Verscend Technologies, a provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, completed its acquisition of Cotiviti Holdings, a provider of payment accuracy and analytics-driven healthcare solutions.  By Anuja Vaidya - 8/28/18

Athenahealth Executive Chairman and former GE CEO Jeff Immelt penned a tribute to the late Sen. John McCain, who died Aug. 25 following a battle with brain cancer.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/28/18

Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina and Siemens Healthineers have formed a strategic partnership focused on enhancing value-based care through engineering innovations and workflow improvement.  By Anuja Vaidya - 8/28/18

Although many reports have attributed physicians leaving medicine to frustration with EHRs, a recent study in the forthcoming issue of Information Systems Research shows basic EHRs have increased the tenure of physicians' hospital-based careers.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/28/18

Philips released a security alert Aug. 21 about "resource exhaustion" flaws that put some of its central patient monitoring systems at risk for denial-of-service attacks, HealthcareInfoSecurity reports.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/28/18

Fitbit has collected 150 billion hours' worth of heart rate data from tens of millions of people across the globe, Yahoo Finance reports.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/28/18

New York City, not San Francisco, may be the capital of the artificial intelligence space, according to an Indeed.com report cited by Bloomberg.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/28/18

Google partnered with Labster, which makes virtual lab simulations and other science tools for educators, to open more than 30 labs on its Daydream virtual reality platform.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/28/18

Google's parent company Alphabet launched Chronicle, a cybersecurity company, in January. Since then, the company has largely been silent about its work, until CNBC spoke with Chronicle CEO Stephen Gillett.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/28/18

The National Institutes of Health recently completed the first phase of a website serving as a research hub for the agency's flagship precision medicine program, the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter reports.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/28/18

Cognizant entered into an agreement to acquire consulting firm SaaSfocus, the IT consulting firm announced Aug. 23.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/28/18

The average salary for a director of analytics in the U.S. is nearly $141,000, according to an Indeed.com report cited by Bloomberg.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/28/18

Healthcare has been slowly but surely shifting from fee-for-service reimbursement models toward value-based care. In 2015, HHS announced a goal of having 50 percent of Medicare payments tied to quality or value through alternative payment models. While movement has been made toward that goal, we are not there yet.  By Anuja Vaidya - 8/27/18

Humana will establish a center for digital health and analytics in Boston.  By Morgan Haefner - 8/27/18

Boston-based Steward Health Care plans to implement a range of technology solutions from Wolters Kluwer Health with the aim of reducing care variability across its integrated care network.  By Anuja Vaidya - 8/27/18

As our world changes, so does the world of healthcare.  By P. Michelle Wyatt, DNP, IQCI, CPHM, Director of Clinical Best Practices at XSOLIS - 8/27/18

U.S. Defense Department CIO Dana Deasy wants to make artificial intelligence "the agent of transformation" in the agency, he told FedScoop.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/27/18

The Veterans Affairs Department stopped posting online quarterly reports about security breaches affecting veterans for about nine months this year, according to a Nextgov investigation.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/27/18

The Missouri Foundation for Health has awarded $743,470 in grants to 14 public health agencies in the southeastern portion of the state, according to DailyJournal Online.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/27/18

Epic's annual Users Group Meeting runs from Aug. 27 to Aug. 30 at its Verona, Wis.-based headquarters, and local news outlets are warning residents that traffic from the event will likely clog roads in and out of the area, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/27/18