Mergers and acquisitions
Brenda Schmidt, head of enterprise growth at Redesign Health, talks about a collaboration that plans to build and scale companies dedicated to children's digital health.
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The merger between Lightbeam and CareSignal aims to assist more health systems improve patient engagement and population health, according to Lightbeam Health Solutions President Jerry Shultz and CareSignal CEO Blake Marggraff.
How will Amazon's planned $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical change the healthcare industry? Trilliant Health's Sanjula Jain looks ahead.
Damo Consulting CEO Paddy Padmanabhan talks about what the big merger means for the companies, other healthcare providers, patients and AWS customers, and discusses privacy protections.
Provider group accused of False Claims Act violations; THREAD buys trial recruitment platform CureCl
This week's top stories include Physician Partners of America agreeing to pay $24.5M for allegedly billing for unnecessary services and other violations, and DCT company THREAD snapping up a platform for recruiting trial participants.
Mergers and acquisitions have been on the rise in healthcare, but practices can keep their autonomy and enhance care, according to Oron Afek, CEO of Vim.
HHS agency: EHRs vulnerable to cyberattacks; Mindler buys fellow digital mental health startup Medif
This week's top stories include a threat brief from HHS' Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center that warns of potential cybersecurity risks of EHRs, and Sweden-based Mindler's plans to buy Medified Solutions Oy for an undisclosed sum.
This week's top stories include SCOTUS blocking the Biden Administration vaccination rule for employees of large companies, while upholding a mandate for healthcare workers at facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid funding, and digital medicine platform Akili plans to go public through merging with SPAC Social Capital Suvretta.
This week's top stories include federal agencies issuing an alert amid diplomatic rumblings about Russia and Ukraine from the U.S. government, and decentralized clinical research platform Thread snapping up voice-powered research company inVibe.
This week's top stories include a class action complaint accusing QRS of failing to secure, monitor and maintain patient data after a breach that affected nearly 320,000 people, and Headspace Health's aim to improve its ability to personalize users' experiences with its Sayana acquisition.