News 7/15/24
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Headway, which helps patients find, book, and pay for mental healthcare appointments online, reportedly raises $100 million in a funding round led by Spark Capital. The three year-old company’s valuation has doubled in the last year to $2.3 billion.
Webinars
July 18 (Thursday) noon ET. “New CMS Final Rule: Strategies to Get EHR and IT Vendors Up to Speed.” Sponsor: DrFirst. Presenters: Nick Barger, PharmD, VP of product, DrFirst; Tyler Higgins, senior director of product management, DrFirst. The new final rule that was issued by CMS on June 13, 2024, goes beyond a basic upgrade of SCRIPT standards and improves care connections among doctors, pharmacies, and patients. The presenters will lead EHR and IT vendors through the final rule, provide details on key provisions and compliance deadlines, offer tactics to tackle roadmap development, and provide direction on where and how partners can best leverage the requirements for the benefit of their customers.
Previous webinars are on our YouTube channel. Contact Lorre to present or promote your own.
Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Occupational healthcare provider Concentra hopes to raise up to $585 million through its yet-to-be-scheduled IPO, potentially achieving a valuation of $3.3 billion. Parent company Select Medical Holdings, which operates hospitals and outpatient clinics, announced earlier this year that it would pursue carving out Concentra as a separate entity.
People
CirrusMD promotes Sara Herstad, MD to VP of operations and clinical care.
Douglas Newton, MD (SonderMind) joins Rula Health as CMO.
Raintree Systems names Chris Farrell (Nextech Systems) chief marketing officer.
Announcements and Implementations
Coastal Spine and Pain Institute (TX) implements AI-powered medical scribe technology from Sunoh.ai.
Sponsor Updates
Blog Posts
- 3 ways automation and AI advance patient-centered care (Nordic)
- Reduce Time to Treatment with Care Team Alerts (PerfectServe)
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