The American Hospital Association wrote a letter to the federal goverment speaking favor of hospital mergers—we explore the tug of war between hospitals and consumer interests around hospital M&As.

New data reveals telehealth users would have gone to the emergency department if virtual care wasn’t an option—meaning hospitals well-equipped up with virtual care could avoid flooding beyond capacity in the next COVID-19 wave.

On the back of Cerner’s Q2 rosy revenue reporting, we unpack how it can win the market share tug-of-war with Epic over the next few years with its more affordable options for small hospitals.

Only 9% of patients know the CMS is requiring hospitals to post the costs of their procedures online, and most hospitals aren’t abiding. We unpack why noncompliance is a more financially beneficial route for most hospitals right now.

On the back of Babylon’s SPAC merger announcement, we unpack why it makes sense for a digital health company with a murky security track record to use the SPAC route to the public market vs a traditional IPO.

Digital billing platform snapped up rival OODA Health for $450M—tech like this could not only help patients improve financial literacy, but also help hospitals better comply with CMS’ price transparency mandates.

Olive and health system TriHealth are partnering to automate revenue cycle management—which can save hospitals a ton of money in denied claims, but AI RCM vendors are also focusing on digital billing to recoup hospital revenue.

The CMS may repeal a long-awaited hospital price transparency rule it just enforced, much to hospitals’ liking—here’s how digital health solutions could disrupt the healthcare payments space and address this contentious issue.

How many rural hospitals shuttered in 2020?

This report explains the rise of tech-focused SDOH initiatives among US health insurers and hospitals, unpacks how these entities’ heavier focus on SDOH has ushered in opportunities for digital health vendors and tech companies operating at the periphery of healthcare to help address nonclinical health gaps, and lays out the factors driving the prioritization of SDOH and inhibiting these efforts’ growth.

Voice-activated technology is in the early stages of development, but it has the potential to change the way healthcare brands, providers and patients interact—eventually making the healthcare system more efficient and effective.