Regulated mobile health applications are called digital health applications (“DiGA”) in Germany. To qualify for reimbursement by statutory health insurance companies, DiGA have to prove positive care effects in scientific studies. Since the empirical…
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Noah Nasser, CEO, datma
The healthcare industry is a wellspring of data, from electronic health records to data from wearables, health insurance claims, and a multitude of real-world data (RWD) points. While RWD has been…
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As many patients with traditional health insurance do in the US, I scheduled some additional medical appointments for the fall and early winter once I realized that I had met my insurance deductible. One…
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The Department of Health and Human Services has filed proposed modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 security rule to strengthen the cybersecurity of electronic protected health information with the…
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Charlie Byrge, Senior Vice President of Tendo
Surprise medical bills can be a major headache for anyone, but they can be annoyingly common for those with high-deductible health insurance plans (HDHPs). In fact, half of…
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Michael Drescher, VP of Payer Strategy at Xsolis
The exasperation among doctors frustrated by prior authorization battles with health insurance providers is not unique. Prior authorization frustrates everyone in the healthcare industry — to say nothing…
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HLTH 2024 at the Venetian Expo Center in Las Vegas on October 20 to 23 will spotlight a variety of startups that want to improve care coordination for providers, detect diseases earlier, improve the…
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Nirvana’s platform sheds light into the opaque world of healthcare benefits. By leveraging AI, Nirvana provides instant verification of insurance and highly accurate cost estimates to providers and their patients. As a result, Nirvana…
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Tasked with reducing healthcare costs while improving patient outcomes and experience, many health insurance providers are mobilizing an array of add-on solutions — each one focused on filling a gap or addressing a specific…
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AI health assessment platform Ada Health has announced a three-year extension to its partnership with French health services management company, Santéclair.
The partnership with Ada Health allows Santéclair’s 10 million members to continue using Ada’s…
