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News 3/12/25
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Greenspace Health secures Series B funding from ABS Capital Partners. The company offers measurement-based care software for mental healthcare providers.
Sponsored Events and Resources
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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Knack RCM acquires PPM Partners, an Alabama-based company that offers anesthesia billing and practice management services.
People
ReferWell names Kevin Healy (Chicago Pacific Founders) CEO.
Michelle Brown (Centric Consulting) joins Knack RCM as VP of transformation.
Announcements and Implementations
Relatient develops Dash Direct, a suite of open scheduling APIs that enables providers to open and automate scheduling functions across their existing digital patient access points.
Other
The Daily Yonder highlights several physicians who have come out of retirement to once again serve their rural communities, most of which are struggling to offer residents adequate healthcare access. Douglas DeLong, MD came out of full retirement at the age of 72 to work part-time at a practice in Cooperstown, NY: “I wanted to be a family physician because I didn’t know there was anything else. Also, I grew up in rural settings in Pennsylvania and Washington state – it was a lifestyle choice for me – today though, [rural practice] is a tougher sell. Now I work two or three days a week partly to provide access for patients and because I really enjoy being around these bright young people – but most of them are on their way somewhere else.”
Providers surveyed by Black Book Research rank Care Allies as the top-rated value-based care transformation and strategy advisory firm. Respondents also note that working with high-ranking VBC advisory firms has resulted in increases in financial performance, operational efficiency, and provider engagement and satisfaction; as well as a decrease in avoidable hospital readmissions.
Teladoc co-founder Michael Gorton releases “Tachyon Tunnel 2,” the sequel to his first science-fiction novel, which debuted in 2023.
Researchers in Australia develop Nostril Navigator technology for virtual health consults. Set to debut on April 1, the system “uses sensors that recognize a multitude of organic molecules and turns them into electrical signals, which are then transmitted via nasal spray directly into the doctor’s nostrils.” As the lead researcher tells it, “Smell can provide an awful lot of clinical information. And I do mean awful, sometimes.”
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