The insurers say it's the providers who are impeding electronic streamlining of prior auths?They must be smoking some really good…
Morning Headlines 4/27/16
Nokia Just Made Its First Big Move Into Digital Health
Nokia acquires Withings, a digital health company that markets Bluetooth connected scales, blood pressure cuffs, and other medical devices, for $192 million.
Proposed Sanctions – Conditions Not Met Immediate Jeopardy
CMS publishes the letter it sent to Theranos last month in response to the company’s plan to correct problems found at its California lab, noting that the company’s responses “show a lack of understanding of the CLIA requirements.”
Veritas Capital acquires the health service business of Verisk Analytics for $820 million.
Re: Nokia buying Withings. As with most acquisitions of Health related tech by traditional tech companies- do you think they could care less about patient needs or making Health IT better?