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News 7/29/24
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Occupational healthcare company Concentra raises $529 million in its IPO, $56 million shy of its intended goal.
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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Astrana Health (formerly known as Apollo Medical Holdings) will acquire Centene business Collaborative Health Systems, a management services organization for independent primary care practices. The acquisition marks Astrana’s second in 2024, having purchased Community Family Care Medical Group IPA (CA) in April.
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum care delivery business will lay off 525 employees and close several urgent care clinics and physician practices in California beginning in mid-September. A new state law is set to increase the hourly wage of healthcare workers from a minimum of $15 to $26 beginning October 15.
Announcements and Implementations
Livingston Community Health (CA), Moses Lake Community Health Center (WA), and Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center (NY) are among a dozen FQHCs that have recently selected digital patient communications software from Artera.
The Chicago Lighthouse, a social services nonprofit, implements TCN’s cloud-based contact center technology and integrates it with its Epic EHR.
Research and Innovation
BUDS Technology develops the Nurse Daisy virtual medical assistant app, which offers automated remote symptom and vital sign monitoring, triage, check-ins, and follow-ups.
Other
The Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics spearheads a rural telehealth project at four local libraries using grant money from organizations like AARP. The potential for additional library-based telehealth sites has led the state to start defining telehealth standards for rural libraries. Southern Oklahoma Library System Executive Director Gail Oehler points out that, “We’re willing to do these kinds of partnerships and innovative projects like the one with OSU Extension because it’s our mission as a local library.”
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- EClinicalWorks will offer customers within Aledade’s network free access to Sunoh.ai’s AI medical scribe software.
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