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News 8/3/17
Top News
The Government Accountability Office announces the 15 members of its new Health Information Technology Advisory Committee. Created by the 21st Century Cures Act, the committee will offer ONC recommendations on health IT policies, standards, certification criteria, and implementation specifications. Nine work for health systems, one works for a payer, three work for vendors, and two work for nonprofits. None seem to represent independent providers.
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Announcements and Implementations
Acuitas Health, a physician services organization serving practices in New York, will offer its customers data warehousing, analytics, and care management software from Health Catalyst.
Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois selects care management technologies and consulting services from New Century Health as part of a multi-year agreement focused on its participation in the CMS Oncology Care Model.
State of Franklin Healthcare Associates (TN) implements business intelligence and analytics tools from EQHealth Solutions at its 12 practices.
Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Colorado-based Encompass Medical Partners rebrands to Encompass Healthcare Data Solutions. Initially a billing company for physician specialty practices, the company now also offers data science services.
People
Medication education company Knowledge to Practice appoints Joseph Lemheney (Lehigh Valley Health Network) chief learning officer.
Former Healthcare.gov CEO Kevin Counihan joins Centene, where he’ll lead the health insurer’s Midwestern business. Centene has bucked the “imploding” ACA marketplace trend by announcing entry into several new state markets and expansion into six existing ones.
Meade Atkinson (Genesis Healthcare Solutions) joins RCM and consulting company TDM RCM Services as partner and chief growth officer.
Telemedicine
Teladoc announces Q2 results: revenue up 68 percent, with membership increasing 33 percent to 20.5 million, and visits increasing 55 percent to 309,000. The company wrapped up its $440 million acquisition of Best Doctors, a global company that provides virtual medical consult services to employers and payers, last month.
Global Office Software will make EWellness Healthcare’s PHZIO virtual physical therapy solution available through its EHR and PM software.
Government and Politics
CMS opens up applications for providers interested in exempting from the Quality Payment Program in 2017. Hardship exception applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Other
Twitter seems awfully quiet now that Andy Slavitt’s tweet storms have abated.
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