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Apr 13, 2024

Another ransomware group is seeking a payout from Change Healthcare, according to cybersecurity analysts


Mental health tech startup Grow Therapy snags $88M, builds out measurement-based care tech


Massachusetts lawmakers tell FTC, DOJ to take hard stance on Optum-Steward deal


CMS proposes 2.6% bump to inpatient pay in fiscal 2025


Google, Bayer team up to develop new AI products for radiologists - Paige Minemyer

 

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Another ransomware group is seeking a payout from Change Healthcare, according to cybersecurity analysts

A post from RansomHub claims to have four terabytes of data stolen from Change, according to analyst Dominic Alvieri.
 

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Mental health tech startup Grow Therapy snags $88M, builds out measurement-based care tech

Grow Therapy, a mental health technology startup, picked up $88 million in fresh funding to grow its footprint and launch more partnerships with payers.

Massachusetts lawmakers tell FTC, DOJ to take hard stance on Optum-Steward deal

The financial jeopardy of Steward's remaining hospitals can't override the long-term cost and quality harms that would likely follow UnitedHealth Group's acquisition of yet another large physician practice, wrote all 11 of the state's federal legislators in a recent letter to regulators.

CMS proposes 2.6% bump to inpatient pay in fiscal 2025

The Biden administration's hospital pay proposal for fiscal year 2025 came alongside several policy changes and incentives targeting equity, surgical care coordination and hospital preparedness.

Google, Bayer team up to develop new AI products for radiologists

Bayer wants to pair its radiology, healthcare regulator and clinical data handling expertise with Google's tech muscle and ongoing work in generative AI to speed up innovation in medical imaging.

More deal volume, lower check sizes for digital health in Q1, with AI investment leading the pack: Rock Health

In the first quarter, U.S. digital health startups raised $2.7 billion across 133 deals, with an average deal size of $20.6 million, according to an analysis by Rock Health.

J.D. Power: Where payers are falling short in providing a digital consumer experience

Consumers expect a simple and easy digital experience, and health plans have plenty of room to improve on that front, according to a new report.

Kaiser Permanente uses AI to redirect 'simple' patient messages from physician inboxes

Natural language processing algorithms trained to categorize different types of messages helped a support team resolve nearly a third of patient queries without involving the recipient physician.

AMA: 80% of docs have lost revenue amid disruptions from Change Healthcare cyberattack

Most physicians felt the disruption caused by the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, and many were still seeing the effects in early April, more than a month after the hacking was revealed, according to a new survey from the American Medical Association.

AHA urges Department of Labor to 'immediately' investigate MultiPlan

The hospital lobby pointed to a recent New York Times report as evidence that MultiPlan's business helping commercial insurers underpay in exchange for processing fees harms employees, employers and healthcare providers.
 
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