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How the Pandemic is Accelerating the Shift to Alternative Care Delivery Models

by Mark Prather MD, MBA, CEO & Co-founder at DispatchHealth 03/24/2021 Leave a Comment

How the Pandemic is Accelerating the Shift to Alternative Care Delivery Models

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed how we interact with one another, with businesses, and with the world around us. From social distancing to hand sanitation to remote working, its impact on society is immense. And among the various industries that are experiencing significant change as a result of the pandemic, healthcare tops the list. Supply chain disruptions, crowded ICUs and exhausted medical staff has taken a toll on hospitals and clinics — and they’ve had to pivot rapidly to new
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Strive Health Raises $140M for Value-Based Kidney Care Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 03/16/2021 Leave a Comment

Strive Health Raises $140M for Value-Based Kidney Care Platform

What You Should Know: - Strive Health, a Denver-based provider of value-based kidney care today announced $140 million in Series B funding with Alphabet’s independent growth fund, CapitalG, as the lead investor. Strive has more than doubled its presence in regional markets and grown its employee base by more than 600% in the last year. This funding will further increase that momentum.  - Currently, there is $410 billion of unmanaged kidney disease
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Wellstar Invests $10M to Become First Sharecare-Enabled Health System

by Fred Pennic 03/03/2021 Leave a Comment

Wellstar Invests $10M to Become First Sharecare-Enabled Health System

Wellstar Health System, one of Georgia’s largest and most integrated healthcare systems, and Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on unique, market-leading innovations in personalized care delivery, population health, and consumer engagement. Through this partnership, Wellstar also will become the first “Sharecare-enabled” health system in the country, utilizing Sharecare’s solutions to
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11 Best Practices of a Successful Care Model Transformation Plan

by Moha Desai, Principal, Healthcare Strategy & Transformation 02/19/2021 Leave a Comment

Health systems across the country will require a plan to react to government deep spending cuts and revenue shortfalls due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital services have seen a significant downturn in demand in 2020, and the recent resurgence in cases has led to further decreases. The public health emergency has also resulted in innovation, most notably telehealth, which has been granted temporary pay parity during the pandemic. Still, hospitals and health systems face a year of losses, but
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Vytalize Health to Acquire Patient Financial Experience Platform MedPilot

by Fred Pennic 02/17/2021 Leave a Comment

Patient Financial Engagement Startup MedPilot Raises $1.5M to Fuel Expansion

What You Should Know: - Vytalize Health to acquire patient financial experience platform MedPilot to accelerate data-driven engagement technology to its ACO's Medicare population. - An alumnus of the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator, MedPilot’s platform has already helped over 1 million patients to date and boasts a 97% patient satisfaction score.   Vytalize Health, a leading provider of value-based healthcare announced it is acquiring MedPilot, a Cleveland-based patient financial
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Signify Health Shares Soar More Than 33% in IPO, Valuing Company at Over $7.12B

by Fred Pennic 02/11/2021 Leave a Comment

Signify Health Shares Soar More Than 33% in IPO, Valuing Company at Over $7.12B

What You Should Know: - Shares of Signify Health, a value-based care billing platform for in-home and bundled health services jumped more than 33% in its initial public offering (IPO), valuing the company at over $7.12B. - Today, Signify Health’s CEO Kyle Armbrester will also join the ranks among the youngest CEOs to ever take a company public – notably alongside Bumble’s CEO who also began trading on the NASDAQ today.  - The company raised 564 million by offering 23.5 million
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UPMC Spinout Astrata Launches NLP Platform to Improve Value-Based Care

by Fred Pennic 02/05/2021 Leave a Comment

UPMC Spinout Astrata Launches NLP Platform to Improve Value-Based Care

What You Should Know: - UPMC spinout company Astrata launches a natural language processing (NLP) technology platform that allows health insurers to more efficiently analyze unstructured clinical data. UPMC Enterprises, the innovation and commercialization arm of UPMC has incubated and launched Astrata, a digital healthcare quality company. Astrata uses advanced analytics and natural language processing (NLP) to improve value-based care. Founded by Rebecca Jacobson, M.D., M.S. Astrata
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Anthem Acquires Puerto Rico’s Largest Medicare Advantage Plan

by Fred Pennic 02/04/2021 Leave a Comment

Anthem Acquires Puerto Rico’s Largest Medicare Advantage Plan

What You Should Know: - Anthem, Inc. has entered into an agreement with InnovaCare Health, L.P., to acquire its Puerto Rico-based subsidiaries, including MMM Holdings, LLC (“MMM”) and its Medicare Advantage (MA) plan MMM Healthcare, LLC as well as affiliated companies and Medicaid plan.   - MMM is Puerto Rico’s largest MA plan and one of the fastest-growing vertically integrated healthcare organizations in the United States. - With more than 267,000 MA members and over 305,000
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Epic, Galen Healthcare, Chartis Group Named 2020 Overall Best in KLAS Awards

by Fred Pennic 02/02/2021 Leave a Comment

Epic, Galen Healthcare, Chartis Group Named 2020 Overall Best in KLAS Awards

What You Should Know: - Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the eleventh consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2021 Software & Services report, released today, which reports on the top vendors for 2020. Epic was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor. Galen Healthcare Solutions was named the top Overall IT Services Firm. The Chartis Group earned the award of top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm, edging out last year’s winner,
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Why CMS Will Lead the 2021 Kidney Care Revolution

by Chris Riopelle, CEO of Strive Health 01/27/2021 Leave a Comment

Why CMS Will Lead the 2021 Kidney Care Revolution

After an unprecedented year, kidney care providers, including nephrologists, dialysis facilities, and care extenders are expecting 2021 to follow suit. We will see an overhaul in reimbursement and major industry shifts, partly led by CMS, that will require providers to advance their capabilities in a way that will usher in more widespread innovation. These new models encourage a shift in treatment approach that will deliver earlier interventions and better outcomes.  The following are
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