Change Healthcare

FinThrive SVP and CISO Greg Surla discusses why providers should not rely on single vendors in RCM environments and how the Change Healthcare attack was a watershed moment.  

During a discussion hosted by Frost & Sullivan, panelists examined how healthcare organizations should use digital tools to ensure care is easy to access.

This week's top stories include Optum and Change creating a healthcare powerhouse, Haven shutting down its operations, and patient engagement tools playing a key role in streamlining the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Social determinants of health analytics services provide data that EHRs don't capture, benefiting not only patients, but also payers, researchers and providers, claims Change Healthcare SVP of Data Solutions Tim Suther.

New data from a 2,052-person survey suggest that older healthcare consumers value their trusted providers, while younger generations are willing to pay a "convenience premium" for easy-to-access virtual care.

CEO Neil de Crescenzo says Change Healthcare, which has seen some big changes in the year since its IPO, says, has been tailoring its technologies to help payers, providers and patients during the pandemic.

Also: Tyto Care names Colleen Sellers VP of marketing and MedSign adds John Kastanis to its senior advisory board. 

Also: Rubicon Technology Partners acquires majority stake in patient orchestration platform; Peloton app launches on Apple TV.

The company will be listing its shares on the Nasdaq exchange, and has hired Barclays, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan as its underwriters.

Change Healthcare said that it is looking to infuse PokitDok's tech into its own blockchain network.