Executive Summary
Act III of COVID: Navigating the Crosscurrents of Post-Inflation
2022 ushered in Act III of the market’s latest transitionary period: The Post-Inflation Era. Since 2008, the US economy functioned with remarkably low inflation and interest rates. As the cost of capital went lower and lower during the decade, valuations steadily rose. Between 2010 and 2020, the NASDAQ experienced a 17.1% annual growth rate, with no small share of the growth a result of expanding valuation
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AmerisourceBergen Launches EHR-Integrated Digital Therapeutics Platform
What You Should Know:
This week, AmerisourceBergen announced plans to launch DTx Connect, a fully integrated ordering, dispensing and fulfillment platform that aims to facilitate patient access to physician-ordered digital therapeutics and diagnostics.
- Several developers plan to pilot DTx Connect, which aims to reduce barriers that physicians and patients face across the ordering and fulfillment of digital therapeutics and diagnostics.
Digital Therapeutics Market
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ClaimLogiq Acquires SyTrue for Better Clinical, Coding, & Medical Reviews
What You Should Know:
- Payment integrity tech provider ClaimLogiq acquires SyTrue, a provider of healthcare natural language processing (NLP) technology. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition combines the premier payment integrity platform with the leading NLP technology solution to transform how health plans address payment integrity, risk adjustment and data management. By combining their technologies, the market will have a new seamless and cohesive
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VC General Catalyst Closes $675M Health Assurance Fund II
What You Should Know:
- Early-stage venture capital firm General Catalyst closes $670 million Health Assurance Fund II.
- The new fund comes on the heels of the Health Assurance Fund I closed in April of 2021 at $600M. To date, General Catalyst has invested $1.7B in companies aligned with the health assurance thesis.
Health Assurance Fund II Investment Thesis
This new fund will allow us to continue to accelerate General Catalyst’s work on building a value-oriented system and focus
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Exo Acquires Medo to Make Ultrasounds Simple and Accessible
What You Should Know:
- Exo, a health information and devices company, today has announced it has acquired Medo, an FDA-cleared AI platform that makes ultrasound workflow faster, more reliable, and accessible to all.
- By integrating Medo’s AI, Exo enables more caregivers in more settings to capture and interpret medical images – allowing faster and more accurate diagnoses and treatment.
Make Medical Imaging as Easy as Snapping a Smartphone Photo
Ultrasound imaging is
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RxLive Raises $5M for Population Health Telepharmacy Solutions
What You Should Know:
- RxLive, a provider of population health pharmacy solutions, today announced a $5 million Series A funding round led by SpringTide with participation by Cardinal Health. RxLive has raised a total of $8 million to date.
- As value-based pharmacy care models expand beyond the retail pharmacy setting RxLive will use the funding to expand its engineering, analytics, and sales and marketing teams, with particular investment in the continuous improvement of its AI and the
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RLDatix Acquires Galen Healthcare Solutions
What You Should Know:
- RLDatix, the international leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions for healthcare, announced today the acquisition of Galen Healthcare Solutions (Galen), the market leader in implementation, optimization, data migration and archival solutions for HIT systems.
- The Galen acquisition will enable RLDatix to help organizations meet regulatory requirements for data retention while also ensuring continuity of care for patients throughout their
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FDA Awards 510(k) Clearances for ZEUS System/Zio Watch
What You Should Know:
- Today, iRhythm (a digital health company) and Verily (Alphabet’s life sciences research organization) announced joint FDA 510(k) clearances for the ZEUS System and Zio Watch. Together they create an integrated, prescription-based solution that will improve clinician workflows, care pathways and the patient experience.
- The ZEUS System is the AI algorithm and solution component of the Zio Watch – a clinical grade, long-term and noninvasive wearable that not only
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Amazon to Acquire One Medical for $3.9B
What You Should Know:
Today Amazon and One Medical announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire One Medical.
Under terms of the agreement, Amazon will acquire One Medical for $18 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion, including One Medical’s net debt.
One Medical Background
One Medical is a human-centered, technology-powered U.S. primary care organization
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Can Health Plans Lead Us Towards Data-Driven Health Equity?
The Institute for Healthcare improvement indicates that twice as many healthcare organizations cite health equity as a top priority today when compared to 2019. It may feel like the COVID-19 pandemic just made us collectively realize that health disparities exist, but they have been acknowledged in academic, government, and philanthropic spheres for over 4 decades. While I would love to debate if our collective realization was blissful ignorance or intentional avoidance, I will save those
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