What You Should Know:
- Truepill, the digital health platform powering consumer health experiences through diagnostics, telehealth and pharmacy infrastructure, today announced the launch of its Virtual Pharmacy platform.
- The new white label led e-commerce pharmacy solution that enables payers, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), health systems and other healthcare entities to reimagine a more modern and consumer-centric pharmacy shopping experience.
- The service is available in all
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Cigna International Taps Teladoc Health to Expand Telehealth Capabilities in India
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- Cigna International today announced a collaboration with Teladoc Health to support populations in India during the current humanitarian crisis through telehealth solutions.
- In a coordinated approach, Cigna International Markets and Teladoc Health activated local and global telehealth capabilities in less than 24 hours and brought much needed care to many people who desperately need help from the global community.
- Together, both companies delivered an agile
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Carbon Health Acquires CGM-Enabled Virtual Diabetes Platform Steady Health
What You Should Know:
- Carbon Health, a technology-enabled healthcare provider, announced the acquisition of Steady Health, a fully integrated diabetes platform that uses data from continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices to provide personalized medical care from top endocrinologists. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The Steady Health acquisition accelerates Carbon Health’s rollout of an innovative new primary care model, which integrates Carbon Health’s
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Vynca Acquires Virtual Palliative Care Provider ResolutionCare – M&A
What You Should Know:
- Vynca, a national leader in advance care planning, today announced the acquisition of ResolutionCare, a California-based innovator and provider of home-based palliative care and telemedicine.
- With the acquisition of ResolutionCare’s comprehensive board-certified, physician-led palliative care model, Vynca is well-positioned to expand its support services to the seriously ill, which aligns well with its existing advance care planning
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UPMC Spins Out Realyze Intelligence for AI-Based Clinical Intelligence Platform
What You Should Know:
- UPMC has launched Realyze Intelligence, a company that uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to identify precise patient populations with chronic diseases and cancer to ensure they receive the most beneficial treatments.
- Founded by Gilan El Saadawi, M.D., Ph.D and Aaron Brauser founded in conjunction with UPMC Enterprises, the innovation and commercialization arm of UPMC.
- The U.S. healthcare industry spends
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Ensemble Acquires Digital Patient Communications Platform Odeza – M&A
What You Should Know:
- Ensemble Health Partners (“Ensemble”), a provider of end-to-end revenue cycle management, announced today it has acquired Odeza, an all-in-one digital consumer communications platform that integrates with leading EHR platforms to unify, simplify and automate patient interactions. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The integration of this innovative technology into Ensemble’s proprietary revenue cycle platform, Ensemble IQ, will provide
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Aunt Bertha Secures $27M to Expand Referral Platform for Social Services
What You Should Know:
Today, Aunt Bertha, the nation’s leader in closed-loop social care networks and the company behind findhelp.org, announced it has raised an additional $27M in investment funding led by Warburg Pincus, had significant participation from existing investors including Pershing Square Foundation, Techstars Ventures, Noro-Moseley Partners, Digitalis Ventures and The Social Entrepreneurs’ Fund (TSEF).
- The financing will enable Aunt Bertha to enhance its
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Thirty Madison Reaches $1B Valuation with $140M Series C Funding
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- Thirty Madison, the premier healthcare company for people with chronic conditions, today announced a $140 million Series C round led by new investor HealthQuest Capital. Mousse Partners and Bracket Capital also participated in the funding, along with existing investors Polaris Partners, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JJDC, Inc., Northzone, Greycroft, and others. Thirty Madison has raised a total of $210 million to date and is now valued at over $1
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Innovaccer and PatientPing Partner for Real-Time Care Coordination
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer, today announced a strategic partnership with PatientPing, a real-time care coordination platform.
- As part of the partnership, Innovaccer will become a reseller of Pings, PatientPing’s real-time notification solution, which will be embedded directly within the Innovaccer Health Cloud. This will enable providers to improve care delivery outcomes, simplify care navigation and throughput, reduce out-of-network utilization, and succeed under value-based
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HHS Launches VC Partnership to Develop Solutions to Prevent Future Pandemics, Public Health Emergencies
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launches a new $50M venture capital partnership with nonprofit organization Global Health Investment Corporation (GHIC) to accelerate development and commercialization of technologies and medical products needed to respond to or prevent public health emergencies, such as pandemics, and other health security threats
- Through the BARDA Ventures program, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development
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