What You Should Know:
- Capital Rx, the fastest-growing pharmacy benefit manager in the U.S., announced today that it has raised $50 million in Series B financing.
- Following the recent launch of JUDITM, the industry’s first Enterprise Pharmacy Platform, Capital Rx will continue to expand the platform’s capabilities, including leveraging AI to improve clinical care.
Capital Rx, a New York City-based pharmacy benefit manager in the U.S., announced it has raised $50 million in Series B
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Premise Health Acquires Sonic Boom to Expand Digital Engagement & Wellness Capabilities
What You Should Know:
- As healthcare access continues evolving due to the pandemic, Premise Health, the world’s largest direct health care provider, today announced an acquisition of Sonic Boom Wellness, a leading provider of corporate wellness technology.
- In the last year, Premise Health has emerged as a leader in digital wellness, delivering nearly 20 products virtually through its innovative Digital Wellness Center. The addition of Sonic Boom allows Premise Health — which
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Google Cloud Launches Intelligent COVID-19 Vaccine Impact Solution with AI-Powered Forecasting, Sentiment Analysis
What You Should Know:
- Google Cloud, today announced the launch of its Intelligent Vaccine Impact Solution, a set of core solutions to help regional and local governments deliver successful COVID-19 public health strategies, ranging from vaccine information and scheduling to distribution and analytics, to forecasting and modeling COVID-19 cases, and more.
- The Intelligent Vaccine Impact solution includes forecasting and modeling COVID-19 cases to inform vaccine distribution, vaccine
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EarlySense Sells Contact-Free Monitoring IP to Hilrom for $30M
What You Should Know:
- Today, health AI/predictive analytics company EarlySense announced that it has sold its proprietary contact-free continuous monitoring technology intellectual property (IP) to Hillrom for a cash consideration of $30 million, potential payments based on the achievement of certain commercial milestones, and a portion of Hillrom’s equity investment in EarlySense.
- As part of the agreement, EarlySense will receive licensing for
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Humana Taps DispatchHealth to Power Hospital-Level Care in the Home
What You Should Know:
- Humana Inc. and DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical care, today announced an agreement to provide Humana members with access to an advanced level of care in the home – to help enhance patients’ experience and health outcomes. The Dispatch-Humana agreement is believed to be the country’s first program to provide hospital-level care involving a national payer.
- The agreement will provide members living with multiple chronic conditions – such as cellulitis,
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Modern Health Acquires Mental Health Startup Kip to Expand Data-Driven Capabilities
What You Should Know:
- Modern Health acquires San Francisco-based mental health startup Kip to expand the data-driven capabilities of its mental health and wellness platform supporting 200+ enterprises globally.
- Founded in 2015, Kip connects users with qualified therapists and arms them with the tools to track observations, feedback, and outcomes about their mental health journey. By combining therapy with a mobile app that allows patients to engage with resources and maintain
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DarioHealth Acquires Musculoskeletal Solution Upright for $31M
What You Should Know:
- DarioHealth, a Livongo competitor acquires musculoskeletal startup Upright for $31 million to expand their chronic condition management capabilities focused on driving behavior change rather than treating the acute problem. This move will more than double revenue and create one of the largest integrated digital health companies in the space.
In addition, DarioHealth rasiess $70 million through a private placement of its common stock priced at the market pursuant to
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Concentra Transitions Telemed Offering from Amwell to eVisit Virtual Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- Concentra recently transitioned their
three-year-old Concentra Telemed® offering from Amwell to the eVisit Virtual
Care platform.
- The eVisit Virtual Care platform is
supporting all of Concentra’s telemedicine requirements, including its
industry-leading 24/7/365 Concentra Telemed offering and Concentra Telerehab®,
conducting more than 8,000 virtual visits a month.
- eVisit
was founded six years ago and is already in use at more than 100
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Hurdle Secures $5M for Digital Mental Health Platform for People of Color
What You Should Know:
- Washington, D.C.-based Hurdle raises $5M in seed funding to accelerate its digital mental health platform for people of color.
- Hurdle aims to provide an innovative teletherapy solution for employers and insurers; aims to remove barriers to mental health care for People of Color by rooting its services in evidence-based methods of cultural humility.
Hurdle (formerly Henry Health), a Washington, D.C.-based innovative digital mental health platform company,
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West Virginia Launches Nation’s First Statewide COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
What You Should Know:
- West Virginians will now have access to a COVID-19
vaccination pre-registration tool available statewide.
- West Virginia is the first state in the nation to deploy this new system through Everbridge, a global provider of critical event management technologies. The tool enables West Virginians to pre-register for COVID-19 vaccination and receive updates through text, phone, and/or email.
President Joe Biden has made it his priority to tackle COVID-19
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