...Schedule II–V controlled medications via audio-video telemedicine encounters, including Schedule III–V narcotic controlled medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for maintenance and withdrawal management treatment of opioid use disorder. ATA release HealthcareDive 4 April ATA is also resuming an in-person spring conference, Nexus 2024, 5-7 May, at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona. It will have 300 speakers on 30+ topics. The meeting is being pitched to primarily care delivery and provider organizations. An overview of the conference is in the ATA release. More content information here (PDF link). Online registration (attendee and exhibitor) or email AmericanTelemedicine@xpressreg.net... Continue Reading
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Mid-week news roundup: US offers $10M for BlackCat/ALPHV info; most Change systems still down; Risant closes Geisinger buy; SureScripts exploring sale; DarioHealth 2023 revenue -23%; Amazon Pharmacy same-day delivery NYC and LA
...Scripts, with two trade groups, the National Association of Community Pharmacies and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, owning the other 50%. It isn’t disclosed in the Business Insider ‘reveal’ what group(s) is interested in selling all or part of its ownership. Since Surescripts holds 95% of the e-prescribing market, any buyer or investor would need be mega flush to buy into it. DarioHealth didn’t have a great 2023. Net revenue was down 23% versus 2022: $20.4 million to the prior year’s $27.7 million. The chronic condition management company managed to narrow its 2023 net loss of $59.4 million... Continue Reading
TTA’s Easter Blooms, Booms: Walgreens writes down VillageMD, major metastudy critical of diabetes digital health, funding sprouts, stormy weather for UnitedHealth, Oracle Cerner/VA, more!
...through like daffodils–though the structure of one (Dario-Twill) is puzzling and another may be contested (R1 RCM). And Veradigm finally delists–while buying ScienceIO. BlackCat is back, claims theft of 6TB of Change Healthcare data (Latest breaking news) Breaking: VillageMD exiting Illinois clinics–in its home state–as closures top 80 locations (Something not good in the Village) Short takes on a springlike ‘defrosting’: Redi Health’s $14M Series B, Dario Health buys Twill for ~$30M (About time for a Spring thaw) Roundup: Walgreens’ new chief legal officer; Digital Health Collaborative launched; fundings/M&A defrosting for b.well, R1 RCM, Abridge, Reveleer; Veradigm likely delists, buys... Continue Reading
Facing Future 2: Walgreens writes down $5.8B for VillageMD in Q2, lowers 2024 earnings on ‘challenging’ retail outlook
Walgreens unsparing in FY 2024 Q2 results, affected by VillageMD closures, weak retail, and inflation. In a financial report released Thursday, remarkably devoid of happy talk, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) presented a ‘picture adjustment’ that wrote down VillageMD’s losses even while locations are being closed. WBA also factored in for full year 2024 the ‘challenging retail environment in the US’ as well as the blurry picture of the US Healthcare division that includes VillageMD, Summit Health/CityMD, Shields Health Solutions (pharmacy), and CareCentrix (home care). For WBA in total, the first six months of their fiscal year, through 29 February 2024,... Continue Reading
Short takes: PocketHealth, Brightside fundings; VA OIG reports hit Oracle Cerner; Change cyberattack/legal updates; UHG-Amedisys reviewed in Oregon; Optum to buy Steward Health practices
...but it has not closed. UHG’s plan is to merge it into Optum’s home health providers Contessa Health and LHG Group, creating a home health juggernaut. As noted earlier this month when DOJ announced a further antitrust probe of UHG around the UnitedHealth plan relationships with Optum services, “DOJ has a long memory, a Paul Bunyan-sized ax to grind, and doesn’t like losing. One wonders if now UHG has buyer’s remorse after fighting for two years to buy Change.” (And winning versus DOJ!) Fierce Healthcare Yet UHG goes on buying providers, DOJ scrutiny or not. Optum is bidding for Steward... Continue Reading
TTA’s Finally Spring: DOJ sues Apple on monopoly, ’23 breached records up 187%, funding’s back and AI’s got it, Walgreens shrinkage, more!
...on health ed with Healthwise buy, Centene may sell abandoned HQ building. And Friday’s news is on a big cyberattack of an NHS Scotland region. Weekend roundup: NHS Dumfries (Scotland) cyberattacked; delisted Veradigm’s strong financials; One Medical NY patients’ coverage clash; Suki voice AI integrates with Amwell; Legrand and Possum extended; Zephyr AI’s $111M Series A News roundup: Cerner goes live at VA, DOD Lovell Center; WebMD expands education with Healthwise buy; Dexcom has FDA OK for OTC glucose sensor; Centene may have buyer for abandoned Charlotte HQ (Back to normal news!) Updates on Change cyberattack: UHG’s timeline for system... Continue Reading
Mid-week roundup: UK startup Anima gains $12M, Hippocratic AI $53M, Assort Health $3.5M; Abridge partners with NVIDIA; VillageMD sells 11 Rhode Island clinics; $60 for that medical record on the dark web
It may be a little chilly out, but it feels like Springtime For Early Round Funding and Big Partnerships. Anima, a London-based startup fresh out of Y Combinator, now has a $12 million Series A raise. It was led by Molten Ventures, with participation from existing investors Hummingbird Ventures, Amino Collective and Y Combinator. Its platform combines online consultation with productivity tools for integrated care enablement in one dashboard for primary care. Their founders position it as a single source for patient truth across care settings, avoiding missed diagnoses. As of today, Anima is deployed in over 200 NHS clinics... Continue Reading
News roundup: Cerner goes live at VA, DOD Lovell Center; WebMD expands education with Healthwise buy; Dexcom has FDA OK for OTC glucose sensor; Centene may have buyer for abandoned Charlotte HQ
...fixes are in effect in the five VA locations with Millenium, Genesis at Lovell will not have them yet. Lovell FHCC is located in north Chicago, has a combined DOD/VA staff of 3,200, and serves 75,000 patients per year: 25,000 veterans, over 10,000 TRICARE enrollees, and 30,000 Navy recruits from Great Lakes with a 300-bed main facility and clinics in the Chicago area. Federal News Network WebMD buys health education developer Healthwise. The company’s patient education assets including content and technology that integrate into care management platforms for both health systems and payers will become part of WebMD Ignite, which... Continue Reading
Updates on Change cyberattack: UHG’s timeline for system restorations, key updates around claims and payments in next weeks (updated)
As of 8 March-updated 14 March UnitedHealth Group released a timeline on restoring Change Healthcare systems. Prescribing is currently back online, with payments not up until next Friday and the claims network starting testing and brought up through the week of 18 March. Highlights below are from the release. Details in 7 March press release. Electronic prescribing is now fully functional with claim submission and payment transmission available as of 7 March. At the end of the release, there is additional information applicable to pharmacy claims and payments, as well as Optum Rx PBM. Update: UHG announced on 13 March... Continue Reading
Reality Bites Again: UHG being probed by DOJ on antitrust, One Medical layoffs “not related” to Amazon, the psychological effects of cyberattacks
When It Rains, It Really Pours for UnitedHealth Group. On the heels of their Optum/Change Healthcare ransomware disaster are recent reports that the US Department of Justice is investigating UHG over multiple antitrust concerns. According to the Wall Street Journal, DOJ is examining certain relationships between the company’s UnitedHealthcare insurance unit and its Optum services unit, specifically around Optum’s ownership of physician groups. UHG has been aggressively buying and buying interests in practice groups for several years, announcing quite publicly that their goal was to own or control 5% of US physicians. In 2022 and 2023, they bought CareMount, Kelsey-Seybold,... Continue Reading
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