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News 11/20/23
Top News
Digital healthcare company UpHealth sells its Cloudbreak Health video-based language interpretation services business to private equity firm GTCR for $180 million. UpHealth’s remaining service lines include behavioral health, integrated care management, and rural healthcare-focused virtual care infrastructure.
HIStalk Practice Announcements and Requests
I’m playing catch up this Thanksgiving week after having travelled to two different beaches in two different countries over the last week or so. (Road warriors, I just don’t know how you do it.) While my wanderings didn’t take me as far afield as Dr. Jayne has lately been, it was definitely nice to get away. I hope, dear readers, that you get a chance to relax in your favorite locale with your favorite people during the upcoming holiday breaks!
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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Nema Health, which offers virtual trauma therapy, raises $4.1 million in seed funding.
Syra Health sees a 4% bump in Q3 revenue, bringing in $1.58 million. The company, which specializes in digital solutions for behavioral, mental, and population health, began trading on the Nasdaq last month, where it raised $6.7 million in IPO financing.
People
Tony Holland (Hedy Health) joins Montecito Medical as head of sales for MontecitoPlus.
Healthmap Solutions names William Moore (HealthCost) CIO.
Announcements and Implementations
Renaissance Physician Partners (TX) selects practice management services from Florence Health.
Atlanta-based Neurofenix, which provides virtual rehabilitation services for stroke patients, selects EHR and patient engagement technology from CareCloud.
Research and Innovation
New research from MGMA reveals that the more things (attempt) to change, the more they stay the same – at least when it comes to regulatory burdens: Over 90% of surveyed physicians believe such burdens have increased over the last year, and – not surprisingly – that reducing those burdens would better enable physicians to care for patients. Top burdens, which small-practice respondents say they can’t afford to outsource, include prior authorization, audits and appeals, and MIPS.
Other
Jonathan Moore, DPM donates over 1,000 pairs of diabetic footwear to the people of Ukraine through Healing Hands International. The supplies are left over from Moore’s Physician’s Select practice, which he closed earlier this year. Moore also founded and was a managing partner of Cumberland Foot and Ankle Centers in Kentucky, which he sold to Upperline Health in 2021.
Sponsor Updates
- Nordic releases a new Designing for Health Podcast, “Interview with Margaret Lozovatsky, MD.”
- PerfectServe congratulates customers Elmhurst Hospital, Beverly Hospital, and UNC Health Rex on receiving 24 consecutive “A” grades for safety from The Leapfrog Group.
- EClinicalWorks announces that Moreno Valley Physician Associates (CA) has successfully implemented its new AI assistant tools.
Blog Posts
- Strategies to Prevent Coding Denials and Increase Revenue (EClinicalWorks)
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