In the News: Health Systems, Big Tech, and Policy Collide in Healthcare Shifts
- WellSpan Health announced a new collaboration with General Catalyst’s Health Assurance Transformation Company (HATCo). The companies aim to jointly address three focus areas: workforce transformation via automation of administrative tasks, personalized care delivery through data analytics (including AI), and “adaptive strategies to navigate reimbursement changes.” 
- OpenAI is beefing up its healthcare team: former Instagram product leader Ashley Alexander is joining as the company’s new vice president of health products.In June, OpenAI also hired former Doximity co-founder and CSO Dr. Nate Gross to lead the company’s go-to-market strategy for healthcare. 
- Two House Republican committee leaders are probing whether CVS committed a HIPAA violation when it sent patients text messages urging them to oppose a Louisiana state law that would have forced the company to split its PBM and pharmacy businesses. 
