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Indian SaveIN Debuts ‘Care Now, Pay Later’ Healthcare Service 
December 28, 2021

Indian FinTech company SaveIN has launched a paperless buy now, pay later product called Care Now, Pay Later that will break healthcare expenses into more affordable payments.  SaveIN has collaborated with more than 100 healthcare providers in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida to work on dental,...

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Magellan Starting Digital Emotional Wellness Services
December 28, 2021

Managed healthcare firm Magellan Healthcare announced on Tuesday (Dec. 28) that it’s rolling out a digital emotional wellbeing program that will help members improve their overall health and wellbeing, manage stress and build resilience — all in a confidential setting. Magellan members with emotional concerns...

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Digital Health Tech, Seeks Industry Comment By March 2022
December 27, 2021

In a nod to the potential of connected digital devices like data-collecting wearables to improve medical studies while protecting consumers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new draft guidance for companies creating health monitoring hardware and software ahead of new rulemaking. The U.S....

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Goldman: COVID Surge Could Reduce 2022 Demand for Elective Medical Procedures
December 26, 2021

With the pandemic ongoing, Goldman Sachs analysts are saying that the recovery in hospital procedure volumes and rebound in MedTech procedures could be delayed, a report says. There could be at least one more COVID-19 wave following Omicron, the analysis says. And despite the lack...

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UK’s DeHealth to Create a 3D Healthcare Metaverse
December 22, 2021

British nonprofit DeHealth is looking into making a “decentralized metaverse” to allow doctors and patients to interact in another “new world,” a Wednesday (Dec. 22) press release says. The release says doctors and patients will be able to work and earn virtual assets by selling...

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COVID-19 Telehealth Program Gets $4.3M in Federal Funding
December 22, 2021

U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced Wednesday (Dec. 22) that $4.3 million in federal funding will go toward numerous Illinois healthcare providers as part of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. The program builds on the 2020 CARES Act, and the funding was...

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Natural Language Processing (NLP) Unlocking Unstructured Patient Data for Better Outcomes and Costs
December 21, 2021

The concept of value-based care where data is dynamic, patients are encouraged to proactively manage chronic conditions, and physicians are reimbursed on outcomes rather than total tests and procedures performed is seeing renewed interest during COVID’s remaking of healthcare. New evidence of the trend was...

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HealthTech Firm Edifecs to Buy Risk Adjuster Health Fidelity
December 21, 2021

Edifecs, a health information tech solutions company, has bought risk adjustment solution provider Health Fidelity, a press release says. The company also recently bought Talix, a risk adjustment solution provider itself. Edifecs plans to implement Health Fidelity and Talix into its signature Encounter Management solution,...

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Aging in Place Movement Gaining More Support From Connected Healthcare Firms
December 20, 2021

With aging in place attracting more attention during the pandemic, maintaining human connections and supporting other social determinants of health is now moving to the fore in eldercare, with connected healthcare companies taking the lead on those efforts. A new example is managed healthcare firm...