MedCepts Medical Sales & Marketing Network - Medical Devices / Pharmaceuticals

HITInfrastructure | April 08, 2020

Cloud communication company Vonage returning higher demand for its video application program interface (API) as telemedicine companies leverage the technology to facilitate virtual visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. While video conferencing has been in the headlines of late, the growth in video-based applications is even more important. In particular, video-based applications are powering essential telehealth services during this public health crisis,” Alan Masarek, Vonage CEO, said in t...

Milliman | June 11, 2020

Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, announced the acquisition of health technology startup healthIO, and the launch of Milliman healthIO, an innovative combination of Milliman's predictive health analytics and healthIO's preventive health technology. This product offering aims to make healthcare preventive, predictive and participative. It focuses on the healthcare consumer and their health advocacy group, to acquire longitudinal data on the consumer during th...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) | April 24, 2020

The Trump administration has laid out a plan for how to disperse the remaining $70 billion to providers struggling financially due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allocated $30 billion to providers out of a $100 billion pot passed in an economic stimulus package by Congress a few weeks ago. HHS Secretary Alex Azar said on a call with reporters on Wednesday the agency will distribute money for skilled nursing facilities and providers ...

PR Newswire | July 30, 2020

SOC Telemed ("SOC"), one of the largest national providers of acute care telemedicine, and Healthcare Merger Corp. ("HCMC") (NASDAQ: HCCO), a special purpose acquisition company, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination. The combined company will operate as SOC Telemed and will be listed on the Nasdaq. The transaction implies an initial enterprise value for SOC of approximately $720 million. SOC is a leading provider of acu...