Health tech companies weigh options to stem cash burn as IPO market sags

Healthcare technology companies are delaying initial share sales as public market stocks and valuations plunge across the sector. Where will they turn in the meantime?

By Sydney Halleman • Nov. 21, 2022

Epic ensnared in Texas probe of parental access to teen medical records

The state is at the forefront of an intensifying legal battle over the rights of transgender and non-binary children to gender-affirming healthcare.

By Susan Kelly • Nov. 21, 2022

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Interoperability

Interoperability is a long term-challenge for the healthcare industry, but the Trump administration has big ambitions to improve data sharing and patient access — even though its plans so far have few details.

By Healthcare Dive staff

UnitedHealth-Change deal approval faces appeal from DOJ, states

Antitrust experts said it’s surprising regulators took this long to file an appeal, while UnitedHealth slammed the move as “entirely without merit.”

By Samantha Liss • Nov. 21, 2022

‘Not in la la land’: As digital health funding ebbs, VCs urge startups to be conservative

The explosion of funding during the pandemic was a good thing, but the ongoing market correction is a good thing too as only the best business models will survive, prominent investors argued at HLTH.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Nov. 18, 2022

Cleveland Clinic billing for certain messaging on MyChart

Patient messaging on the portal has doubled since 2019, prompting the system to start billing for those that require more time and expertise.

By Hailey Mensik • Nov. 17, 2022

Google hasn’t given up on personal health records

The tech giant, despite past setbacks, is continuing user testing around a consumer-facing health record. “It’s an ongoing curiosity,” Chief Health Officer Karen DeSalvo told Healthcare Dive at HLTH.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Nov. 16, 2022

Included Health launches new virtual care, navigation product

By January, the new All-Included Health model will be live for six clients representing 700,000 members.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Nov. 15, 2022

General Catalyst adds 10 new health system partners, including UHS

The venture capital firm connects health systems to health tech startups, allowing partner hospitals to develop new technologies in exchange for the startups testing their products on the ground.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Nov. 15, 2022

Amazon launches virtual doctor marketplace in newest healthcare play

The company is doubling down on virtual care with its latest health business: a marketplace allowing customers to choose from a network of telehealth providers for a variety of common medical needs.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Nov. 15, 2022

Google, Epic partnering to allow Epic hospital clients to run EHRs on Google Cloud

Signing a large EHR vendor as a partner allows cloud companies to expand their reach with providers.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Nov. 14, 2022

HHS cybersecurity center warns of new ransomware threat

The ransomware has attacked targets worldwide, including at least one U.S. health group, since it was first identified in mid-August.

By Susan Kelly • Nov. 14, 2022

Google Cloud to launch healthcare data capabilities in bid to improve health equity, patient management

The accelerators, announced this week at the HLTH conference, were developed in tandem with several Google customers, including LifePoint Health and Hackensack Meridian Health.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Nov. 14, 2022

Cigna’s MDLive will add chronic care program to virtual primary care plans

Initially, the program will be available for patients with hypertension, but will expand throughout the year to other common chronic conditions.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Nov. 14, 2022

Slower digital health funding prompts rise in M&A activity: report

Companies are expected to continue to explore tie-ups during an unfavorable fundraising period.

By Hailey Mensik • Nov. 10, 2022

More than the main stage: 5 key panels at HLTH 2022

Major healthcare players will discuss private equity, value-based care, digital health funding and more at the fifth annual HLTH conference next week.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Nov. 10, 2022

5 takeaways from the FDA’s list of AI-enabled medical devices

As the number of devices increases, the agency is looking to adapt its regulatory framework to the new technology, including faster approval of algorithm updates.

By Elise Reuter • Nov. 8, 2022

Senator outlines potential cybersecurity mandates for health systems

Cybersecurity can no longer be treated as a secondary concern and must become incorporated into every organization’s core business model, according to the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

By Susan Kelly • Nov. 7, 2022

Referring and ordering physician monitoring: How to ensure continuous compliance

Best practices for monitoring, referring and ordering physician populations, exposing the gaps and vulnerabilities that could leave you open to risk.

Nov. 7, 2022

Proteomic tests empower precision medicine

Measuring proteins can improve the accuracy of prognostic and diagnostic testing and can help uncover new treatment options for patients.

Nov. 7, 2022

COVID-19 telehealth diagnoses fell in August

There was no change in telehealth use in the Midwest and Northeast in August, but utilization rose 4.7% in the South and fell 1.4% in the West.

By Hailey Mensik • Nov. 3, 2022

After CommonSpirit ransomware attack: Why healthcare M&A is a ‘huge’ cybersecurity risk

The cybersecurity incident comes three years after the health system’s megamerger, which potentially made it vulnerable to an attack, security experts say.

By Samantha Liss • Oct. 27, 2022

Teladoc shares on upswing as it sets up for ‘achievable’ growth

The vendor lowered its fourth-quarter and full-year outlooks on Wednesday. But industry watchers cheered Teladoc for setting up obtainable Q4 growth coming out of pandemic highs.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 27, 2022

After pandemic highs, digital health funding slouches to early 2019 levels

Global digital health funding of $4.6 billion fell 36% from the second quarter to the third quarter this year, according to a new report from CB Insights.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 25, 2022

The future of healthcare is in proteomics

Proteins can shed light on current health status and the likelihood of future severe health events.

By SomaLogic • Oct. 24, 2022

DOJ requests more info on CVS, Signify deal

The second request, which CVS and Signify received on Wednesday, gives regulators another 30 days to review the proposed transaction.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 21, 2022