Telemedicine software and reimbursement services provider Chiron Health has $2.3 million in seed funding to bring a robust set of telemedicine tools to physician practices. Chiron Health is the only platform designed to get physician practices fully reimbursed for secure video visits covering both Medicare and Medicaid as well as private payers. Through their extensive knowledge of telemedicine regulation and reimbursement, the company guides practices through the complexities of telemedicine.
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Castlight Health Talks Where Predictive Analytics Is Heading in 2016
It’s been hailed as the next “big thing” in healthcare. Predictive analytics promises to aid in every aspect, from creating administrative efficiencies to improving outcomes. But beyond the algorithmic buzz, predictive analytics isn’t just going to help providers make better decisions, according to Castlight Health’s Chief R& D Officer, Jonathan Rende. Turns out, predictive analytics has the potential to reveal a lot more for patients, including the competitive costs of procedures and how
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Kaiser Permanente Ventures Pumps $10M into Vidyo for Telehealth
Kaiser Permanente Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Kaiser Permanente has invested $10 million in high quality visual communications Vidyo for telehealth and video collaboration. The Vidyo funding round also includes $5M from existing investors, for a total of $15M follow-on round of funding. The company will use the funds to accelerate growth in vertical markets. The VidyoWorks platform has a FIPS 140-2 certified crypto-kernel, providing HIPAA-compliant encryption, and a rich
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Rock Health Releases 2015 Digital Health Funding: 11 Trends to Know
Rock Health, provider of full-service funding to promising entrepreneurs breaking into healthcare has released their Digital Health Funding: Year in Review 2015 Report, an in-depth analysis report of all digital health funding in 2015. The report found digital health funding in 2015 surpassed $4.3B, up from $4.1B in 2014. This represents 278 deals across 248 companies, closing with a new record average deal size of $15.6M. The report produced by Halle Tecco, Mara Perman, Teresa Wang, Emily
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Edumedics Raises $4.2M to Expand Care Management Platform
Louisville, KY-based care management company Edumedics has raised $4.2 million in Series A financing led by Lunsford Capital. The round was joined by Chicago-based OCA Ventures and syndicate of angel investors and seed funds. Among them: Entrepreneur and Chrysalis Ventures Co-founder Doug Cobb, Enterprise Angels Fund, and 13 individuals geographically dispersed from Chicago to Florida. The funding will be used to expand to other states from its core populations in Kentucky and
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Health Tech Incubator MATTER Adds 20 New HIT Startups
Chicago based health tech incubator MATTER has added twenty more startups to its membership bringing its total to 115 companies. Since its inception, MATTER has now more than doubled its number of companies since it launched, connecting entrepreneurs, scientists, physicians, investors in the health IT space. The incubator recently launch the AMA Interaction Studio at MATTER designed to facilitate connections between entrepreneurs and physicians. The studio will allow entrepreneurs to
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Illumina Accelerator Unveils Third Cycle of Genomics Startups
Illumina Accelerator, a business accelerator focused solely on creating an innovation ecosystem for the genomics industry—has selected four new investments from its third funding cycle. During the six-month Accelerator funding cycle, each startup will gain access to business guidance and fully operational lab space in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as seed investment, a subscription to Illumina’s NextBio translational genomics database, Illumina’s Genologics Clarity LIMS software, access
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Express Scripts Commits $25M for Healthcare Innovation
Lewis & Clark Ventures, a Midwest-based venture capital firm, announced a $25 million multi-year commitment from Express Scripts to help source and support early stage healthcare innovation. The capital will supplement the company’s ongoing efforts to innovate smarter pharmacy solutions that deliver better outcomes for patients. Lewis & Clark Ventures plans to fund between $3 to $7 million into companies that demonstrate disruptive innovation and are generating revenue. Lewis &
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MD Revolution Pulls In $23M to Expand Chronic Care Management
End-to-end chronic care management (CCM) and patient engagement MD Revolution has raised $23 million in funding, co-led by Chicago-based Jump Capital and a leading global healthcare technology company. This brings their total funding to date to over $30 million. MD Revolution’s first CCM customers enrolled in February 2015 when the first payments were made for the new Medicare Part B CCM code. MD Revolution now serves over 100 practices and plans to add hundreds of additional practices
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GreatCall Acquires Connected Home Health Platform Lively
San Diego, CA-based connected health provider for active aging GreatCall Inc. has acquired the technology assets of connected home health platform Lively Inc. The asset acquisition will strengthen GreatCall's connected health portfolio and expand its marketshare in the active aging space. Financial terms of the asset acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2012, Lively Inc's connected health home health platform uses passive activity sensors that are applied to everyday objects in an
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