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Uber, Optum Partner to Simplify Access to Supplemental Benefits

by Fred Pennic 10/08/2023 Leave a Comment

Uber, Optum Partner to Simplify Access to Supplemental Benefits

What You Should Know:  - Uber and Optum announced a strategic partnership to make it asier for consumers of participating health plans to cover the purchase of eligible expenses within the Uber app. - Many people have access to supplemental health benefits that they may not use. Now, health plan benefit cards, including health spending account (HSA) and flexible spending (FSA) cards, can be added as a form of payment within the Uber app.  - This payment option can then be used
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Improving Non-Emergency Medical Transportation: Driving Better Outcomes for Patients and Health Plans

by Andy Auerbach, Chief Revenue Officer of SafeRide Health 05/02/2023 Leave a Comment

Improving Non-Emergency Medical Transportation: Driving Better Outcomes for Patients and Health Plans

As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, there is a growing need for innovative solutions that not only improve the quality of care but also make care more accessible. Non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) plays a crucial role in helping patients get to where care is delivered. As healthcare reform efforts continue to gain momentum, transportation benefits have become an increasingly critical component of providing equitable care to patients. NEMT helps close the health equity gap
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Uber Health Embeds Same-Day Prescription Delivery Into Its Care Platform 

by Syed Hamza Sohail 03/30/2023 Leave a Comment

Uber Health Embeds Same-Day Prescription Delivery Into Its Care Platform

What You Should Know: Uber Health, Uber’s healthcare arm, today announced same-day prescription delivery on its HIPAA-supported, centralized platform.For the first time, those using Uber Health—including healthcare providers and health plans—will be able to manage prescription delivery from any pharmacy in their service area through the same platform they already use to coordinate transportation for patients. This launch enables providers to offer a full suite of care solutions that
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3 Elements Required for Data Ecosystems to Drive Innovation

by Brett M. Furst, President, HHS Tech Group 12/15/2022 Leave a Comment

Why Medicaid Programs Need to Update Their Information Systems

For years, the healthcare industry has been inundated with stories about the importance of sharing data among payers, providers, and other key stakeholders – and for a good reason; widespread interoperability of healthcare data has the potential to transform much of the industry for the better. What's often not mentioned is how expensive, time-intensive, and potentially legally hazardous data-sharing is. Combining disparate data sets is a technically challenging undertaking that requires
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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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Report: 2022 KLAS Emerging Solutions Top 20

by Syed Hamza Sohail 09/19/2022 Leave a Comment

Report: 2022 KLAS Emerging Solutions

What You Should Know: - KLAS asked 16 prominent members of the healthcare community with broad HIT expertise to read 42 KLAS reports on emerging technology and rate their perception of the solutions based on their potential to impact the Quadruple Aim of Healthcare: to improve outcomes, reduce the cost of care, improve the patient experience, and improve the clinician experience. - The new report by KLAS (1) ranks these emerging solutions by their ability to disrupt the
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Uber Health Expands Internationally to Australia

by Fred Pennic 08/19/2022 Leave a Comment

Uber Launches Uber Health, an On-Demand Medical Transportation Service for Patients

What You Should Know: - Uber Health, Uber’s healthcare arm is expanding internationally, launching in Australia (its first market outside the U.S.), bringing Uber’s greater mission to healthcare organizations and patients across the country. - Over 3000 customers use Uber Health in the US. Following a pilot across Australia, the solution is now officially available to providers nationwide.  Uber Health in Australia By ensuring that more patients and staff are connected with
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How Automation Can Help with Healthcare’s “Messy” Data Problem

by Dr. Bob Lindner, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer at Veda 04/25/2022 Leave a Comment

How Automation Can Help with Healthcare’s “Messy” Data Problem

Efficient data processing and data sharing are essential functions across healthcare—from patient care, clinical research, and health services planning to billing and government reporting for funding and research. But most of the data that the industry is processing is human-generated, meaning it’s messy and riddled with errors, and often manually inputted from Excel spreadsheets into various disparate platforms and technology systems. In some cases, our healthcare system is running on
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What The Finance Industry Can Teach Healthcare About Digital Transformation

by Mike Serbinis, Co-Founder and CEO of League 03/28/2022 Leave a Comment

What The Finance Industry Can Teach Healthcare About Digital Transformation

The COVID-19 pandemic feels like a once-in-a-lifetime event for those of us involved in healthcare, but the patterns of how the crisis affected our industry feel familiar. Stop me if you have heard this before: incumbent players in a broad industry made very slow and fragmented technological advances for years with no real threat to their business. Then, a sudden and transformational event catapulted direct-to-consumer technologies, forcing the incumbents to fundamentally alter their business
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Uber Health Hires First Chief Medical Officer, Aledade’s New CEO, Other Digital Health Appointments

by Fred Pennic 01/28/2022 Leave a Comment

Uber Health Hires First Chief Medical Officer, Aledade’s New CEO, Other Digital Health Appointments

Uber Health, Uber’s healthcare arm, announced its first Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Michael Cantor. Dr. Cantor will enable Uber Health to continue building innovative solutions that address the needs of patients, clinicians, and care coordinators. As a board-certified geriatrician, his experience designing clinical programs for older adults and vulnerable populations gives him unique insights into the most pressing gaps in care–and how technology can provide the flexible solutions needed to
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