Morning Headlines 10/12/20
Online texting-only mental therapy provider Talkspace, frustrated by state-by-state therapist licensing that has limited therapist availability during pandemic-driven high demand, tells its independent contractor providers that the company will pay any fines that result from their serving patients who are located in states where they aren’t licensed.
Lux Capital’s SPAC Lux Health Tech Acquisition files for a $300 million IPO
Formed by Lux Capital, blank-check company Lux Health Tech Acquisition prepares for an IPO that it estimates will raise $300 million.
NSW Health goes to market for statewide single digital health record
In Australia, NSW Health begins accepting bids for a statewide health IT system that it will use to replace multiple systems from multiple vendors by 2026.
Margaritas, in a room of MDs? What would the Surgeon General say? Oh, I see they were Virgen Margaritas!