Building trust and collaboration between payers and providers is crucial for managing healthcare costs and providing a better patient experience. During the K2 Collaborative Summit, a keynote panel provided key insights on building effective…
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Boulder Care, a virtual provider for substance use disorder, has raised $35 million in Series C funding, the company announced Wednesday.
Portland, Oregon-based Boulder Care works with payers — primarily Medicaid — in value-based contracts…
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The K2 Collaborative and its related summit each year bring positive examples of payer and provider collaboration to the forefront. These stories show what is possible in payer-provider relationships. Micky Tripathi, the national coordinator…
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If executed well, value-based care models are supposed to yield better health outcomes, reduced costs and improved satisfaction for both patients and clinicians.
As the healthcare industry slowly moves toward value-based care, healthcare companies are…
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More than half of U.S. adults have a diet-related chronic disease, and many struggle to access support. Fay, a nutrition counseling startup, emerged from stealth last week with $25 million in funding and aims…
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Transportation company Uber Health unveiled a new solution on Wednesday that supports caregivers.
San Francisco-based Uber Health offers non-emergency medical transportation, grocery delivery and prescription delivery. The new solution, which was announced at the company’s…
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Healthcare providers’ failure to properly coordinate care often leads to the duplication of tests and services, medication errors, delayed or missed diagnoses, and patient confusion and frustration — and this uncoordinated care ends up…
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Aeroflow Health, a health tech company, has expanded its lactation consultation services to Virginia Medicaid, it announced Thursday.
Asheville, North Carolina-based Aeroflow Health was founded in 2001 and offers an array of medical devices covered…
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Wave, a mental health startup, is now an in-network provider for Aetna members in California, the company shared with MedCity News exclusively. Aetna is Wave’s first payer customer, though the company also works with…
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Russ Thomas, JD is CEO of Availity of Jacksonville, FL.
Tell me about yourself and the company.
Availity connects health plans and providers for their critical business workflows. Most people would call that a clearinghouse,…
