Bernie Monegain
J. Stephen Jones succeeds CEO J. Knox Singleton who held the position for 35 years.
The company will show its new Smart Decisions technology at HIMSS18 in early March.
The administration said the burden these programs put on doctors and hospitals has led to consolidation, which reduces competition and drives prices higher.
Thought-leading innovators from startups and major academic medical centers will convene on March 5 in Las Vegas to share strategic insights about health IT innovation.
The former GE CEO and Chairman will make an undisclosed investment in the EHR vendor and purchase approximately $1 million in stock.
Event connecting pharma, hospitals and payers with tech companies will be at this year's health IT conference for the first time.
The new bipartisan organization, which includes Mark Cuban, Andy Richter, Bradley Whitford, Atul Gawande, former CMS head Mark McClellan and several hospital CEOs, will advocate for policies that lower care costs while improving access.
The new nonprofit plans to give people more control and greater transparency into their healthcare to improve satisfaction and drive down costs, executives said.
Advisors to the ambitious plan include former CMS head Don Berwick, MD, and Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, among others.
Company will use the $58 million round of financing to advance its cloud-based platform for genomics and biomedical datasets.