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9amHealth Raises $9.5M Series A Extension Led by The Cigna Group Ventures to Expand to Employers Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

These life-long treatments deliver impressive clinical outcomes but come with a high price tag, putting employers and healthcare insurers under pressure. “For the first time ever, we’re seeing a significant uptick in patients who are excited about taking care of their diabetes and weight health. .

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, and chronic wounds are seven diseases where technology has been used to manage care for patients with promising results. Preferred functionalities to manage remote care.

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The $2.8M Medicine: How Data Can Help Insurers Pay for Life-Changing Therapies Without Breaking The Bank

HIT Consultant

Many of these treatments are drug-based gene therapies–- but they come with an extremely high price tag. Treatment with Zolgensma, a gene therapy treatment which has been shown to be effective in treating SMA, costs $2 million – a very high price tag. million gene therapy to treat a rare blood disorder. .

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, connected health and RPM are more important than ever, because they enable physicians to monitor patients without having to come into contact with them, thus preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Best Buy Health also offers on-demand social work services, including medication management.

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Health Provider News

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As Maryland considers medical aid in dying, here’s how it’s playing out in DC The Children’s Inn at NIH is kicking off a big expansion — and an ‘ambitious’ fundraising campaign MASSACHUSETTS 7 rehabilitation hospitals opening, expanding in 2024 A Boston-based fund finds success focusing industry attention on type 1 diabetes.

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To qualify, facilities must close their beds Amazon’s physician acquisition strategy As Many Hospitals Continue to Face Significant Financial Challenges, MedPAC Recommends Highest Ever Medicare Payment Update Change competitors step in but breaking up may be hard to do CMS to launch new primary care ACO program Congress unveils $1.2T

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1 Mass General Brigham to build AI products with Australian health tech company Mass General Brigham hospital workers to receive average 21% raises Mass General Brigham to integrate triage AI across system Mass General Brigham sued over infection control lapse Nurse practitioner pleads guilty to $7.8M