article thumbnail

House-passed bill instructs Congressional Budget Office to take longer view when grading preventive health laws

Fierce Healthcare

Preventive care or healthcare innovation legislation promising decades-long savings benefits may soon get fairer appraisals from Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper. | The bipartisan bill, passed Tuesday, would allow lawmakers to request a 30-year cost savings projection for healthcare legislation related to preventive care.

article thumbnail

VA, VHA, Verizon partner to increase rural veterans' telehealth access

Healthcare It News

To help conquer the digital divide preventing rural veterans from accessing the range of health and wellness benefits they are eligible for, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is offering new access to telehealth and virtual care options.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Vita Health Secures $22.5M to Combat Suicide and Mental Health Crisis Nationwide

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Vita Health, the first provider of clinically validated suicide prevention through innovative care management, announced today the close of a $22.5M Series A funding round. The funding will support the rapid expansion of life-saving services targeting youth and adults nationwide. In 2021, there were over 1.7

article thumbnail

Jumpstart Health Launches $55M Venture Fund for Black Founded Health Startups

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Jumpstart Health Investors , announced this week the launch of Jumpstart Nova, the first venture fund to invest in Black founded and led healthcare innovation companies. Why It Matters.

article thumbnail

GoCheck Raises $10M for Digital Pediatric Vision Screening to Protect Children from Vision Impairment and Blindness

HIT Consultant

The round also included participation from new investors CU Healthcare Innovation Fund (affiliated with the University of Colorado) and WakeMed Hospitals Innovation Venture Fund, and existing investors Marc Benioff (Founder/CEO of Salesforce), Interwest Partners, FCA Venture Partners, Sovereign’s Capital, and Mucker Capital participating.

article thumbnail

Singapore's iHiS taps Google Cloud, Accenture to drive healthcare innovation

Healthcare It News

" It does not only allow IT and developer teams to focus on upcycling data but also helps organisations "overcome staffing shortages, improve transitions between in-patient and out-patient care, and advance preventative care and precision medicine," she added.

article thumbnail

Dr. Nick van Terheyden and the Invisible Patient – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Using these tools, BaseHealth is able in 90% of cases to accurately “risk-adjust” a patient population, thereby enabling the clinical care system to focus its efforts on providing preventive services to those at greatest risk. Please have a listen to learn more. You can catch me live weekdays at 8:30 am, 4:30 pm and 12:30 am ET.