Morning Headlines 1/5/24
MultiPlan Announces CEO Succession Plan
Oracle Health General Manager Travis Dalton (previously chief client and services officer at Cerner) will leave the company to join MultiPlan as president and CEO on March 1.
Arbital Health Completes Acquisition of Santa Barbara Actuaries and Closes Series A Financing
Newly formed Arbital Health, which offers technology and third-party adjudicator services to assess whether value-based care outcomes were received, acquires Santa Barbara Actuaries and completes a $10 million Series A funding round.
Georgia medical board restores telehealth prescribing flexibility
The Georgia Composite Medical Board backtracks its decision to re-impose in-person visit requirements for prescription of controlled substances after provider and patient outcry.
Lilly Launches End-to-End Digital Healthcare Experience through LillyDirect
Drug maker Lilly launches LillyDirect, which will offer home delivery of its drugs for obesity, migraine, and diabetes directly to patients via the Truepill pharmacy service.
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