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Atlantic Health streamlines insurance authorization with intelligent automation

CIO

When the COVID-19 pandemic started, Atlantic Health System, like other healthcare providers, found itself under enormous stress. Each of the more than 100 radiology practices across Atlantic Health System was responsible for its own authorization requests, which required significant investment of time and attention to administrative tasks.

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EvolutionIQ secures $21M to streamline insurance claims processing with AI

TechCrunch

Processing claims at scale presents a challenge for insurers, particularly where the claims entail factors like complex underlying health conditions. A growing cohort of startups including Alan, Tractable and Snapsheet offer tools to help customers navigate through the insurance claims process. ” Accelerating insurance claims.

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YC-backed Curacel unveils new API platform that enables tech-led businesses to offer insurance

TechCrunch

Curacel , the YC-backed startup that is developing insurance infrastructure for the African market, has launched a new interface that allows digital businesses like those in retail, fintech, e-commerce and logistics to add insurance to their core products. Insurance companies were losing a lot of money to fraud.

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Exploring the digital impact in Northern Ireland’s health and social care system

CIO

Although progress is being made that should be recognized and celebrated, Dan West, CDIO for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland’s Department of Health, understands that the pandemic still casts a lingering shadow over national health and care systems, contributing to continuing rampant fatigue among staff and subsequent strikes over pay.

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Ivorian healthtech startup Susu has $1M to scale its family-centric insurance product across Africa

TechCrunch

This isn’t an issue in developed markets, as healthcare systems change with the times to adequately provide healthcare when necessary. But in Africa, that’s not the case, as most people do not have access to quality healthcare due to the ill-equipped nature of hospitals and lack of insurance. .

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Health insurance startup Alan launches free medical app Alan Baby

TechCrunch

French startup Alan is generating 100% of its revenue from health insurance products — and that isn’t going to change. If you’re concerned about data, Alan says that it doesn’t leverage data for its insurance products — you can optionally enter the age in Alan Baby to customize content but that’s it.

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Sesamm bags $37M to give corporates ESG insights using natural language processing

TechCrunch

investment giant Carlyle Group , French corporate and investment bank Natixis , Japanese multinational insurance holding company Tokio Marine , and U.K.-based Companies can access Sesamm’s flagship product, TextReveal , via several conduits, including an API that brings Sesamm’s NLP engine into their own systems.