Highmark Health is collaborating with Epic to use the latter’s Payer Platform on Google Cloud. This will enhance collaboration between payers and healthcare providers, promoting easier sharing of insights and helping consumers navigate their healthcare journeys. The partnership aims to reduce costs and improve care by optimising treatment plans, expediting authorisations, and automating certain tasks – such as case creation for authorisation – via Epic’s cloud-based payer platform.
VA notifies 15 million veterans about breach
Approximately 15 million veterans may have been affected by the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, according to the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Despite the attack,