According to the recent telehealth news, Baptist Health will use a $873K award to expand RPM capabilities and telemedicine. Even before COVID-19, Louisville, Kentucky-based Baptist Health was facing a variety of challenges: access to care, patient experience, the lack of specialists in its rural market and the lack of new patient acquisition strategies in the digital space. “For far too long, patients needed to follow the hospital’s rules to seek care – must drive in, wait in a room, etc.,” said Nick Sarantis, system director of digital health at Baptist Health. “We use Epic with Zoom as the video solutions. As part of Epic, we leveraged a wide array of MyChart tools and functionality to support the new virtual world we were forced to be in.”

Source: Healthcare IT News

Former Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini has been chosen co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund. Mr. Bertolini served as CEO and chair of Aetna from 2010 until its acquisition by CVS Health in 2018. Following the transaction, he served on the CVS Health board of directors before being let go in 2020. Bridgewater chose Mr. Bertolini to run the hedge fund because of his leadership during the CVS Health and Aetna acquisitions.

Source: Business Insurance

Cigna and Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System have agreed to a multi-year arrangement that would give Cigna customers access to Spartanburg Regional’s hospitals, facilities, and physician network for exceptional care. The new pact has started to effect from January 1, 2022. “We appreciate our relationship with Cigna and look forward to working with them in the future to bring greater value to the Upstate community,” said Paul Butler, senior vice president, Spartanburg Regional.

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