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- CareCloud, Inc., a healthcare technology solutions provider for medical practices and health systems nationwide, has announced its new offering, CareCloud Wellness for chronic care management as part of its growing suite of digital health solutions that help providers enhance patient care and revenue streams.
- CareCloud Wellness gives practices the means to easily participate in the government’s
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Former OptumRx CEO Launches Waltz Health with $33M to Lower Drug Costs
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- Mark Thierer -- the former CEO of OptumRx who took that role after selling Catamaran to UnitedHealth Group for $13B, today announced the launch of Waltz Health with $35.4M led by GV (Google Ventures) including participation from Define Ventures, Echo Health Ventures, Blue Venture Fund, Byers Capital, and Twine Ventures. Other funding came from a prestigious list of seasoned healthcare executives.
- Waltz Health plans to
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Fathom Receives Strategic Investment for Medical Coding Automation Platform
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- Fathom, the first medical coding automation company to receive an investment from a national physician group, Inflect Health the innovation hub of Vituity and one of the largest physician-led provider groups in the United States.
- Fathom will also leverage Vituity’s expertise in the revenue cycle as it refines the Fathom platform to alleviate staffing challenges, reduce denials and mitigate audit risk. Fathom is the only medical coding platform that can fully and
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Enlyt Health Secures $10M to Expand Healthcare Digital Front Door
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- Enlyt Health, a St. Petersburg, FL-based low code platform for healthcare digital front door raises $10M in Series A funding led by Meritage Partners. Enlyt Health has several well-known Health Systems already live on the platform providing patients the needed access and tools to better their overall health journey.
- Enlyt Health helps organizations build Digital Front Doors
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CareLinx by Sharecare Forms Clinical Advisory Board for Home Health Platform
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- Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, today announced the formation of a clinical advisory board for its home health platform and network of caregivers, CareLinx by Sharecare.
- The aim of the board is to help shape the clinical care offering from CareLinx as well as our nurse retention and recruiting efforts, so we’ve appointed 10 leaders across the nursing field – military, private practice, academia,
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3 Steps to Approach & Tackle Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to save the US healthcare economy $150 billion by 2026. Replacing legacy systems and changing standard operating procedures, hospitals are moving to capitalize on technology and the ways it can change a historically hesitant to change sector. The big question is how fast teams are going to implement changes.
Healthcare leadership recently reported that their organizations are 60% through their digitalization journey. IT leaders must be leading
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BCBS of Michigan Launches Joint Venture with Honest Medical Group
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- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) today announced a joint venture with Nashville-based Honest Medical Group to offer physicians comprehensive operational, clinical, and financial support for shared accountability Medicare contracts.
- The joint venture is the first of its kind for BCBSM and aligns with the organization's continued expansion of Blueprint for Affordability, its member-focused, value-based care and payment
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Kyruus and Upfront Partner to Maximize Digital Patient Acquisition and Retention
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- Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solutions for healthcare organizations, and Upfront, preeminent patient communication and engagement platform, today announced a new partnership to help healthcare organizations drive patient acquisition, activation, and retention.
- The combination of both platforms allows healthcare organizations to create better digital experiences for their patients using Kyruus’ powerful provider search, match, and scheduling
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How Automation Can Help with Healthcare’s “Messy” Data Problem
Efficient data processing and data sharing are essential functions across healthcare—from patient care, clinical research, and health services planning to billing and government reporting for funding and research. But most of the data that the industry is processing is human-generated, meaning it’s messy and riddled with errors, and often manually inputted from Excel spreadsheets into various disparate platforms and technology systems. In some cases, our healthcare system is running on
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What the New CMS Staff Turnover Data Means for Nursing Homes
To make it easier for families and caregivers to evaluate the quality of nursing homes, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regularly publishes data on its “Care Compare” website. Anyone can go to the site and search for a facility to find COVID updates, quarterly quality scores, and information on inspections, penalties, ownership, and more.
Last month, CMS added additional metrics to how it scores the quality of nursing homes. The information is now available
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