News 11/20/23

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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.

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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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News 11/8/23

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Eleos Health raises $40 million in a Series B funding round. The company has developed AI-powered clinical documentation and insights software for behavioral healthcare. Eleos works with FQHCs and other community-based providers, payers, and mental health technology vendors.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Mental health practice management startup Therapy IQ raises $1.5 million in seed funding.

People

Frits Hoffman (Lumeon) joins Graphium Health as VP of sales.

Central Reach names Thomas Cady (Cohealo) VP of operations for its CR Bill Max business.

Announcements and Implementations

Ultrasound Express (DE) selects CareCloud’s TalkEHR.

People’s Center Clinics and Services, an FQHC in Minneapolis, will work with Syra Health to implement federal Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services standards.

The Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services (TN) will implement Arize care management software from Cantata Health Solutions.

Amazon offers its 200 million Prime members a significantly reduced rate for membership to its One Medical primary care business. Amazon acquired One Medical earlier this year for nearly $4 billion. The company offers virtual and in-person appointments, with annual memberships for non-Prime members starting at $199.

Sponsor Updates

• Southern Endocrinology Associates increases collections by more than 200% using EClinicalWorks and Healow.
• AdvancedMD receives the 2023 ISV Builder Partner of the Year Award from Zoom Video Communications.

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News 11/6/23

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Carepatron raises $4 million in seed funding, bringing the startup’s total raised to $5.6 million. The company offers practices easily modifiable operating software with practice management, patient engagement, and clinical documentation capabilities. It plans on using the new investment to develop AI and automation features. It is based in New Zealand, but counts US-based practices as half of its customer base.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

CareCloud reports Q3 revenue of $29.3 million, a 13% decrease over Q3 2022. The company expects layoffs, scheduled to wrap up by the end of the year, to help make up for some of the lost revenue, which CareCloud attributes to the loss of two customers health system mergers.

People

Noelle Parker (Community Asset Builders) joins Velatura HIE Corp. as VP of client affairs for the Midwest.

Announcements and Implementations

EHR vendor ITreatMD adds medical billing services and software from Puredi to its technology.

Shadowbox announces GA of its workflow automation software for imaging centers.

Other

Australian patient Abbey Smith warns others about the danger of obtaining a seemingly convenient online prescription without a real-time clinical consult with a qualified physician. Smith’s efforts to fill an online prescription for what she thought was a treatable UTI resulted in her being admitted to the hospital for sepsis.

Pediatrician Michel Cohen, MD puts a new spin on his latest office, dubbed “the Lego building” by locals. Cohen’s Tribeca Pediatrics practice operates 40 clinics throughout New York and New Jersey.

Crystal Run Healthcare (NY) alerts patients to an ongoing cyberattack that has affected some of its computer systems and services. UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum Health acquired Crystal Run earlier this year.

Sponsor Updates

• PerfectServe’s Lightning Bolt achieves top marks for overall performance, ease of use, quality of support, and proactive service in the 2023 KLAS Physician Scheduling Report.

Blog Posts

• The new dawn of senior care: Digital health’s role in aging in place (Nordic)
• Don’t Get Spooked by Cloud Call Center Solutions (PerfectServe)

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News 11/1/23

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Digital preventive health software startup PreventScripts raises $1.5 million in funding. The company, which markets its automated patient engagement and education technology to primary care practices, will use the investment to expand into seven additional states.

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People

Walgreens names Neal Sample EVP and CIO.

Announcements and Implementations

Southland Recovery (MS) selects cloud-based EHR, RCM, and behavioral health software from EClinicalWorks.

Suki announces that 20 independent physician practices have adopted its AI-powered ambient clinical documentation capabilities.

Onsite Women’s Health will implement medical image and data exchange technology from Medicom Technologies across its 116 affiliated clinics in 26 states.

Government and Politics

Doctors’ Management Services will pay $100,000 to settle potential HIPAA violations related to a 2017 ransomware attack that impacted the PHI of nearly 207,000 patients. The breach occurred in 2017, but was not detected by DMS until the end of 2018, when patient files were encrypted.

Sponsor Updates

• AdvancedMD announces that DeepScribe has joined its marketplace as an integration partner.

• Nordic releases an episode of its In Network podcast, “Designing for Health: Interview with Deepti Pandita, MD.”

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News 10/30/23

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Well Health Technologies acquires Seekintoo and Proack Security via the Canadian digital health and primary care company’s Cycura business unit. Seekinto offers cybersecurity operations center support, while Proack provides security assessment services. Seekintoo CEO Paul Morgan will join Cycura as CEO.

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People

Recuro Health names Jason Casten (GeniusRx) CFO.

The American Academy of Family Physicians names Alabama-based Family Medical Clinic of Jackson co-founder Steven Furr, MD president.

Martin Ignatovski, PhD (SimplePractice) joins Lightning Step as CIO.

Announcements and Implementations

Speak Your Mind clinic, set to open in Connecticut in December, will implement CareCloud’s Charts EHR and Concierge RCM software.

Texas Partners Center selects EClinicalWorks EHR, billing, and patient engagement software for ambulatory surgery centers.

Government and Politics

HHS proposes information-blocking penalties for providers. MIPS participants found to be blocking information may receive a zero score in the Promoting Interoperability performance category of MIPS, while MSSP participating providers would have their program eligibility rescinded for at least one year. Comments are due January 2.

Research and Innovation

A study of 1,052 ambulatory physicians over 115 weeks finds a strong association between the use of telemedicine and time spent charting in the EHR during and outside of appointment hours. The study did not find an increase in the use of electronic messaging from patients. The abstract makes no mention of how these findings compare to the amount of time physicians who see patients in office spend performing similar activities in the EHR.

Sponsor Updates

• Nordic releases a new Making Rounds Podcast, “Lab information, at your service.”

Blog Posts

• Securing healthcare data: The critical need for cyber resilience (Nordic)

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