Health Tech Coverage - MedCity News (2024)

Health Tech,Payers

Fair Square Medicare Unveils Generative AI Platform for Medicare Organizations

Fair Square Medicare launched a new generative AI platform called Vox. It's meant to be used by Medicare carriers and brokerages and has three main features: AI voice agents, generative AI-driven insights and AI-powered coaching.

Health Tech

When Foes Become Friends: Abbott Teams Up With Medtronic

Abbott and Medtronic — typically regarded as competitors — have recently joined forces. The two companies teamed up to collaborate on a continuous glucose monitoring system that combines Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre technology with Medtronic’s automated insulin delivery system.

Health IT

Best Practices in Achieving Revenue Cycle Excellence

Discover the best practices in revenue cycle management to enhance financial health and streamline administrative processes in healthcare.

StartUPDATES: New Developments from Healthcare Startups

Check out news from Alpha Sophia, MD Ally, Guardoc Health, and more.

Health Tech,Payers

Good Measures, Point32Health Launch Food as Medicine Partnership

Through a new partnership with Good Measures, some Point32Health members have gained access to nutrition counseling, food tracking and other services.

Consumer / Employer,Providers,Pharmacy

What Will the Future of Retail Health Look Like?

Retailers aren’t giving up on healthcare — but they are trying to be more strategic in their efforts to disrupt the space. As these companies re-strategize, experts think they need to center their efforts on building trust and fostering long-term patient engagement.

Hospitals,Providers

Health Systems Are Still Missing Payments Because of the Change Healthcare Cyberattack

Six months after Change Healthcare suffered its cyberattack, some health systems are still missing payments for patient encounters from February, according to a new report. It showed that small hospitals are still missing about 3-5% of expected net revenue for patient encounters from February.

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5 Health Reasons to Ditch Concrete Jungles for Countryside

In an increasingly urbanized world, the allure of countryside living is growing stronger, especially when it comes to health and well-being.

HospitalsHealth Tech,

Last week, McLaren Health Care fell victim to its second major cyberattack in less than a year. The Michigan-based health system has been working to restore its IT and phone systems over the past week, but some of these systems still remain down.

Health Tech

Modern Health Boosts AI Capabilities by Acquiring Anvil Health’s Tech

Modern Health has acquired Anvil Health's AI technology. It has also hired Anvil's co-founder, Paul Clark, as head of AI strategy.

Events

INVEST Digital Health Pitch Perfect Judge Shares Healthcare Startup Investment Insights

Dan Easton, Unorthodox Ventures Principal, is one of the judges for the INVEST Pitch Perfect startup contest, which will focus on pediatric mental health. In response to emailed questions, Easton shared the firm's approach to healthcare startups.

Sponsored Post

What’s Keeping Healthcare CIOs Up at Night: How to Improve Patient Satisfaction by Handling Calls More Efficiently

Health systems have spent billions on portals while investments in modernizing the voice channel — the dominant preference of healthcare consumers — have taken a backseat.

Sponsored Post

What Healthcare Can Learn from Costco

The path forward is clear: employers must evaluate their health plan the same way they do their Saturday shopping excursion.

Startups,Health TechPayers,

This New Venture Firm Thinks Payers Will Be the Ones to Drive Change in the Healthcare Industry

Create Health Ventures announced the close of its inaugural $21 million fund, which is focused on technology for payers. This is because payers are “the lynchpin” for the types of change that the fund wants to see, such as better care access and improved population health outcomes, Managing Partner Amit Aysola said.

Health Tech,Artificial Intelligence,Providers

How Often Do LLMs Hallucinate When Producing Medical Summaries?

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst released a paper this week showing that large language models tend to hallucinate quite a bit when producing medical summaries.

Health Tech

Study: LLMs Identify Mental Health Crises with Accuracy Comparable to Clinicians

OpenAI’s GPT-4 was able to identify suicidal ideation with similar accuracy to clinicians, but in a much shorter amount of time, a new study from Brightside Health found.

Health Tech

Eleanor Health, Thriveworks Launch Partnership To Support Patients With SUD

Through a new partnership, Eleanor Health’s patients can access Thriveworks’ therapists for additional mental health support beyond their substance-use disorder, including couples and family counseling. Likewise, Thriveworks’ patients in Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Washington can receive substance-use disorder treatment from Eleanor Health.

eBook

A Snapshot of MedCity’s INVEST Conferences

This latest eBook highlights the content of our conferences -- INVEST in Chicago and INVEST Digital Health in Dallas. It spotlights talks such as Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development funding, investor perspectives on AI, women’s health, health tech implementation, medtech trends, cybersecurity, and drug development innovation. They also spotlight winners from our startup pitch contest Pitch Perfect.