Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
- The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury issued a final rule calling on health plans to “address material differences” in access to these benefits compared to medical and surgical benefits.
- NCQA launched a Virtual Care Accreditation evaluation program, with its first modules applying to primary care and urgent care.
Studies
- A Health Affairs Scholar paper found 63% of health information organizations plan to participate in TEFCA, while 32% don’t know if they will. Not surprisingly, the most common barrier among holdouts is a lack of a strategic plan.
- A data analysis from Cedar Gate Technologies found a 9% increase in 90-day prescriptions for managing chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, arthritis, and diabetes.
- A March of Dimes report found 35% of U.S. counties lack a single obstetric clinician, while half of counties don’t have access to a hospital with obstetric care.
- Research from Authenticx found 19% of customer interactions with healthcare organizations are disrupted, with organizations spending an average of $3.8 million on agent time to resolve these disruptions.
Partnerships
- AvaSure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and NVIDIA are collaborating to build an inpatient virtual concierge solution.
- Procurement vendor LogicSource is collaborating with Cleveland Clinic to help health systems apply benchmarks to non-clinical spending categories.
- DrFirst and ContinuumCloud are partnering to bring advanced medication management and prescribing capabilities to behavioral health providers.
- SYNERGEN Health and HST Pathways are partnering to bring RCM software and services to ambulatory surgery centers.
- Lyric is partnering with Strout to offer coordination of benefits as part of its payment integrity product.
- RCM and population health management vendor UnisLink launched its Clinician Wallet powered by Axuall, a workforce management vendor. This integration streamlines clinician onboarding. In addition, Axuall received a patent for digital credential verification and management.
Products
- Abbott announced U.S. availability of Lingo, a continuous glucose monitor cleared by the FDA in June and available without a prescription.
- Innovaccer launched Care Management Copilot, bringing its healthcare-native AI model into its existing care management tool.
- Valant updated its behavioral health EHR platform to include automated creation of intake forms and customized treatment plans.
- Autonomous medical coding tool Fathom is available in Epic Toolbox.
- Edifecs launched Concurrent Risk Adjustment to help MCOs and other risk-bearing payers share previously documented chronic conditions with providers.
- Population health management vendor AssureCare’s MedCompass now supports submission of prior authorization quests directly from EHRs.
- Hinge Health introduced Enso 3, the latest version of its wearable for reducing musculoskeletal pain.
- Neurology software maker Rune Labs added AI-generated clinical support tools to its StrivePD app for Apple Watch.
Sales and Implementations
- North Caroline-based FQHC High Country Community Health adopted Sunoh.ai scribe technology.
- NJ Institute for Pain Relief chose NextGen EHR and practice management software.
- Care at home vendor CareRing Health is implementing WellSky EHR and analytics software.
- OSF HealthCare is using Puzzle Healthcare to support post-acute readmission prevention.
- Value-based care platform Vytalize Health is using Oracle NetSuite for ERP.
- Kansas-based Amberwell Health chose MetTel to modernize its network and communications systems.
- Nevada-based Carson Tahoe Health chose ShiftMed to broaden access to on-demand clinical staff.
- Troy, Michigan-based Gastrointestinal Specialists chose Oshi Health to offer virtual access to specialists.
- KeyBank chose Zentist Remit AI software to streamline RCM operations for its network of dental support organizations.
- The American Urological Association extended its partnership with Verana Health to include EHR integration and MIPS quality reporting.
- Service provider Omega Healthcare implemented ColorTokens zero trust architecture across its network.
People
- WeightWatchers appointed Phillip Picardi as Chief Impact Officer and Scott Honken as Chief Commercial Officer, with Honken overseeing WeightWatchers for Business.
- Healthcare data vendor MDClone appointed Bruno Lempernesse as President.
- Neurotechnology company NextSense appointed Duy Phan as Vice President of Engineering.
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