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Fierce Healthcare | March 31, 2016

The federal government will take the next step in expanding its quality improvement organization program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it will launch two projects that focus on supporting and scaling quality improvement innovations. The projects will allow Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organizations to collaborate with healthcare providers and/or partners to compete for 28 two-year special innovation project awards that fall within two topic categor...

Business Wire | March 29, 2016

A three-year study of Humana Inc.’s data-driven wellness and rewards program, HumanaVitality, shows employees engaged with the health incentive program had fewer unscheduled absences, lower overall health claims costs and fewer visits to the hospital and emergency room. The HumanaVitality Impact Study has tracked the productivity as well as the healthcare usage and claims of more than 8,000 Humana employees since the program’s launch in 2011....

MedCity News | January 14, 2020

Digital health companies have caught the eye of prominent corporate VCs. But funding rounds aside, they’ve still struggled to gain traction in a risk-averse industry. Audience members at a panel during J.P. Morgan Healthcare asked, will it take a marriage of the technology and pharmaceutical industries for them to succeed? So many companies today aren’t just life science companies or technology companies. They’re some combination of the two, said Stacy Feld, head of Johns...

MedCity News | January 13, 2020

Healthcare analytics company Arcadia raised $29.5 million in new funding. The growth capital round was led by Cigna Ventures, with participation from past investors. Burlington, Massachusetts-based Arcadia integrates with more than 40 different electronic health record companies. It aggregates and analyzes records data to help hospitals and accountable care organizations meet metrics for value-based care. The company also develops tools to identify gaps in patient care and find ways to improve o...