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Amazon Care's health provider signaling potential expansion, says STAT

Care Medical, which provides medical services for the app-based Amazon Care, appears to be preparing to expand throughout the country, raising questions about the tech behemoth’s future in the healthcare space.   Currently, Amazon Care connects Washington state Amazon employees with Care Medical providers via an app for basic health issues like coughs or fevers. […]

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Application period for FCC Connected Care Pilot Program now open

Tpen for the next 30 days, through December 7. WHY IT MATTERS The Connected Care Pilot Program, first formalized on March 31, 2020, is open to nonprofit and public eligible healthcare providers nationwide. The program will use Universal Service Fund cash over three years to help defray connected care costs for selected providers, good for […]

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Teladoc Health and Livongo's post-merger plan: one-stop healthcare

Two months ago, digital health behemoths Livongo and Teladoc Health announced their $18.5 billion merger under the name Teladoc following huge leaps in earnings for both companies.  The deal, which is expected to be finalized by the end of the fourth quarter in 2020, builds upon the shared company culture at both organizations, said Teladoc […]

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Senators call for CMS to provide plan for telehealth changes

A bipartisan group of 38 senators released an open letter on Friday, asking U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to provide a written plan for permanent changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program rules around telehealth.   “We are hearing from […]

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Health system deploys cost calculator to offer patients price transparency

One area in the patient experience that needs improving is price transparency before patients schedule healthcare services. In fact, the Trump Administration has even mandated that hospitals make this happen by posting the prices for “shoppable” healthcare services online. Some healthcare provider organizations, such as University Health Care System in Augusta, Georgia, are several steps […]

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Waystar acquires predictive analytics/social determinants of health firm PARO

Revenue cycle management specialist Waystar announced it has acquired healthcare financial assistance predictive analytics specialist PARO for an undisclosed sum. What happened? PARO’s presumptive charity solution helps non-profit health systems identify patients who would qualify for charity under a provider’s Financial Assistance Policy, using thousands of sources of socioeconomic data instead of credit scores as […]