EverlyWell, an Austin, TX-based next-generation healthcare testing platform has raised $50 million in funding led by long-time investors Goodwater Capital with Highland Capital Partners joining. Next Coast Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, SoGal Ventures and others participated. The company will use the funding to expand its digital platform and scale existing partnerships with leading brands like CVS and Humana.Cumbersome Traditional Lab Testing ProcessOver seven billion lab tests are run
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Humana and PatientPing Integrate to Improve Care Coordination for North Carolina Medicare Advantage Members
Care coordination platform PatientPing, today announced that it has teamed up with Humana on a new care coordination focus for Humana Medicare Advantage plan members in North Carolina. The partnership aims to improve member experience for Humana's North Carolina Medicare Advantage membership by enhancing care coordination among providers on PatientPing's platform. Through these efforts, Humana aims to reduce emergency department visits, preventable admissions and readmissions, and improve
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Former ONC Chief Karen DeSalvo Joins LRVHealth as Executive Advisor
Former ONC Chief and Assistant Secretary at HHS joins “Inside Healthcare” investing platform focused on identifying and nurturing digital health innovation. Dr. Karen DeSalvo, who served as National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Assistant Secretary for Health (Acting) during the Obama administration is joining LRVHealth as an executive advisor. LRVHealth is an early-stage venture platform exclusively focused on finding, investing in and building disruptive new digital health,
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2018 Healthcare M&A in Review: 4 Trends Reshaping the Healthcare Landscape
The trend of mergers between large healthcare provider organizations continued in 2018, as the average size in revenue of sellers (defined as the smaller of two organizations in a transaction) reached $409 million, according to Kaufman Hall's new report, 2018 M&A in Review: A New Healthcare Landscape Takes Shape. This is the highest figure seen since Kaufman Hall began tracking this metric in 2008. It also represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 14 percent in the average
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Einstein, Humana Enter Value-based Care Agreement to Offer Better Patient Experience
Einstein Healthcare Network and Humana Inc. have entered into a value-based agreement designed to offer a coordinated, patient-centered experience to help Humana Medicare Advantage members achieve their best health. The value-based care agreement, in turn, teams Humana with Einstein Healthcare Network’s Accountable Care Organization, Einstein Care Partners, toward enhancing both the patient experience and patient outcomes in the Philadelphia area.Einstein Healthcare Network is a leading
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Humana Launches Digital Health Records Innovation Challenge
Health insurer Humana Inc. is sponsoring a new innovation challenge focused on making digital health more useful to patients, physicians and others– specifically in the Medicare space. Traditionally, the health care industry has stored digital health records - medical claims, pharmacy claims, calls, letters, hospital stays, and health program participation - in disparate places across different systems. But with advanced data processing and analytics, it is now possible to assemble these data
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PediaQ Nabs $4.5M for On-Demand App for Nurse Triage, House Calls
PediaQ, a Dallas, TX-based company that has launched a mobile app platform for on-demand nurse triage and house calls has landed its first partnerships with Memorial Hermann Health System (Houston) and Baylor Scott&White Health (Dallas). In addition, the company has raised $4.5 million in funding which brings its total funding to date at $6.5M since its inception in late 2014. The funding will be utilized to expand the company’s growth in Dallas, Houston and Austin, and will also allow for
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Humana Makes Strategic Investment in Livongo Health for Diabetes Management
Humana has made a strategic equity investment in Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases. The equity investment will support Livongo’s growth and help accelerate the launch of new diabetes management products and services. In the first phase of their partnership, Humana has made Livongo available to a select group of its members with successful results—delivering access to integrated diabetes management that combines consumer-focused
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Transcend Insights Unveils Unified Solution to Redefine Population Health
Transcend Insights®, a population health health-focused subsidiary of Humana, today announced the launch of a unified solution suite, built on its technology platform HealthLogix™. The new offering, which expands upon Transcend Insights’ population health platform for community-wide interoperability and real-time analytics, will provide health system executives, care teams and patients with a full suite of solutions designed to help them transition from episodic to proactive care for long-term
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Humana Joins Sensor, Big Data-Driven Collaboration to Reduce Asthma in Louisville
Humana is the latest local employer to join AIR Louisville, a new approach to improving asthma that leverages sensors, big data, and community collaboration.
AIR Louisville is a grant-funded program designed to reduce the burden of asthma inLouisville, Kentucky, a city consistently ranked as one of the most challenging in the US for people with asthma. The program aligns to Humana's local strategy to address respiratory illness among its employees and members.
Dr. Rae Godsey, DO, the
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