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As independent and research labs quickly pivoted to build COVID-19 testing capacity, established purchasing and EHR workflows prevented providers from utilizing them

Katie Thomas The New York Times Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 22, 2020May 22, 2020Categories Commercial Labs, COVID-19, Research Go Deeper
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Survey says 50% of primary care doctors report no income from virtual visits in the last 4 weeks, with 13% predicting practice closure due to finances within the next month

Jeff Lagasse Healthcare Finance Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Primary Care, COVID-19
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OptumHealth acquires post-acute care management platform naviHealth for undisclosed sum; naviHealth to continue operating as a standalone entity

Dave Muoio Mobihealthnews Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Data & AnalyticsTags Optum, UnitedHealth
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Mount Sinai will use $860K FCC telehealth CARES grant to develop a mobile app for patients to report on outcomes

Katie Adams Becker's Hospital Review Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Telehealth, Home Health Care, HospitalsTags Mount Sinai Go Deeper
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Google is helping medical professionals find free & discounted hotel rooms with a new filter on Google Maps

Heather Landi Fierce Healthcare Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Big TechTags Google Go Deeper
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Fitbit launches COVID-19 study; Attempting to use Fitbit data to detect coronavirus infection before onset of symptoms

Darrell Etherington TechCrunch Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories COVID-19, Big Tech, Digital HealthTags Fitbit Go Deeper
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MGMA report shows physician compensation has risen 5-9% over the last 5 years; Projecting compensation to suffer as a result of pandemic

Heather Landi Heather Landi Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Primary Care, Hospitals
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Nautilus launches from stealth with $76M Series B; Building a technology platform to make it easy for researchers to map proteins

Jason Mast Endpoints Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Startups, ResearchTags Nautlius Go Deeper
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Centene waives telehealth cost-sharing for Medicare Advantage members through end of 2020

Jackie Drees Becker's Hospital Review Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Insurance, COVID-19, Medicare Advantage Go Deeper
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Stericycle predicts a surge in medical device recalls starting in Q3 as FDA Emergency Use Authorizations and enforcement-discretion end

Alia Paavola Becker's Hospital Review Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Medical Devices, FDATags Stericycle
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Mindstrong raises $100M Series C; Building a digital mental health platform for text and video-based therapy, catering to patients with serious mental illnesses

Jonathan Shieber TechCrunch Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Mental Health, Startups, TelehealthTags Mindstrong Go Deeper
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Outpatient visit numbers are starting to rebound from April lows, but still 30% lower than pre-pandemic volumes; Rebound happening across all specialties, with telehealth visits declining slightly

Ateev Mehrotra, Michael Chernew, David Linetsky, Hilary Hatch, David Cutler Commonwealth Fund Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Uncategorized Go Deeper
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Telehealth startup Abridge is using NLP to automatically offer transcribed visit notes to patients and providers; UPMC currently offering service to patients

Mike Miliard Healthcare IT News Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Telehealth, Artificial Intelligence, StartupsTags Abridge, UPMC
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CVS and Express Scripts use secretive private companies with high fees to run their drug copay maximizer programs

Adam Fein Drug Channels Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Pharma, PBMTags CVS, Express Scrips
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BARDA gives $1B to AstraZeneca to develop coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University; No trials on the vaccine are complete, and AZ is promising 1 billion doses with delivery starting in September

Vicky McKeever CNBC Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories COVID-19, PharmaTags AstraZeneca Go Deeper
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Hims & Hers add Spanish language primary care physicians to telehealth service; Targeting 15.1% of American Hispanics living without insurance coverage, offering $39 visits

Jonathan Shieber TechCrunch Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020Categories Telehealth, Primary CareTags Hims Go Deeper
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More insurers are discounting 2020 premiums as a way of getting ahead of predicted large MLR rebates in 2021; Including for profit and non-profit plans

Shelby Livingston Modern Healthcare Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Insurance, COVID-19
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Cigna adds Talkspace to list of covered telehealth offerings; 14M members with employer-sponsored insurance now have access to the mental health app

Bruce Japsen Forbes Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Mental Health, Insurance, TelehealthTags Cigna, Talkspace Go Deeper
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Veterans Affairs to use Palantir's Gotham software, best known for law enforcement applications, to track and analyze COVID-19 outbreaks and coordinate supply chains

Taylor Hatmaker TechCrunch Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Data & Analytics, Veterans AffairsTags Palantir Go Deeper
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Apple and Google make exposure notification API available; 22 countries and multiple states that requested access will now be able to release apps that access the API

Darrell Etherington Darrell Etherington Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Big Tech, COVID-19, Public Health Go Deeper
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Mount Sinai Health System researchers publish study showing AI was able to detect COVID-19 in 17 of 25 lung CT scans that presented as normal

Kat Jercich Healthcare IT News Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Research, Artificial Intelligence, COVID-19Tags Mount Sinai
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SmileDirectClub sues NBC for $2.85B, claiming inaccurate and defamatory reporting and an NBC Nightly News segment featuring customer complaints led to a $950M drop in market cap

Benjamin Mullin The Wall Street Journal Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Dental Go Deeper
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CRISPR pioneer Mammoth Biosciences cuts commercialization deal with GlaxoSmithKline to develop and market CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostics

Christine Hall Crunchbase News Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Biotech, COVID-19, Pharma, StartupsTags GlaxoSmithKline, Mammoth Biosciences
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FCC has approved telehealth infrastructure grants amounting to $33M across 89 providers, but has only actually distributed funds to one provider

Rebecca Pifer Healthcare Dive Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Telehealth, Government
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American Well raises $194M as it struggles to keep up with telehealth demand

Christina Farr CNBC Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Telehealth, StartupsTags American Well
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Examining how private equity has bought its way into American dermatology, and the deleterious effects their motivations and influence are having on healthcare

Heather Perlberg Bloomberg Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Dermatology
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Analysis: How medical supply chains work, and how federal response to supply chain troubles in times of pandemic can be improved

Anand Devaiah, Michael Wijaranakula, Chinmay Kommuru, Rena M. Conti Health Affairs Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Supply Chain, COVID-19, Government
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Experts say Moderna hasn't released enough information to properly assess early COVID-19 vaccine trial results

Helen Branswell STAT Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Biotech, COVID-19, PharmaTags Moderna
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iFixIt, which offers repair guides for electronics, has turned focus for the past two months to creating a free database of 13,000+ manuals and repair guides for clinical and research medical devices

Brian Heater TechCrunch Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Medical Devices
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Big Sky Health raises $8M Series A; Building health-focused mobile apps that help people do intermittent fasting, meditate, track alcohol consumption

Connie Loizos TechCrunch Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories StartupsTags Big Sky Health
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Tava Health raises $3M seed; Building a mental telehealth service by directly employing therapists and offering their services to employers

Art Raymond Deseret News Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Mental Health, Startups, TelehealthTags Tava Health
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Rhode Island hires Infosys to create COVID-19 contact tracing app; "CRUSH COVID RI" app uses location tracking to create a location diary for each user

Release Infosys Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories COVID-19, Public HealthTags Infosys
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Omada Health raises $57M, uses $30M of it to acquire Physera, a startup focused on virtual physical therapy

Christina Farr CNBC Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Digital Health, TelehealthTags Omada Health
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Lab test volumes are slowly recovering to normal levels, with some labs seeing higher than normal volume due to COVID-19 testing

Adam Bonislawski 360Dx Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Commercial Labs, COVID-19
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Major employer groups ask congress to subsidize 90-100% of COBRA premiums for laid off workers, provide direct relief funds to primary care practices, and prevent mergers by practices accepting CARES Act relief funding

Shelby Livingston Modern Healthcare Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Employer Benefits, Insurance, Primary Care
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ChromaCode raises $10M Series C extension; Continuing work on technology to improve efficiency and throughput of PCR testing, which includes COVID-19 testing applications

Release ChromaCode Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Startups, Commercial LabsTags ChromaCode
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Microsoft launches 'Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare': A suite of cloud tools, including a FHIR server, specifically geared for medical use

Seth Colaner Venture Beat Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Big Tech, Data & Analytics, Health ITTags Microsoft
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Kaiser Permanente now including subscription meditation app Calm as a free member benefit, a $70/year value; Kaiser has been using Calm clinically for two years

Ari Levy CNBC Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Mental Health, Insurance, StartupsTags Calm, Kaiser Permanente
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FDA partners with Aetion to launch real-world evidence study for COVID-19 diagnostics and treatments

Matthew Herper STAT Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories FDA, COVID-19, ResearchTags Aetion
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Ro launches high-end prescription dermatology product line; Sold through both Rory and Roman brands, and offered as subscriptions starting at $25/month

Laura Lovett Mobihealthnews Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 20, 2020Categories Telehealth, StartupsTags Ro
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Amazon starts offering Amazon Care to Seattle-based warehouse workers; Telemedicine services were previously only available to Seattle-based Amazon office workers

Christina Farr CNBC Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Big TechTags Amazon
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Gilead donates additional 300k remdesivir doses to federal government, enough to treat 30 - 55k more patients

Eric Boodman STAT Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Biotech, COVID-19, PharmaTags Gilead
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Experts opine on how COVID-19 could change U.S. healthcare industry, including telemedicine, employer-sponsored insurance, nursing homes, drug pricing, scope of practice

Lev Facher STAT Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories COVID-19, Digital Health, Employer Benefits, Nursing Homes/SNF, Pharma, Primary Care, Public Health
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Amazon Web Services has enhanced accuracy of its Amazon Transcribe Medical speech-to-text service for COVID-19 related terms

Jasmine Pennic HIT Consultant Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Big Tech, Artificial Intelligence, EHRTags Amazon Web Services
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CMS says nursing homes should stay closed to visitors until they have no new COVID-19 cases for 28 days and should test workers weekly

Bruce Japsen Forbes Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories CMS, COVID-19, Nursing Homes/SNF
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Verily launches COVID-19 antibody study to examine immune response; Partnering with Rite Aid for sample collection, and offering tests to anyone who previously received a swab test via Verily

Elise Reuter MedCityNews Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories COVID-19, Big Tech, Commercial LabsTags Alphabet, Rite Aid, Verily
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MIT researchers are developing a protein-based paper test for COVID-19; Intended to allow PPE-free sample collection, be field stable, and deliver results in 10 minutes

Dean Koh Mobihealthnews Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories COVID-19, ResearchTags MIT
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COVID-19 has exposed how the pharmaceutical market model fails to incentivize infectious disease drugs as demand is unpredictable and generally led by the poor

Tahir Amin, Rohit Malpani STAT Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Pharma, Biotech, COVID-19
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Google is testing a new simplified Nest Hub Max device interface in nursing homes

Brian Heater TechCrunch Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 18, 2020May 18, 2020Categories Big Tech, Nursing Homes/SNFTags Google
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A brief, non-technical explainer on how the FHIR standard works and makes it easier to get patient health data

Dave deBronkart e-Patient Dave Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 18, 2020May 18, 2020Categories Health IT
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