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News 5/26/21
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Population health management company P3 Health Partners will become a publicly traded company via an acquisition by SPAC Foresight Acquisition Corp. The new company will retain the P3 brand. Former OptumRx CEO Mark Thierer will serve as chairman.
Webinars
June 3 (Thursday) 2 ET: “Diagnosing the Cures Act – Practical Prescriptions for Your Success.” Sponsor: Secure Exchange Solutions. Presenters: William E. Golden, MD, MACP, medical director, Arkansas Medicaid; Anne Santifer, executive director, Arkansas Department of Health – Office of Health Information Technology; Kyle Meadors, principal, Chart Lux Consulting. A panel of leading experts will provide practical guidance on how to prepare for the Cures Act. Will it upend your business model? What is information blocking? How can standardized technologies be applied to meet Cures Act requirements? What must I do now as well as in the next five years?
Previous webinars are on our YouTube channel. Contact Lorre to present your own.
Announcements and Implementations
The Asian American Health Coalition’s Hope Clinic (TX) will offer pregnant patients the Babyscripts MyJourney educational and reminder app and remote BP monitoring.
Virtual care infrastructure company Truepill launches primary care services. It also provides online prescription and in-home diagnostics services for digital health and wellness companies like Hims, Hers, and Nurx.
PT Wired adds BetterPT’s scheduling capabilities to its white-label home exercise program apps, giving patients the ability to schedule appointments within their PT clinic’s branded app.
Government and Politics
The Senate confirms Chiquita Brooks-LaSure (Manatt, Phelps & Phillips) as CMS administrator.
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