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Report: Financial Pressures Drive Healthcare M&A in Q1 2023

by Syed Hamza Sohail 04/14/2023 Leave a Comment

Report: Financial Pressures Drive Healthcare M&A in Q1 2023

What You Should Know: Operational and financial pressures drove mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare sector in Q1 2023, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall. In total, there were 15 announced transactions in Q1 resulting in $12.4 billion in total transacted revenue.The trend of fewer but larger transactions that characterized 2022 was maintained—the average size of the seller or smaller party in Q1 was $827 million, just below last year’s historic year-end average of
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The Future of Digital Transformation in Hospitals

by Ittai Dayan, co-founder & CEO of Rhino Health 04/07/2023 Leave a Comment

The Future of Digital Transformation in Hospitals

Hospitals are increasingly motivated to drive digital transformation in order to improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, meet regulatory requirements and stay competitive. Additionally, digital transformation can support medical research and drive innovation in healthcare, as well as generate new revenue streams. An increasingly important tool as hospitals undergo these transformations is federated learning, a technology that we will expand on later. Federated learning is a machine learning
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Value-Based Administration Enables All VBC Network Stakeholders to Benefit

by Rahul Sharma, CEO & Lynn Carroll, COO at HSBlox 04/03/2023 Leave a Comment

Value-based Administration Enables All VBC Network Stakeholders to Benefit

Despite holding the promise of delivering superior patient outcomes while lowering healthcare costs, many providers remain reluctant to embrace value-based care (VBC) reimbursement models. Progress toward VBC adoption hasn’t achieved its potential yet, hovering around 60% of all payment models from 2018 to 2021, with the remaining 40% comprised of traditional fee for service (FFS). Though some providers simply are hesitant to abandon the FFS model that has served them well, others are leery
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Opioid Settlements are Making Headlines; Is Now The Time to Soften Guidelines?

by Jeremy Bloom, CEO, NorthSight Recovery 03/15/2023 Leave a Comment

Opioid Settlements are Making Headlines; Is Now The Time to Soften Guidelines?

The United States only represents five percent of the world’s population; however, Americans consume 80 percent of the world’s opioids.1 The U.S. is the world’s leader in the use of opioid medications to cope with physical and emotional difficulties. And the recent Walgreens and Wal-Mart multi-state opioid settlement agreement disclosures have only hammered home the point. America continues to have an opioid addiction problem.  In light of all these circumstances, the recent CDC
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The Health Data Interoperability Highway Is Coming. Is Your Organization Ready?

by Lee Barrett, Commission Executive Director of DirectTrust 01/20/2023 Leave a Comment

health data The Interoperability Highway Is Coming. Is Your Organization Ready?

Not many of us remember a time when there weren’t interstates widely available to help us get to where we need to go. Winding roads and sleepy towns can be nostalgic, but they’re not great time savers when time is of the essence. At a macro level, The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) promises to be the interoperability superhighway for healthcare data, speeding information on patients from care facility and care provider — regardless of location or healthcare entity —
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Exec Hires: UCM Digital Health Names Rondi Rabuse as President & COO

by Jasmine Pennic 01/13/2023 Leave a Comment

Exec Hires: UCM Digital Health Names Rondi Rabuse as President & COO

What You Should Know: - UCM Digital Health, a digital health and telehealth provider, including a 24/7 emergency medicine triage, treatment, and navigation service, announced Rondi Rabuse as its newest president and chief operations officer. - With over three decades of experience in the healthcare field, Rabuse will help drive and accelerate UCM’s strategic growth plans, further enhancing UCM’s mission to improve the patient experience by removing barriers to access and improving
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HLTH22 Day 3 News Summary

by HITC Staff 11/16/2022 Leave a Comment

17 HLTH 2022 Predictions from Digital Health Executives to Watch

DispatchHealth Raises $330M for Hospital-at-Home Care DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical care raises $330M led by Optum Ventures with support from current investors such as Humana (NYSE: HUM), Oak HC/FT, Echo Health Ventures and Questa Capital. New investors included Adams Street Partners, the Olayan Group, Silicon Valley Bank, Pegasus Tech Ventures and Blue Shield of California. Patients and their care partners can request DispatchHealth medical care via phone, mobile app, or
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Edifecs Partners with Empowered-Home to Deliver Automated Prior Authorizations

by Fred Pennic 11/16/2022 Leave a Comment

Edifecs Partners with Empowered-Home to Deliver Automated Prior Authorization Solution to Seniors

What You Should Know: - Edifecs and Empowered-Home announced a partnership to provide automated prior authorizations to medical associations, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Independent Physician Associations (IPAs), medical groups, and home health care agencies. - The Edifecs prior authorization solution combined with the clinical decision support system of patient management software company, Privis Health, forms the backbone of Empowered-Home’s ecosystem. Empowered-Home is
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JPMorgan Chase Launches 3 Advanced Primary Care Centers 

by Jasmine Pennic 10/24/2022 Leave a Comment

JPMorgan Chase Launches 3 Advanced Primary Care Centers

What You Should Know: - Vera Whole Health announced a collaboration with Central Ohio Primary Care (COPC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to launch three new on-site advanced primary care centers across the company’s Columbus offices. - These new centers provide a full suite of comprehensive in-person and virtual health and wellness services for more than 20,000 JPMorgan Chase employees. Vera and COPC will provide the same advanced primary care services at two near-site care centers to
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Health-Tech C2Q:22 Preview: 5 Key Driving Factors to Watch

by Syed Hamza Sohail 08/23/2022 Leave a Comment

Executive Insights: Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2020

What You Should Know: - David Larsen, healthcare IT and digital health analyst at BTIG published a note highlighting his preview for health-tech Q2 earnings. - Given high inflation rates, costs for traveling nurses, and light volumes in 2Q:22, he is cautious on stocks that sell into the acute care market in the near term. An Overview According to the report, there are many macro headwinds that continue to affect the HCIT sector and the broader market, including inflationary pricing
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