Under her leadership, Dr. Nayyar will drive the development of Greenway’s next-generation EHR from a physician’s perspective.
Greenway’s Intergy platform will evolve into the company’s state-of-the-art platform, now in development as Project Polaris, and will
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