Jeff Fritz

The time has come to share our new brand with the world - Revel + NovuHealth is now ​Icario​. I’m excited about our mission to make the world a healthier place, one person at a time. Get all the details about our new brand at ​icariohealth.com​.

Congress continues to debate a $900 billion relief bill that would include funds for vaccine distribution and testing and relief for hospitals. bit.ly/34WuOdl

@CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has announced that costs associated with all #FDA authorized #COVID19 vaccines will be fully covered for all members, including members in self-insured plans. bit.ly/37ZEXIg

@CMSGov has issued a final rule that supports the creation of value-based purchasing arrangements for innovative and costly drug therapies between states, drug manufacturers and commercial payers. bit.ly/3nTEo8c

@StJosephsHealth was able to increase annual charges by $40M using Revenue Cycle Management technology. Part of the success was establishing auto-text templates for common procedures, all pre-verified by coders to meet billing requirements. #RCM bit.ly/3rtpJ61

@Highmark has signed a six-year strategic partnership agreement with @GoogleCloud to transform the health experience for patients and caregivers through the development of Highmark Health’s new Living Health Model. bit.ly/3mFZXrk

Dallas-based @TenetHealth has reached a definitive agreement to sell its urgent care business to @FastMedClinics. bit.ly/37DxCxF

@CuraiHQ, a virtual care company using AI to make high-touch, lower-cost primary care available to everyone, has announced $27.5 million in Series B funding led by Morningside Ventures. bit.ly/2WAyDR2

Congress continues to debate a $900 billion relief bill that would include funds for vaccine distribution and testing and relief for hospitals. bit.ly/3nEagxB

Better data, better devices and a better experience will push telehealth to the next stage of its development in 2021. bit.ly/3gVd7Qb

@Cerner announced it will acquire @Kantar Health, a leading data, analytics, and real-world evidence and commercial research consultancy serving the life science and health care industry. bit.ly/3mpRFUy

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The explosion of telehealth is one of the few silver linings to occur in the healthcare industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. People like it. Hospitals like it. And increasingly, investors are liking it too. bit.ly/2JZ1VWR

Some economists and politicians have proposed offering financial incentives, but @nytimes says that risks sending an unintended message. nyti.ms/3gLOpl3

Publicly traded logistics company @ArcBestCorp announced its deal with Doctor On Demand to introduce its virtual-first health plan to its 13,000 employees. bit.ly/2K9w5pR

@WBA_global and @VillageMD are putting their partnership to work by rolling out plans to open 40 new full-service primary care clinics by the end of summer 2021. bit.ly/33S6N6w

What has been uplifting to hear - in a year like no other - is the array of health organizations that have countered the havoc caused by the Coronavirus. Here are some organizations that have inspired us. bit.ly/3lWsicE

Using teletherapy, metrics and matching algorithms, entrepreneurs are focusing on addressing aspects of the mental health care system that they view as broken. nyti.ms/2LgJgpC

@everly_well has announced an oversubscribed Series D financing of $175 million. The company plans to use the funds to expand its virtual care offerings, scale its testing and infrastructure, and drive clinical research through testing. bit.ly/37zKMKK

The @ClevelandClinic's #PopulationHealth team is using algorithms to deal with overwhelming amounts of data necessary to target at-risk and vulnerable populations. bit.ly/2JuHXTi by @HC_Finance