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Colorado-based hybrid healthcare provider Brisk Health raises $100 million, which it will use to expand its brick-and-mortar presence and enhance its virtual care app.
Webinars
October 24 (Thursday) noon ET. “Preparing for HTI-2 Compliance: What EHR and Health IT Vendors Need to Know.” Sponsor: DrFirst. Presenters: Nick Barger, PharmD, VP of product, DrFirst; Tyler Higgins, senior director of product management, DrFirst. Failure to meet ASTP’s mandatory HTI-2 certification and compliance standards could impose financial consequences on clients. The presenters will discuss the content and timelines of this key policy update, which includes NCPDP Script upgrades, mandatory support for electronic prior authorization, and real-time prescription benefit. They will offer insight into the impact on “Base EHR” qualifications and provide practical advice on aligning development roadmaps with these changes.
None scheduled soon. Previous webinars are on our YouTube channel. Contact Lorre to present or promote your own.
Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
RXNT, an ambulatory health IT vendor based in Maryland, acquires diagnostic services interface developer Scalabull.
StrataPT announces $25 million in new funding. The company specializes in practice management and billing software for outpatient therapy practices.
Ambulatory health IT vendor ICoreConnect sells its managed services division to The 20, an IT service management company based in Texas.
Virtual dementia care services company Rippl announces $23 million in Series A funding. Rippl will use the investment to scale beyond the four states it currently operates in and to enhance its technology.
People
Patrick McInnis (Epion Health) joins Yosi Health as VP of partnerships.
Announcements and Implementations
Alpine Physician Partners will implement Ambience Healthcare’s clinical AI software to enhance scribing, coding, CDI, and patient summaries at practices within its network.
Southern New England Healthcare selects Athenahealth’s EHR, RCM, and patient engagement platform.
Other
Texas Tech Physicians and parent organization Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center deal with the same ransomware attack that is affecting affiliate UMC Health. UMC began diverting patients and resorting to downtime procedures last Thursday, while TTP systems including phone and website have been down since Monday.
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