The healthcare industry is now closer than ever to its quest for true interoperable data exchange. July 1, 2021 was the enforcement date for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Interoperability and Patient Access final rule. The rule requires that all healthcare payer organizations participating in a CMS program allow members to download and share their data using API’s (Application Programming Interface). This
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Edifecs Acquires Risk Adjustment Solution Health Fidelity – M&A
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- Today, global health IT company, Edifecs announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Health Fidelity, a San Francisco-based tech provider. Together, the companies will offer health plans and provider customers with the most complete risk adjustment solution in healthcare.
Edifecs, Inc., a health information technology solutions company, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Health Fidelity, a
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Hellman & Friedman and Bain Capital Acquires athenahealth for $17B
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Hellman & Friendman LLC and Bain Capital acquire health IT company athenahealth for $17 billion dollars.
Private Equity firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman LLC has announced it has acquired athenahealth, a cloud-based enterprise software solution for medical groups and health systems for $17B. In September, it was reported PE firm Veritas Capital and hedge fund Elliot Investment were exploring options to sell athenahealth for $20B or file for an
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Information Blocking Rule: 6 Key Takeaways Since Meaningful Use
Information exchange and data availability are now a cost of doing business but establishing a robust strategy for that exchange and compliance with the new regulation from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology takes careful planning. Healthcare organizations can achieve and maintain compliance by following these six takeaways:
1. Understand what constitutes “Electronic Health Information”
“Electronic Health Information,” ONC’s new term for the data
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Artificial Intelligence: Healthcare’s Most Powerful Weapon
The Advent of the ‘Digital CRISPR.’
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace has transformed how healthcare professionals and organizations conduct daily operations. It has also brought significant improvements in patient care and outcomes while moving the needle forward in the prevention and treatment of diseases.
In short, AI makes it possible to crawl through massive amounts of data in minutes to make more informed decisions and keep healthcare organizations consistently ahead of
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Alira Health Acquires Digital Health Engagement Platform Patchai
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Alira Health acquires Italy-based Patchai, a cognitive platform embedding an empathetic virtual assistant for patient engagement and real-time data collection.
This marks Alira Health’s second digital health acquisition, furthering the company’s rapid expansion into patient-centric, technology-enabled solutions for healthcare providers, payers, and suppliers.
Alira Health, a Framingham, MA-based health care consultancy, announced that it has acquired Italy-based
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4 Strategies for Urgent Care to Thrive During the Pandemic and Beyond
A year of constantly shifting gears to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and meet patient needs further solidified the essential role urgent cares play during large-scale public health crises. Subsequently, the pandemic is continuing to change the way patients use and view urgent care. By the end of 2020, urgent care saw a 58% increase in visit volumes on average, and Covid-19 testing and vaccinations had accounted for 60% of all visits. New patient volumes increased by 23% over the same year,
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Komodo Health Expands Real-World Evidence Database to Tackle Racial Disparities
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In an effort to address glaring racial disparities in healthcare, today Komodo Health is expanding its Healthcare Map™ with new demographic characteristics, including patient race and ethnic data.
By incorporating these additional characteristics into its Healthcare Map, Komodo is making it possible to better assess real-world experiences and outcomes for diverse patient populations across the U.S.
Komodo Health today announced the expansion of its Healthcare
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aptihealth Raises $50M to Scale Behavioral Health Platform
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- aptihealth raises $50 million in Series B funding to scale higher acuity behavioral healthcare services.
- New capital from world-class syndicate will accelerate the growth and expansion of aptihealth's tech-driven, novel care model for outcomes-based behavioral healthcare.
aptihealth, a Boston, MA-based tech-driven behavioral health provider built to transform higher acuity care, today announced a $50 million Series B funding round from Takeda Digital
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LifePoint Health Launches Health Tech Incubator, 25m Health in Nashville
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- LifePoint Health launches 25m Health, a Nashville-based Healthtech Venture Studio with 25madison, as part of “LifePoint Forward” Innovation Strategy
LifePoint Health has announced a partnership with New York-based venture studio 25madison to launch a first-of-its-kind health tech startup incubator in Nashville. Seeded with a starting investment of $20M and dubbed 25m Health, the incubator will bring together the expertise, network, and access to a large health
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