QHC Facilities, which owns eight skilled-nursing facilities and two assisted-living centers in Iowa including in Marion, filed for bankruptcy protection in late December.
The $10,000 came from a hospital company that won support in Springfield from Speaker Chris Welch. ShawnTe Raines-Welch’s spokesman says the money was unsolicited, spotted as violating a ban on contributions from outside Illinois and quickly given back.
Cedar to Acquire OODA Health to Revolutionize Consumer Financial Healthcare Experience
Cedar, a healthcare financial technology platform, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OODA Health, a healthcare technology company focused on improving the healthcare administrative experience with payers and providers, for $425 million. By bringing together providers and payers onto one healthcare financial technology platform, Cedar can address the full set of challenges consumers face when paying for healthcare.
This acquisition comes at a time when consumer-friendly, digital-first experiences have become a hallmark of the healthcare experience, especially given healthcare consumers are getting more exposure to the billing process, and their financial burden has skyrocketed in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how technology can transform healthcare, yet healthcare billing and administration is still a huge pain point for consumers 84 per cent o
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