What You Should Know:- AdhereHealth launches COVID-19 Adherence Solution to help protect high-risk populations and reduce unnecessary hospitalizations during COVID-19 pandemic.- The new solution combines predictive analytics, proactive outreach and home-delivered pharmacy services to help high-risk patients overcome SDOH challenges and continue taking their prescribed medications throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Nashville, TN-based AdhereHealth today announced the immediate availability of its
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Change Healthcare Buys Back Pharmacy Network for $213M in Cash
What You Should Know:
- Change Healthcare buys back pharmacy network eRx Network (eRx) for $212.9 million-plus cash on the balance sheet.
- eRx Network runs a network connected to about 59,000 pharmacies that process more than 1.5 billion transactions annually and also markets insurance verification, e-prescribing, and claims billing services, among others.
Change
Healthcare buys
back pharmacy unit eRx Network (“eRx”),
a leading provider of comprehensive, innovative,
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Value-Based Care’s Story Will Turn in the 2020s
Value-based care initiatives matured in recent years thanks to exciting new technology and influential policy changes. But the coming decade will see transformative changes that will eventually lead to a uniform realization of value-based care across the entire healthcare continuum.
Specialty pharmacy represents one area of healthcare that is wholeheartedly welcoming a discussion about value. With the costs of six-figure specialty drugs and the number of patients using them continuing to
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Puerto Rico’s First Home Delivery Pharmacy Launches During COVID-19 Crisis
What You Need to Know:
- Pharmacy benefits manager Abarca and Triple-S Salud announced the launch of Triple-S en Casa, Puerto Rico’s first prescription home delivery program during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Developed in partnership with one of the Island's largest health plans and pharmacy networks, Triple-S en Casa lets consumers manage and order their prescriptions through an easy-to-use mobile app--and have them delivered by a local pharmacy.
Pharmacy benefits manager Abarca and
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GetWellNetwork, Cerner Deploy Free COVID-19 Solutions to All Clients
What You Should Know:
- GetWellNetwork deploys complimentary COVID-19 management modules to millions of clinicians on Cerner to manage and slow the spread of the virus and impact millions of patients.
- The new solutions are designed to help patients track symptoms at home and communicate with care teams as they self-monitor or self-quarantine. The tools also help providers streamline outreach and education to large numbers of patients, monitor symptoms and triage patients to the right
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Sharecare Launches Comprehensive, Medically Verified COVID-19 Information Hub
What You Should Know:
- Sharecare announced the availability of a central COVID-19 information hub featuring the latest developments, guidance, and resources in response to the pandemic.
- The Sharecare COVID-19 information hub was created to provide people with easy access to the latest content and tools for COVID-19 preparedness, awareness, and prevention including interactive maps and data; articles, videos, and infographics detailing the latest news – in addition to direct links to
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COVID-19: Why Limited HIPAA Waivers from HHS Don’t Do Enough To Address Telehealth
What You Need to Know:
- HHS issued some very limited HIPAA waivers to combat COVID-19999, but experts say it leaves out some very key guidance when it comes to telehealth.
- Alissa Smith, Partner at Dorsey & Whitney says the HHS is likely going to have to revisit this issue given the limited waivers issued this week.
The main thing I am hearing from my health care provider clients is that they are seeking HIPAA-related guidance
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CVS Health Adds Livongo, Hinge Health to its Point Solutions Management Offering
What You Need to Know:
- CVS Health today announced five new health and well-being point solutions available through Point Solutions Management after a comprehensive clinical, security and business evaluation process.
- These solutions address healthcare costs and support clinical outcomes in key areas, including chronic condition management, musculoskeletal health, stress reduction, and mental health management and caregiver support.
- The latest offerings include apps like Livongo
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Matternet Launches Secure Medical Drone Delivery Portal for Hospitals
What You Need to Know:
- Matternet announces the launch of its new Matternet Station, a secure medical drone delivery portal for hospital campuses in the United States and Switzerland.
- The Matternet Station provides a safe, fully-automated medical payload exchange for Matternet drone networks on hospital campuses.
- Matternet’s system is made available to hospital systems on an annual subscription model, enabling hospitals to fulfill on-demand and routine delivery requests at a
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Amazon Alexa Devices Can Now Answer Medication-Related Questions
What You Need to Know:
- In a new collaboration between First Databank and Amazon, consumers will have access to a wide variety of FDB’s drug information through simple queries via Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service.
- A subset of FDB’s drug information, trusted for more than 40 years by healthcare professionals, can now be accessed by consumers from any Alexa-enabled device.
- The Amazon Alexa integration provides custom content that allows consumers to ask about a drug’s
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