Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) initiatives are disrupting healthcare delivery and reimbursement, according to a national survey of leading health plans and other healthcare stakeholders. Commissioned and conducted by the HealthCare Executive Group and Change Healthcare, the 9th Annual Industry Pulse Survey report reveals a significant number of healthcare leaders are planning to offer programs addressing care coordination, transportation, food insecurity, and other factors for members over
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Vixiar Medical Nabs $1.5M to Expand Hand-Held Devices for Cardiac Monitoring
Vixiar Medical, Inc., a Baltimore, Maryland-based company dedicated to the development of non-invasive devices and systems for monitoring cardiopulmonary diseases has raised $1.5 million from new and existing investors. New investors joining in this round included Emerald Development Managers, MMG Opportunities and several individual investors. Existing investors included The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) through its seed fund, the Abell Foundation, individual investors and
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Vereco Acquires CynergisTek’s Managed Print Services Business
Vereco, LLC, a provider of healthcare document services, today announced an asset acquisition of CynergisTek’s managed print services (MPS) business. CynergisTek is a provider of healthcare cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance. Vereco’s private equity partner, Stella Point Capital, invested additional equity to fund the transaction. Acquisition Plans for CynergisTekPost-acquisition, Vereco will have 230 employees operating in 49 states. The combined organization’s clients include more than 350
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Cambia Health Forms Da Vinci Project to Improve Health Data Sharing in Value-based Care Arrangements
Cambia Health Solutions has announced new partnerships with two major provider networks to deliver data interoperability use cases as part of the Da Vinci Project. In collaboration with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and MultiCare Connected Care (MCC), Cambia is building resources to enable critical data exchange in real-time, offering better communication, more efficient care, and less administrative burden for providers.
Da Vinci Project Overview
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Glens Falls Hospital Reaches Settlement with Cerner over $38M Billing Problems
Glens Falls Hospital has reached a settlement with Cerner over $38M in losses suffered when Cerner’s billing system malfunctioned in 2017 after going live in November 2016, according to The Post-Star. Glens Falls Hospital President and CEO Dianne Shugrue announced the settlement in an ad in The Post-Star. Shugrue did not provide financial details about the settlement with Cerner or when the settlement was reached.“As is customary in resolving business disputes, the terms are confidential. It was
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Unite Us Raises $35M for Care Coordination & Outcome Tracking Platform
Unite Us, an NYC-based care coordination and outcome tracking platform connecting healthcare and social service providers has raised $35 million in Series B funding. The funding round was led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from Town Hall Ventures and Define Ventures. Existing investors Scout Ventures, Luminate (part of The Omidyar Group) and New York Ventures. The latest round brings the company’s total funding to $45.3 million.
Comprehensively Addressing Social Determinants of
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LifeBridge Health Taps Artifact Health to Streamline Physician Queries
Artifact Health, a Boulder, CO-based mobile platform that streamlines the physician query process, announced today that LifeBridge Health has selected Artifact’s solution to improve workflow for its clinicians and expedite the accurate coding of patient records. Artifact’s solution will be deployed in early spring 2019 starting at Sinai Hospital and Northwest Hospital.Transforming Time-Consuming Physician Query ProcessTraditionally, the query process is onerous and time-consuming for physicians,
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CNSI Inks $28M 4-Year Contact to Implement Texas Medicaid Provider Enrollment System
CNSI, a provider of health information technology (IT) enterprise solutions has inked a four-year contract with Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to design and implement a new Provider Management and Enrollment System (PMES) for the state's Medicaid program. The four-year contract is worth more than $28M and the implementation kick-off is expected to start immediately. To prioritize the implementation, CNSI has opened an office in Austin dedicated to the PMES project will
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Clinically Integrated Supply Chains: The Future of Supply Chain Management?
Slowly, but surely, supply chain management is evolving. GHX’s Bruce Johnson explains.
It’s hard to believe that after nearly a decade of embracing HIT, the U.S healthcare industry still has its share of technological growing pains. Perhaps there is no better example than supply chain management (SCM), where manual methods often remain the default despite the enthusiasm to take things virtual.
According to a recent survey conducted by Sage Growth Partners, most executives believe SCM is a
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EHR Fax Server Error Exposes Thousands of Physician Notes, Medical Records
Thousands of physicians’ notes and medical records were left exposed by a fax server error within Meditab, an all-in-one multi-specialty EHR, Practice Management and Billing software solution, TechCrunch first reports. Dubai-based cybersecurity firm SpiderSilk discovered the unsecured exposed fax server was running an Elasticsearch database with over 6 million records since its creation in March 2018. It is unknown if anyone else discovered the exposed fax server or how long the data was
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