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- Providence-backed Tegria today announced the acquisition of KenSci, a leader in artificial intelligence platforms and apps for healthcare, with roots in Microsoft's Azure4Research program and the University of Washington. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Founded in 2015, KenSci's digital health AI platform helps organizations bring the power their data and improve health outcomes with advanced analytics. KenSci's customers,
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CitiusTech Acquires SDLC Partners to Drive Health Plan Digital Transformation
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- CitiusTech, a provider of healthcare technology services, solutions and platforms, announced today the strategic acquisition of SDLC Partners (SDLC), a Pittsburgh, PA-based provider of technology solutions to leading payer organizations.
- As the need for value-based innovative technology solutions grows, combining SDLC’s expertise in payer-focused solutions with CitiusTech’s industry presence and rich portfolio of complementary digital offerings, CitiusTech
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U of Chicago Med & COTA to Address Racial Disparities in Cancer Using RWD
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- COTA, Inc., an oncology real-world data and analytics company and the University of Chicago Medicine announced a research collaboration agreement to investigate racial disparities of care in multiple myeloma to better understand differences in the diagnosis, treatment patterns, and outcomes of patients with this type of cancer.
- Multiple myeloma is the second-most-common hematologic malignancy, with an estimated 34,920 new cases and 12,410 deaths expected to occur
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Emtiro Health Taps Innovaccer to Build a Population Health Analytics Platform for NC Managed Medicaid Care Launch
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- Emtiro Health, LLC, a North Carolina-based population health company, announced its partnership with leading healthcare technology company, Innovaccer Inc. to prepare for the North Carolina Managed Medicaid Care launch and deliver the best care to the Medicaid population.
- Together, they have developed a platform to support North Carolina’s transition to Managed Care, specifically Advanced Medical Homes (AMH) and providers that participate in value-based payment
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Priority Health Launches “Full Lifecycle” Social Determinants of Health Initiative
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- Priority Health, a nationally recognized nonprofit health plan, announced today that it has launched a first-of-its-kind “full lifecycle” social determinants of health (SDoH) initiative.
- Recent research has shown that SDoH, or social factors like access to healthy food, transportation options and financial security, may be responsible for up to 80% of health outcomes.Priority Health’s first-of-its-kind program
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DrChrono Raises $12M to Expand Operations of Medical Practice Platform
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- DrChrono Inc., a company developing an essential platform and services for modern medical practices, today announced it has raised a new round of over $12M in growth capital from ORIX Corporation USA’s Growth Capital team (ORIX Growth Capital.)
- The company plans to use the growth capital to expand all operations and provide enhancements across the other key product areas including EHR, practice management, medical billing and the company’s core partner
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Recuro Health Acquires Risk Stratification Solution MyLegacy – M&A
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- Recuro Health (Recuro), an integrated digital health solution that evolves healthcare from a reactive, disease-focused model to a personalized, proactive system, today announced the acquisition of MyLegacy, a risk stratification tool and clinical decision support application which uses proprietary algorithms based on practice guidelines developed by the Cleveland Clinic Genomic Medicine Institute.
- The acquisition will further increase the scope and capabilities of
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Siemens Healthineers, Prisma Health Form 10-Year Agreement to Innovate Healthcare for South Carolina
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- Today, Siemens Healthineers and Prisma Health announced a 10-year strategic relationship to help create a better state of health for South Carolina.
- This Value Partnership is focused on healthcare innovation, workforce development, and improving health care for patients and communities served by Prisma Health.
As part of the strategic partnership, Siemens Healthineers and Prisma Health will deploy the latest generation of medical technology at all Prisma Health
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LifePoint to Acquire Kindred Healthcare, Invest $1.5B Over 3 Years
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- LifePoint Health and Kindred Healthcare announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for LifePoint to acquire Kindred Healthcare. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition enhances LifePoint’s commitment to providing high-quality care close to home with Kindred’s specialty hospital and rehabilitative expertise and emerging behavioral healthcare platform.
- In addition, LifePoint to invest $1.5 billion over the
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AI + Human Intelligence — A More Effective Solution for the Healthcare Payment Lifecycle
Much has been written about the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the healthcare payment lifecycle, but has it been oversimplified? The straightforward answer is yes.
Many articles have characterized AI as the end-means antidote that will solve all revenue cycle management (RCM) issues and easily streamline the reimbursement process from beginning to end. In fact, many of the products in today’s marketplace promise a complete solution based almost entirely on AI. But, looking at this
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