Morning Headlines 4/20/18
Tulare hospital’s creditors lining up in court
Healthcare Conglomerate Associates – former management company of Tulare Regional Medical Center (CA) – attributes its past struggles with payroll to glitches in the Cerner system it implemented in 2016. Parent organization Tulare Local Healthcare District filed for bankruptcy last fall.
New CHCF Investment Streamlines Care Coordination in the Safety Net
California Health Care Foundation’s innovation fund invests an unspecified amount in Collective Medical.
Comcast and Independence Health to partner on new health care platform
Comcast and Philadelphia BCBS insurer Independence Health will launch a health technology platform for consumers that will focus on patient communication and education, and telemedicine.
Oh trust me, as focus group participants they'd give companies an earful!