healthcare
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After Haven dissolves, JPM goes it alone
Less than a year after Haven dissolved, JPMorgan is starting a new venture to improve healthcare with a similarly broad vision. In the meantime, Amazon is rolling out new employee benefits as it starts selling a telehealth benefit to other companies
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Amazon shuns per-employee fees with new telehealth business
Amazon has announced its first customer for its Amazon Care telehealth business aimed at employers. While who the customer is not particularly notable, Amazon’s billing structure is – the ecommerce behemoth is moving away from the usual per-member per-month payment structure that many vendors still use.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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INVEST Video Conference: Tackling burnout and mental health for frontline workers
Our expert panel weighs in on health systems addressing behavioral issues and supporting the mental health of doctors, nurses and others.
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INVEST Conference Video: How health systems and payers are seeking to remove systemic racism
Learn how health systems and health plans are addressing care gaps with minorities and what strategies are being utilized to close those gaps.
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Public health, racial equity, climate action drive Biden’s budget requests for healthcare
President Joe Biden has submitted his discretionary budget for 2022 to Congress. Among its healthcare provisions are funding requests for the CDC, mental health and social determinants of health programs. But there are some unusual requests as well, such as funding for an Office of Climate Change and Health Equity.
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Survey: 1 in 5 Americans can’t afford necessary care
Healthcare is becoming increasingly unaffordable, with 18% of Americans saying in a new survey that they would not be able to afford the care they need. Respondents also reported cutting back on other expenses to afford healthcare, including money spent on food and utilities.
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Innovaccer gains unicorn status, plans to launch cloud platform
The health technology company’s valuation skyrocketed to $1.3 billion following its latest funding round. It plans to use the new funds to launch Innovaccer Health Cloud, which will aggregate and normalize data from different systems and support the development of interoperable apps.
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EverCommerce buys healthcare communication platform Updox
EverCommerce, a provider of solutions for businesses in the service sector, has added Updox to its roster of health services companies. Updox offers a variety of virtual care, patient engagement and office productivity solutions.
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Artificial Intelligence, Health Tech
Healthcare execs going all-in on AI, survey shows
The survey, conducted by Optum, shows that healthcare executives’ confidence in AI is high, and most expect to soon see cost savings from implementing the technology. Further, a majority are looking to hire talent with experience developing AI.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Will the pandemic widen the gender pay gap in healthcare?
After alarming data showed that 865,000 women dropped of the workforce in September alone, new data from Doximity showed the pay gap between male and female doctors is widening.
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Kaiser sees Q2 net income more than double to $4.5B
For the quarter ending on June 30, when many health systems face a rising number of Covid-19 cases, the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan more than doubled its net income to $4.5 billion. The nonprofit managed care plans attributed the increase to reduced operating expenses and “market fluctuations.”
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Health Services, Patient Engagement
Walmart divulges plans for ‘healthcare supercenters’
The company says it’s looking beyond traditional retail clinics as it seeks to create “supercenters” with comprehensive healthcare services.
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Health Services, Health Tech, Legal
Employers must consider privacy protections as they roll out contact-tracing tools
Companies are rolling out suites of tools to monitor their workforce for Covid-19 cases. But even in the midst of a pandemic, there are still limitations on what information they can collect and how they can use it.
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Change Healthcare makes ecommerce software for healthcare providers
Change Healthcare, a Nashville-based company that makes billing and analytics software, is rolling a new software that allows patients to order healthcare services in an ecommerce-like setting. The software allows patients to book, schedule and pay for healthcare services in advance.
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Pharma, Health Services, Health Tech
CVS head of specialty pharmacy sees future of healthcare at home after Covid-19
CVS Health’s specialty pharmacy head shared how the pharmacy chain is caring for patients remotely during Covid-19. He expects to see more in-home care after the pandemic.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
