What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health announced new strategic partnerships with musculoskeletal (MSK) care providers Sword Health & Hinge Health to offer employers access to a full suite of digital physical therapy solutions for joint and muscle pain relief.
- MSK conditions are a top cost driver for 76% of employers in the U.S. (second only to cancer), costing an estimated $213B in annual treatment, care and lost wages. The move helps Teladoc Health clients offer a broader
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Uber, Optum Partner to Simplify Access to Supplemental Benefits
What You Should Know:
- Uber and Optum announced a strategic partnership to make it asier for consumers of participating health plans to cover the purchase of eligible expenses within the Uber app.
- Many people have access to supplemental health benefits that they may not use. Now, health plan benefit cards, including health spending account (HSA) and flexible spending (FSA) cards, can be added as a form of payment within the Uber app.
- This payment option can then be used
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Samsung Launches Open Innovation Initiative with MIT Media Lab, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine
What Should Know:
- Samsung announced a new Open Innovation Initiative in partnership with leading universities and academic hospitals – with the ultimate goal of enhancing the digital health ecosystem and delivering new approaches to wellness.
- Collaborating with the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine and Samsung Medical Center, the new research program will explore enhancements to the
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UnitedHealthcare Launches No Deductible Health Plan, Surest
What Should Know:
- UnitedHealthcare has announced the Surest™ health plan leads to more preventive care, improves satisfaction and lowers costs for members and employers.
- UnitedHealthcare’s Surest, which eliminates deductibles and offers upfront pricing information to people in advance of treatment, helps members more frequently access preventive care services and lower out-of-pocket costs, according to recent data.
- Hundreds of employers with a combined
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Expectation vs. Reality: Improving the Patient Payment Experience
If you’ve ever worked behind the scenes at a provider organization, you likely gained a deep understanding of what makes medical practices tick, giving you the ability to make fairly accurate assumptions about how patients will probably behave in different scenarios. However, when it comes to the patient payment experience, inevitably some patients respond differently than expected.
Seasoned healthcare workers have likely experienced a number of common misconceptions about patients’
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Ounce Raises $5.2M to Bridge the Gap Between Housing and Health
What You Should Know:
- Ounce, a company bridging the gap between health and housing has raised a $5.2M seed round co-led by Meridian Street Capital and Flare Capital Partners with participation from Chelsea Clinton’s Metrodora Ventures Wilshire Lane Capital, Chris Nassetta (Hilton CEO), Taylor Justice (Unite Us cofounder), and others.
- Ounce Community Health Workers (CHW) currently serve more than 2,000 D.C. residents, helping them enroll in Medicaid, apply for energy assistance,
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Medable & Pluto Health Partner to Increase Patient Access to Clinical Trials
What You Should Know:
- Medable Inc., a technology provider for modern clinical trials forms an enterprise partnership with Pluto Health, a smart care coordination services company.
- The partnership brings together two best-in-class technology solutions in healthcare to streamline clinical trial execution, improve data quality in trials, and enhance the patient experience from study start and long after the trial is over.
Optimize Patient Experience and Improve Access
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7wireVentures Launches $217M Growth & Opportunity Fund to Support Later-Stage Digital Health Investments
What You Should Know:
- 7wireVentures, one of the country’s leading digital health venture capital firms, today announced the successful completion of a $217 million Growth & Opportunity “GO” Fund, its largest to date.
- The new venture fund will support later-stage digital health investments in high-potential companies from existing portfolios as well as new opportunities. The closing of the $217M GO Fund brings the Firm’s assets under management (AUM) to over $500M.
GO
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M&A: AHIMA Acquires HCPro
What You Should Know:
- The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) today announced that it acquired HCPro and its associated brands from Simplify Compliance. The strategic acquisition broadens the reach of both organizations.
- AHIMA will operate HCPro as a for-profit, wholly-owned subsidiary, enabling the organization to remain focused on caring for its clients.
HCPro Background
HCPro is an industry leader in integrated information,
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Veradigm Invests $30M in Behavioral Health Co. Holmusk
What You Should Know:
- Veradigm Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX), a provider of healthcare data and technology solutions, announced it has made a $30M strategic investment in Holmusk, a global behavioral health real-world evidence company. The strategic investment builds on the strengths of each company to fuel innovation in behavioral health and create the evidence needed to move the field forward.
- In this new phase of the collaboration, cohorts of millions of behavioral
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