HealthEC Helps ACO Partners Generate $21.4 Million in Medicare Shared Savings for 2017 Performance Year HealthEC (@HEALTHEC_LLC), a KLAS-recognized end-to-end provider of Population Health Management (PHM) solutions, announced that the firm helped all of its Accountable Care Organization (ACO) clients achieve $21.4 million in Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) savings, and receive reimbursements totaling more than $9.5 million for the…

Alpha II to Provide Claim Scrubbing and Medical Necessity Services to UAE-Based Manteq Alpha II, LLC (@Alpha_II), a developer of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that support healthcare reimbursement, announced its relationship with Manteq Systems & Information Technology, LLC in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Through the terms of the agreement, Alpha II will integrate ClaimStaker™ web-based, claim scrubbing and medical necessity solution…

Spok Authorizes News $10 Million Stock Repurchase Program Spok Holdings, Inc. (@spoktweets),  a healthcare communications company, announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $10 million of the Company’s common stock on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The new program is expected to be funded from Spok’s cash on hand and is…

GlobalHealth Partners with Synzi for Virtual Member Engagement and Case Manager Training Synzi (@SynziCare), a virtual care company, has announced that GlobalHealth, an Oklahoma-based health maintenance organization, has selected its virtual care communication platform to remotely connect members to their case managers, before hospital discharge, to increase engagement and enable more seamless transitions. The platform will also be used for…

Exit in Athenahealth Follows Invest or Strain and CEO's Apology for Abuse Athenahealth Inc. (@athenahealth) co-founder, Jonathan Bush, stepped down as president and chief executive amid takeover pressure from an activist hedge fund and roughly a week after apologizing for domestic abuse involving his then-wife more than a decade ago. The health-software company said that the departure of Mr. Bush…

Health Catalyst to Acquire Aetna’s Medicity News broke in early May that Health Catalyst is set to acquire Aetna's Medicity (@medicity). Health Catalyst (@HealthCatalyst) is deferring all communication to Aetna. Aetna’s public response has been, “Based on the evolution of Aetna’s consumer health strategy, we have agreed to divest Medicity to Health Catalyst. The transaction is expected to close within…

SA Ignite Customers Achieve High MIPS Scores Using IgniteMIPS Solution SA Ignite Inc. (@saignite), a recognized leader in delivering solutions that help healthcare providers achieve top performance scores and financial incentives in the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program announced that it helped its customers achieve an average overall MIPS score of nearly…

HIMSS18 BY THE NUMBERS 1,355 exhibiting companies – this is the largest exhibition at a HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition to date! 336 first-time exhibitors 100+ startup companies  415+ thought leadership sessions on the show floor from industry experts  8 specialty pavilions – with topics ranging from cybersecurity to innovation and interoperability to federal health Innovation live, brought to you…

Navicure® and ZirMed® Announce Naming of Merged Company to Waystar™ Navicure® and ZirMed®, the two top-rated providers of revenue cycle technology, who merged in November 2017, announced the combined organization will operate under the new name Waystar™. Waystar simplifies and unifies the healthcare revenue cycle with innovative technology that empowers clients to collect more with less cost and less stress,…