McKesson Health Solutions has acquired HealthQX™ to expand its value based care portfolio with HealthQX's value-based payment technology solution, ClarityQx. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.The acquisition will strengthen McKesson's ability to support health plans transition to value-based care through automating and scaling complex bundled payments. Integrating ClarityQx with McKesson’s Episode Management gives health plans the ability to automate retrospective bundled
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ECG Management Consultants Acquires Kurt Salmon’s Healthcare Division
Healthcare management consultant firm ECG Management Consultants, today announced it has acquired the healthcare division of Kurt Salmon. The sale of Kurt Salmon's healthcare division by parent company Management Consulting Group PLC, a London-based professional services company is expected to be $12M ((equivalent to approximately £9.2 million), Interactive Investor reports. An additional $1M of consideration is deferred and contingent on post completion performance. MCG will retain the reminder
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Enli Health Intelligence Inks Strategic Relationship with Dell Services
Enli Health Intelligence, a provider of population health management technology has announced the formation of a strategic global relationship with Dell Services. Together, both companies will offer healthcare providers worldwide, including physician practices, accountable care organizations, and health systems, end-to-end technology and advisory services to accelerate their quality improvement and value-based care delivery initiatives, ultimately helping to deliver on the promise of better
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American Heart Association, Amazon Partner to Advance Precision Cardiovascular Medicine
The American Heart Association (AHA) has inked a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), a cloud computing infrastructure, to enable and advance discoveries in cardiovascular science and medicine using cloud technology.AHA’s Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine aims to advance the science and practice of precision medicine to improve cardiovascular health in both individuals and populations by fostering research that takes into account the systems biology arising
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HHS Appoints Beth Anne Killoran New CIO
On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has named Beth Anne Killoran as its new chief information officer after serving almost six months as acting CIO. "To protect all of our IT systems — from desktops to the Personally Identifiable Information and Protected Health Information our Department works with — we need more than an investment in funding or new technology. We need a cyber-savvy workforce.That’s why I’m pleased to announce that Beth Anne Killoran has agreed to lead
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Can AI Reduce The Prior Authorization Burden in Healthcare?
One of the most frustrating elements of the current healthcare environment is the administrative burden of prior authorizations for medications and procedures. It is a frustration for providers, for patients, and for payers. Is there any way to solve this dilemma?For physicians, an estimated 20 hours per week is spent in prior authorization activities, costing an average of $83,000 in excess annual overhead per physician. Is there an actual benefit for this effort? Most physicians say that
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Study Reveals Texts Messages Engage, Activate Medicaid Members
Study findings released this week reveal interactive, two-way text messages has a positive impact on engagement, knowledge base, activation, and ultimately resource utilization among Medicaid members. Conducted by CA-based Inland Empire Health Plan in partnership with mPulse Mobile, the study’s results are encouraging given CDC data released last month noting a rise in ED utilization with Medicaid/CHIP accounting for 25% of all ED visits.As Medicaid-centric health plans including IEHP grow,
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Validic Integrates Patient-Generated Data with SAP Connected Health Platform
Digital health integration platform Validic has announced a strategic partnership with SAP to integrate patient-generated data into the SAP Connected Health platform. Through this strategic relationship, Validic will enable SAP and its global healthcare clients the opportunity to scale the access patient data from clinical devices, wearables and consumer health apps. Validic-SAP Patient Generated Data IntegrationValidic's digital health platform, delivering access to health insights from over
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Diverse Health Organizations Joins GetMyHealthData Initiative
The GetMyHealthData initiative today announced commitments from leading health organizations to take concrete steps over the next year to make it easier for patients and families to access and use their electronic health information.GetMyHealthData, a project of the National Partnership for Women & Families, is a collaborative effort of leading consumer organizations, health care experts, former policymakers and technology organizations working to enhance consumer access to digital health
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Definitive Healthcare Acquires Healthcare Analytics Provider Billian’s HealthDATA
Definitive Healthcare announced this week it has acquired Billian’s HealthDATA, a provider of data and analytics on U.S. healthcare organizations. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The strategic acquisition will build on Definitive’s existing data on healthcare providers and facilities to provide data to over 1,500 clients ranging from the leading integrated delivery networks, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies to growing technology, medical device and staffing firms.Billian’s
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