What You Should Know:
- Blue Shield of CA and kidney care provider Cricket
Health announced a partnership to offer a personalized, virtual,
multidisciplinary care available for members with kidney disease or kidney
failure at no extra cost
- By offering remote care, via phone or virtually online,
Cricket Health’s approach to kidney care is designed to keep Blue Shield
members living with kidney disease healthy at home, and out of clinics or
hospitals whenever possible.
Health
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Ginger Lands $50M to Expand On-Demand Mental Health Support Platform
What You Should Know:
- Ginger announces $50 Million in Series D funding to expand
access to its on-demand mental healthcare system led by Advance Venture
Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners; joined by Cigna Ventures and existing
investors.
- Company has more than tripled revenue over the past year, now brings access to on-demand mental healthcare to millions around the world through 200+ employer clients and leading health plans.
Ginger, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of
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Cerner Invests in Xealth to Jointly Develop Digital Health Solutions for Clinicians
What You Should Know:
- Cerner and Xealth announce a collaboration to foster
tighter physician-patient relationships by giving patients easier access to
digital health tools.
- These assets will be prescribed directly within the physician’s EHR workflow to manage conditions including chronic diseases, behavioral health, maternity care, and surgery preparation.
- Cerner and LRVHealth have together invested $6 million
in Xealth as part of this agreement, with Cerner and Xealth planning
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Teladoc Health and Livongo Merge in $18.5B Deal: 5 Things to Know
What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health to merge with Livongo for $18.5B in cash
and stock to create a powerhouse leader in consumer-centered virtual care.
- Teladoc Health shareholders will own approximately 58
percent and existing Livongo shareholders will own approximately 42 percent of
the combined company.
- Jason Gorevic, current CEO of Teladoc Health, will be
the CEO of the combined company.
Teladoc Health
(TDOC) and Livongo (LVGO), today
announced that they have entered
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Amwell Appoints Amazon Exec Serkan Kutan as Chief Technology Officer
Amwell,
a national telehealth
provider, announced today that Serkan Kutan has joined the company as
Chief Technology Officer. As part of his new role as CTO, Serkan will lead
building upon and further scaling Amwell’s national telehealth platform to
serve the needs of hospitals and health systems, health plans, innovators, and
patients.
“Serkan’s experience in innovating, building and maturing transformative healthcare technologies will play a significant role as we scale Amwell to meet
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Collective Health Appoints Max Mancini as New Chief Technology Officer
What You Should Know:
- Collective Health appoints Max Mancini
as its new Chief Technology Officer.
- Mancini, who previously held senior roles at Apple and
eBay, will lead the company’s exceptional engineering team- overseeing the
architecture, design and scaling of Collective Health’s core platform and suite
of products which help make health insurance work for everyone.
- He will also be responsible for continuing innovation,
initially bolstering the recent launch of Collective
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AstraZeneca, Eko Collaborate to Advance Innovation Around Heart Failure
What You Should Know:
- Eko today announced a global collaboration with
AstraZeneca to accelerate the development of digital health tools for the
earlier screening of cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure.
- Through the collaboration, AstraZeneca and Eko will explore accelerating the development of Eko algorithms, enhancing clinical trials with Eko technology, and potentially building new heart failure detection solutions.
Eko, a digital health company
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Talis Awarded $25M NIH Contract for Point-of-Care COVID-19 Testing
What You Should Know:
- Today, Talis Biomedical Corporation announced it has
been awarded a $25M contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as
part of Phase 2 of its Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative as
well as another $100 million in additional financing.
- The new funding will be used to scale manufacturing for
the launch of the Talis One™ diagnostic platform that provides rapid and highly
accurate detection of COVID-19 at points-of-care in 30 minutes
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Hinge Health Expands Capabilities to Launch First Digital Musculoskeletal Clinic
What You Should Know:
- Hinge Health announces the expansion of its digital MSK
clinical capabilities to be the first Digital Musculoskeletal Clinic from
prevention to post-surgery care.
- Nearly 200 employers expand healthcare access with
digital clinic covering the full MSK care continuum; Hinge to add 100+ physical
therapists and doctors.
Hinge Health, the top-selling musculoskeletal (MSK) solution
for employers and health plans, is announcing an expansion of clinical
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Lemonaid Health Raises $33M to Expand On-Demand Consumer Telehealth Platform
What You Should Know:
- Lemonaid Health, a direct to consumer telehealth company raises $33M in Series B funding to expand the company’s medical team and number of services being offered to patients.
- To date, the company has treated more than a million patients
online for a variety of medical conditions ranging from erectile dysfunction to sinus infections
to depression and anxiety for roughly $25/visit (less than a typical co-pay).
Lemonaid Health,
a convenient, affordable,
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