What You Should Know
Sword, the $4B AI health company, signed a definitive agreement to acquire digital mental health and mindfulness leader Headspace in an all-cash transaction valued at up to $300 million, with closing expected by the beginning of Q4 2026.The transaction unites Sword’s clinical AI Care platform with Headspace’s global reach of 100 million lives across 200 countries, 20,000 corporate enterprise clients, and health plan integrations including Cigna Healthcare and Kaiser
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Musculoskeletal care
Marathon Health and Medbridge Launch Integrated Virtual MSK Care
What You Should Know:
- Marathon Health and Medbridge have announced the launch of a new virtual musculoskeletal (MSK) care program, which is integrated directly into Marathon’s advanced primary care and MoveWell$^{\text{TM}}$ MSK solutions.
- Powered by Medbridge’s Pathways platform, the new solution is designed to increase access to and enhance the experience of MSK care, aiming to improve outcomes, curb costs, and reduce care fragmentation.
Personalized, Whole-Person
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RevelAi Health Closes $3.1M to Scale its Conversational AI Platform for Musculoskeletal Care
What You Should Know:
- RevelAi Health, a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) platform built for musculoskeletal care, has closed an oversubscribed $3.1M seed round led by Ulu Ventures and Symphonic Capital, with participation from Orthopedic VC, Sand Hill Angels, and a consortium of nationally recognized orthopedic surgeons.
- The company is tackling the largest area of U.S. healthcare spending—musculoskeletal disorders, which exceed $420B annually—by providing a 24/7
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Livara Health Secures $15M to Expand Value-Based Musculoskeletal Care Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Livara Health, a leading provider of value-based musculoskeletal (MSK) management solutions, raises $15M in Series B funding led by A1 Health Ventures.
- Existing investors Polaris Partners, Providence Ventures, Martin Ventures, and a new strategic investor also participated in the round.
Livara Health: A Leader in Value-Based MSK Care
Livara Health (formerly SpineZone) offers a comprehensive value-based MSK management solution. Through a
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IncludeHealth Secures $11M for Virtual Musculoskeletal Platform
What You Should Know:
- IncludeHealth, a provider of musculoskeletal technology solutions raises $11 million in a recent financing round led by CincyTech, with participation from Tamarind Hill and other investors.
- The company plans to use the funding to further expand MSK-OS™, the Company’s remote care platform powered by computer vision.
AI-Powered Virtual Physical Therapy
IncludeHealth partners with musculoskeletal providers to extend their reach beyond the clinic and unlock
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20 Executives Share Health IT Predictions to Watch in 2023
We asked several healthcare executives to share their health IT predictions and trends for 2023.
Nate Maslak, the co-founder/CEO of Ribbon Health
Data Personalization: 38% of consumers want more personalized and inclusive healthcare options. In 2023, we’ll see a greater shift towards healthcare enterprises prioritizing this personalization, by innovating their current data infrastructure to show a range of information that lets a patient make an educated care decision based on what
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Yale New Haven Health to Provide Musculoskeletal Care in Patients’ Homes, Powered by IncludeHealth
What You Should Know:
- IncludeHealth, a digital musculoskeletal (MSK) health company, today announced a partnership with Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) to transform care for patients with musculoskeletal health conditions.
- The partnership aims to deliver a best-in-class hybrid MSK care model for all YNHHS patients. The care model combines Yale New Haven Health’s world-renowned in-person orthopedic services with IncludeHealth’s Musculoskeletal Operating System (MSK-OS™) to deliver
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Humana Taps Cohere Health to Streamline Prior Authorizations for Cardiovascular & Surgical Specialties
What You Should Know:
- Health insurer Humana has expanded its partnership with Cohere Health to streamline the prior authorization process for cardiovascular care and surgical specialties. Both these care pathways are clinically complex, involving multiple exchanges between primary care physicians and specialists, which can contribute to costly and unnecessary variations in care.
- For surgical services, Humana staff will use the Cohere Unify™
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Hinge Health Reaches $6.2B Valuation with $600M for Digital Musculoskeletal Care Solution
What You Should Know:
- Hinge Health, a San Francisco, CA-based digital musculoskeletal (MSK) solution, today announced $400 million Series E financing led by Tiger Global and Coatue Management with Alkeon and Whale Rock acquiring ownership as part of a $200 million secondary investment. At a $6.2 billion-dollar valuation, Hinge Health is now one of the most valuable companies in digital health.
- Hinge Health reduces MSK pain, surgeries, and opioid use by pairing advanced wearable
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SWORD Health Nabs $25M for Virtual Musculoskeletal Care Solution
What You Should Know:
- SWORD Health raises $25 million in Series B to accelerate growth of its best-in-class virtual musculoskeletal care solution led by Todd Cozzens, Managing Partner at Transformation Capital and former healthcare investor at Sequoia Capital. Existing investors Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Green Innovations, Vesalius Biocapital and Faber also participated. The latest round brings SWORD’s cumulative fundraising to $50 million.
- SWORD Health pairs licensed physical
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