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Providers, Execs Applaud Medicare’s Primary Cares Initiative
Provider groups and healthcare executives are on board with Medicare’s new Primary Cares Initiative, which will shift primary care from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement models starting in 2020. “Providing adequate financial support for high quality primary care must be an essential element of any strategy...
AllyAlign Health Announces Strategic Growth Investment Funding from McKesson Ventures
AllyAlign Health, an administrator of Medicare Advantage special needs plans that benefit long-term care providers, announced today that it had closed a $10 million strategic funding round led by McKesson Ventures. Existing investors Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund, Health Enterprise Partners, and the Ziegler...
FDA Expands Real-World Evidence Partnership with Brigham and Women’s
The FDA, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Aetion are expanding their real-world evidence (RWE) demonstration to predict the results of seven ongoing FDA drug trials. The FDA drug or treatment trials are in Phase IV, meaning the drug or treatment is being tracked over a long period for a greater number of patients....
Health care leaders back Xealth with Series A funding to digitally enable patient care
Seattle-based digital prescribing platform Xealth today announced that it has raised $11 million in a Series A financing round. The funds will fuel the expansion of Xealth’s platform, allowing it to better connect patients and doctors. McKesson Ventures, Novartis, Philips, and ResMed are new investors in this round....
Aledade Strengthens Product, Technology and Clinical Leadership
Aledade recently announced a series of promotions in its leadership team. Co-founder Edwin Miller has moved into the role of Chief Product Officer; the company named athenahealth veteran Brady Richards as its new Chief Technology Officer; and Emily Maxson, MD, was named the company’s first Chief Medical Officer....
Big data study identifies drugs that increase risk of psychosis in youth with ADHD
In a paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School said that certain drugs prescribed to teens and young adults with ADHD increase the risk of psychosis. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, analyzed data from commercial...
Humana, Accolade integrate offerings for employers, plan members
Health insurance company Humana is teaming up with health consumer experience firm Accolade to “better provide a differentiated healthcare and benefits experience for consumers,” the companies say. The companies intend to partner in order to offer a well-rounded service package that includes Humana’s provider...
What it takes to build a successful enterprise-startup partnership in digital health
Last week, Rock Health co-hosted an event with Kaiser Permanente Ventures (KPV) that brought together leaders from Kaiser Permanente and Validic to discuss how to build a successful enterprise-startup partnership. Validic is a KPV portfolio company and has been working with KP for four years to integrate...
Physera’s telehealth MSK therapy platform raises $8M
Physera, an app-based platform for musculoskeletal exercises and remote consultations with physical therapists, has raised $8 million in a Series A round led by BlueCross Blueshield Venture Partners. The company has now raised a total of $10 million. Other funders, either in this round or previously, include Halle...
Microsoft and Kyruus Form Strategic Partnership to Empower Healthcare Systems
Microsoft has been looking to widen its already substantial footprint in the healthcare space. Recently it has done so by forming a strategic partnership with patient access technology innovator Kyruus. Kyruus’s ProviderMatch solution, which is now used at more than 500 hospitals across the U.S., will be integrated...
Press Releases
Evariant to Co-Present with University of Chicago Medicine at the American Association of Physician Liaisons 2016 Conference
On June 14th, 2016, Evariant announced that it will co-present a speaking session at the American Association of Physician Liaisons (AAPL) 2016 Conference. This will be the 15th annual conference, which will take place from June 22-24 at Disney’s Grand Californian...
Evariant and Lehigh Valley Health Network to Present Webinar on Tips for Organization’s Instituting Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Evariant announced on June 9th, 2016 that its Account Manager, Rachel Neely will be co-presenting a webinar titled “10 Things to Know When Starting Your CRM Journey.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, June 16th, and will be co-presented with Dan Lavelle,...