Amazon to buy One Medical for $3.9B
Healthcare Dive
JULY 21, 2022
The all-cash deal for San Francisco-based One Medical comes after months of speculation about a potential acquisition, but Amazon as the buyer comes as a surprise.
Healthcare Dive
JULY 21, 2022
The all-cash deal for San Francisco-based One Medical comes after months of speculation about a potential acquisition, but Amazon as the buyer comes as a surprise.
Healthcare It News
JULY 21, 2022
Health equity is one of the hottest topics in healthcare today. Removing structural inequalities from the delivery of care and improving care outcomes among women, people of color and LGBTQ people is a high priority for forward-looking health systems. Daryn Dodson is CEO and founder of Illumen Capital. His firm is an impact fund of funds addressing systemic inequity by reducing racial and gender bias in investing.
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Healthcare Dive
JULY 21, 2022
Workers identifying as racial or ethnic minorities were 40% to 50% more likely to report having high childcare stress than White respondents, according to researchers.
Bill of Health
JULY 21, 2022
By Carmel Shachar. Since June 24, 2022, I have spent a lot of time thinking through the post- Roe legal and ethical landscape, both publicly and privately. Very often, the discussion is centered about the impact that Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will have on patients whose health or lives are threatened by their pregnancies — such as people with ectopic pregnancies, missed miscarriages with a high risk of sepsis, and preeclampsia — and the physicians who care for them.
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Healthcare Dive
JULY 21, 2022
Health officials argue a new type of shot could help to persuade unvaccinated people, although some surveys suggest that might not be the case.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 21, 2022
Amazon and One Medical announced their plans to merge on Thursday morning, in a $3.9 billion mega deal that would see the retail giant continue its ambitious string of healthcare acquisitions. Under terms of the merger agreement, which is subject to customary closing conditions, Amazon will acquire One Medical for $18 per share in an all-cash transaction.
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 21, 2022
Monash Health pilots virtual clinic for blood pressure management. Monash Health, a public health service in Victoria, has piloted its pharmacist-led virtual clinic for managing the blood pressure of patients with chronic diseases. Dubbed Optimising One Medication with Patients (OOMPa), the virtual clinic sees patients for the titration and adjustment of their blood pressure medication.
Healthcare Dive
JULY 21, 2022
Bloomberg reported the drop was the largest intraday decline in two years for Elevance, formerly known as Anthem.
Mobi Health News
JULY 21, 2022
"We think healthcare is high on the list of experiences that need reinvention," Neil Lindsay, SVP of Amazon Health Services, said in a statement.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 21, 2022
The following is a guest article by Vinugayathri Chinnasamy from Indusface. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is revolutionizing the healthcare industry by creating a connected infrastructure of medical systems and services that are helping enhance patient outcomes. But they come with newer security risks too. 63% of healthcare organizations in 2019 faced security incidents owing to the insecure and unmanaged Internet of Medical Things.
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Mobi Health News
JULY 21, 2022
The partnership will allow Withings' connected scales, blood pressure monitors and sleep-tracking mats to integrate with Medable's trial platform.
HealthIT Answers
JULY 21, 2022
By Laura Breedlove - Healthcare data is a powerful tool that can reveal critical trends across multiple demographics. With more use of EHRs, data has become more readily available across health systems including lab tests, treatments, diagnoses, genetics, environment and lifestyle. The post Letting Data Flow Quickly to Unlock Actionable Insights in Patient Care appeared first on Health IT Answers.
HIT Consultant
JULY 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – RapidAI , the global leader in neurovascular and vascular AI-enhanced clinical decision support and patient workflow, today announced it has received FDA clearance for Rapid Hyperdensity , the newest addition to the RapidAI platform. – The tool empowers physicians to quickly assess the severity of injury in patients with acute neuro conditions such as traumatic brain injury and brain hemorrhages – allowing for better and faster patient care decisions.
HIPAA Journal
JULY 21, 2022
The U.S Department of Justice has announced that around $500,000 in Bitcoin has been seized from North Korean threat actors who were using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare organizations in the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued a security alert warning that North Korean hackers have been targeting the healthcare and public health sector in the United States using Maui ransomware since at lea
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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.
HIT Consultant
JULY 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – Medable Inc. , the leading SaaS platform provider for patient-centered clinical trials, today announced a new partnership with Withings Health Solutions , the business-to-business division of Withings, one of the global leaders in at-home connected health. – Withings’ devices will seamlessly connect to Medable’s decentralized clinical trial platform, reducing the burden on sponsors and sites while empowering patients to participate in trials from home.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 21, 2022
When you attend a conference, it’s always fun to see if there’s a kind of theme or hot topic for those attending the conference. At this year’s HFMA annual conference the big theme I kept hearing over and over had to do with staffing challenges. Needless to say, the world in general and healthcare in particular has been hit hard with staffing challenges.
HIT Consultant
JULY 21, 2022
What You Should Know: Today Amazon and One Medical announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire One Medical. Under terms of the agreement, Amazon will acquire One Medical for $18 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion, including One Medical’s net debt. One Medical Background.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 21, 2022
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the eCQM/dCQM Measure Developer – CORE position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yale New Haven Health and is in Connecticut. Here’s a description of the position: The Yale/Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) is a leading national outcomes research center dedicated to transforming healt
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Digital Health News
JULY 21, 2022
The chairs and deputy chairs of the Digital Health Networks provided the foreward for the 'Right from the Start' and welcomed the report.
Healthicity
JULY 21, 2022
When it comes to coding Radiation Oncology services, a thorough knowledge of items like the isodose plan.
Center for Health Insurance Reform
JULY 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently approved a new Section 1332 waiver authorizing Colorado’s public option-style law. The waiver approval marks the first time the federal government has taken action to approve state legislation introducing new, more heavily regulated plans into Affordable Care Act marketplaces to compete against traditional plans.
Digital Health News
JULY 21, 2022
Hannah Crouch is joined by Dr Hussain Gandhi, or as some of you may know him on Twitter as Dr Gandalf, the Digital and Tech GP.
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The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.
Modern Healthcare
JULY 21, 2022
Spokesman Mike DeAngelis said the policy started the first week in July in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Texas.
HIPAA Journal
JULY 21, 2022
The Methodist Hospitals Inc. has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit and has created a fund of $425,000 to cover claims from victims of a 2019 data breach that affected almost 70,000 current and former patients. The Gary, IN-based healthcare provider reported an email security incident to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights on April 4, 2019, that resulted in the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information of 68,039 patients.
Med-Net Compliance
JULY 21, 2022
A nursing and rehab center in North Carolina is being investigated by the State Agency after a resident accidently set herself on fire in her room. The local police department reported that a woman at the nursing home was connected to an oxygen tank and tried to smoke a cigarette, causing a burst of flames that badly burned her. Staff members used blankets and fire extinguishers to put out the flames.
The Health Law Firm
JULY 21, 2022
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The process of obtaining a nursing or health care professional license is not only challenging, but it’s also time-consuming. If you have a criminal conviction or unique circumstance which may negatively impact your ability to be granted a health care license, it's imperative that you consult with an experienced attorney.
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HIPAA & Health IT
JULY 21, 2022
If you are dealing with sensitive information of any kind (yes, this includes precise geolocation, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc), but especially health information (and yes, reproductive health information too), do yourself a favor: Scan your website for third party trackers like Meta Pixel. Talk to your tech folks to understand better what is going on and whether this is going on behind a log-in.
Med Law Blog
JULY 21, 2022
The US Office of Inspector General (OIG) released another in a series of Special Fraud Alerts on July 20, 2022, this one directed to potentially fraudulent telehealth, telemedicine, and telemarketing service fraud schemes, collectively referred to as “Telemedicine Companies”. The alert is based upon OIG’s perception that these Telemedicine Companies are engaged in schemes to pay kickbacks to practitioners to generate fraudulent orders for medical services, specifically: Durable medical equipmen
HealthIT Answers
JULY 21, 2022
Business news from Health Catalyst, NextGen Healthcare, Intelerad Medical Systems, Canvas Medical, Luna, Cohere Health, Geisinger Health Plan, SyTrue, Alegeus, HealthSherpa, Essence Group, Wolters Kluwer Health, Vim, Pivot Point Consulting, PeriGen, Osso VR, and more. The post Health IT Business News, Financial Edition – July 21, 2022 appeared first on Health IT Answers.
Becker's Health IT
JULY 21, 2022
More than half of healthcare organizations have been targeted by hackers in the past year, with most organizations feeling ill-prepared for such attacks, according to a survey from digital security company SecureLink.
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