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What will be the impact of COVID-19 on the next wave of health IT innovation?

Healthcare It News

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of all kinds of healthcare information technology, from telehealth to artificial intelligence. Crunchbase estimates that healthcare technology companies have raised a record-breaking $36.6 billion globally from 2020 through October 2021.

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Healthcare & Life Science M&A Activity Plummets 1H’22

HIT Consultant

Health Service Equities and Big Pharma: Healthcare Service equities underperformed the S&P 500, but the outperformance of the Big Pharma and Biotech sub-sectors allowed healthcare overall to keep pace with the market. Hospital stocks dropped 32.6% in the quarter.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This helped the organization achieve HIMSS Stage 7 in 2017 – the first academic hospital in Canada to do so. Before joining Geisinger, she served as Pennsylvania’s secretary of health, where she developed an innovative payment and delivery model for rural hospitals. He earned a HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence in 2018.

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Best Practices in Patient Eligibility and Benefits Verification

AIHC

A substance use support clinic has very different eligibility verification requirements from a hospital or radiology clinic. As a significant percentage of the population in the United States is aging, verify the Medicare coverage for patients who are above 65 years of age.

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At HLTH 2023: General Catalyst’s HATCo Introduces a Radically Ambitious and Transformative Model for Healthcare

Healthcare Law Blog

In general, accepting global risk for governmental payors and programs, such as for Medicare Advantage, can lead to consistent revenue and increased profitability year-over-year due to a manageable patient population. A core feature of HATCo’s central strategy is to take on global risk for both governmental and commercial payors.