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> MDLIVE, a provider of telehealth services, announced this week that it has acquired teletherapy vendor Breakthrough Behavioral. The acquisition makes MDLIVE the largest telehealth and teletherapy provider in the U.S. Announcement
> Michael Chris Gibbons, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University is now serving as an Federal Communications Commission Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Connect2HealthFCC Task Force, the agency announced this week. Gibbons will provide critical health IT, population health and data analytics to the FCC, the agency says. Announcement
> The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to expand its pool of applicants to find organizations to weigh in with biotech to solve problems like Ebola, according to an article at Nextgov. The agency has released a new application it hopes smaller groups can use to initiate a funding process. Article
Provider News
> The healthcare industry emphasizes innovation far more than do medical schools, creating an "innovation gap" that healthcare leaders must narrow. Article
> Despite ongoing regulatory and reimbursement challenges within the healthcare industry, several features of the current landscape are cause for cautious optimism. Article
Health Insurance News
> With the second open enrollment period starting Saturday for health plans sold pursuant to the Affordable Care Act, states are scrambling to improve performance of their exchanges and bolster customer support. The goal is to prevent a repeat of last year's enrollment bottlenecks. Article
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