Tue.Sep 06, 2022

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FTC reviewing Amazon's $3.9B One Medical acquisition

Mobi Health News

In an SEC filing, One Medical parent 1Life Healthcare said both companies had received requests from the agency for more information regarding the deal late last week.

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Maryland health system conquers the digital divide with telehealth and RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an abrupt change to reimbursement of telehealth services, allowing healthcare providers to more broadly expand patient access to virtual care. For the University of Maryland Medical Center health system based in Baltimore, telemedicine services encompass a vast array of tools that help the organization engage patients, monitor symptoms and provide direct care beyond the confines of a physical location.

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CVS Health advances healthcare strategy in acquiring Signify Health for $8 billion

Mobi Health News

Amazon, UnitedHealth Group were also reportedly interested in buying the home health platform.

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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

CVS Health announced on September 5 that it will acquire Dallas-based Signify Health, a network of 10,000 clinicians across 50 states with more than 50 health plan clients, including CVS's Aetna division, for $8 billion. In order to further CVS's healthcare services strategy, the acquisition of Signify Health adds clinicians that assess patients at home.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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2022 Fall Conference Season Preview – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 96

Healthcare IT Today

For the 96th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we’re talking about the upcoming fall health IT conference season. We discuss the different conferences we’re looking forward to and speculating what attendance will be like. Next, we dive into what topics we expect to be covered in these conferences. Then we discuss whether companies and providers get more value from in-person conferences or digital conferences.

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CVS Health to Acquire Signify Health

Healthcare IT Today

Advances long-term strategy by providing platform for growth in value-based care. CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) and Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) (“Signify”) have entered into a definitive agreement under which CVS Health will acquire Signify Health for $30.50 per share in cash, representing a total transaction value of approximately $8 billion.

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Did you miss insights and data from the five August blog posts?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The biggest older adult tech news from August was audible. The US Food and Drug Administration approved the over-the-counter sale of hearing aids. Ironically that will not actually be official until October. The implications are staggering – hopefully the implementation will match. The big five hearing aid manufacturers will once again remake and remarket themselves, their brands and pricing to fit the new rule.

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Recuro Health’s Acquisition of Competitive Health Adds End-to-End Integrated Benefits to its Digital Medical Home and Portfolio of Digital Health Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

Recuro Health (Recuro), a premier virtual health solutions company that takes a uniquely personalized and proactive approach to virtual care through its Digital Medical Home™ (DMH), today announces the acquisition of Competitive Health (CHI), an integrated digital health solutions company that provides a suite of digital products to help employers reduce costs, promote engagement and maximize employer ROI.

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Current State Architecture

LeanIX

Continuous transformation is (rightfully) becoming a primary focus for enterprise companies. These past few years have taught us that organizations need to establish a culture capable of constant change. But, should this focus on change mean you neglect your current state architecture? Of course not. Unfortunately, far too many companies make this costly mistake.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.