Mergers & Acquisitions

This week's top stories include Verily beefing up its clinical trial platform, President Biden pushing for lower drug prices in his $3.5 trillion budget proposal, and the launch of the Teleprimary Care Certificate program.

This week's top stories include the pandemic exposing vulnerabilities in the digital ecosystem, and the CMS expecting Medicare Part D average premiums to increase nearly 5% in 2022.

The ongoing wave of mergers and acquisitions makes sense for startups and their VC backers. What does it mean for CIOs at their health system customers?

Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. For digital health startups to succeed in this space, they must get three factors right: cost, scale and quality.

Monthly Update: HIMSS Media's Jonah Comstock recaps some of June's top healthcare stories, including event news, upcoming wearables and controversy surrounding the UnitedHealth Group.

Monthly Update: HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock recaps some of the biggest trends and stories from April, including insurtech news, Fitbit studies and telehealth being called into question.

This week's top stories include the Patient ID Now coalition releasing a framework for protecting patient information, President Biden sharing his goal to lower ACA premiums, and Accolade moving into the telemedicine space.

This week's top stories include a House bill that would expand virtual care access beyond the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, DarioHealth acquiring Upright, and the AHA asking CMS to withdraw the most favored nation model interim final rule.

Athenahealth SVP and Chief Product Officer Paul Brient predicts telehealth visits will even out, IPOs will continue and venture eyes will remain on digital health in 2021.

By connecting provider and payer access points, the deal aims to make care more available, boost care coordination and improve online patient experience, says Kyruus CEO Graham Gardner.