What You Should Know:
- Growth equity investor SEMCAP is launching SEMCAP Health, its healthcare investment strategy to address the significant opportunities at this unprecedented time in the healthcare industry.
- SEMCAP Health takes influential minority or majority positions in high-growth healthcare tech and tech-enabled services business. The most recent example is SEMCAP Health’s investment in
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Partners
Cureatr and Unite Us Launches Health Equity Program
What You Should Know:
- Cureatr and Unite Us are teaming up to launch a comprehensive health equity program to support patients experiencing transitions of care. The partnership with Unite Us has empowered Cureatr to more holistically care for patients and evolve the role of Cureatr's certified community health workers (CHWs).
- In addition to providing services that address medication access issues, the new health equity program allows CHWs to screen patients for social determinants of
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Lumeris Launches Value-Based Care Accelerator for Practices
What You Should Know:
- Lumeris is launching Tribus, a value-based care accelerator for practices to convert from fee-for-service to value-based care using a community based-model.
- Under the direction of Dr. Chuck Willey, CEO of Tribus, who is a practicing internal medical physician in St. Louis, doctors will participate in physician-to-physician training and mentorship for anyone looking for a better way to deliver at-risk care for senior populations.
Why It Matters
The Medicare
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Valera Health Secures $45M to Increase Mental Health Access for High Acuity Patients
What You Should Know:
Valera Health, a virtual mental health provider serving high acuity patients raises $44.5M in growth equity raise led by Heritage Group.
The round also included participation from Cigna Ventures, Horizon Healthcare Services and existing investors, which include Windham Ventures, AXA Venture Partners, Aquiline Technology Partners, Trinnovate Ventures (BCBS AZ), Figure Eight Investments, Watershed VC, and Alsora Capital.
Care that is comprehensive, inclusive, and
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JPMorgan Establishes Life Sciences Private Equity Division
What You Should Know:
- J.P. Morgan Asset Management announced the establishment of a new life sciences private equity team, Life Sciences Private Capital.
- The new team will focus on investing in both early and growth-stage healthcare companies across multiple strategies aligned to specific market opportunities, with a focus on novel therapeutics and technologies in several target areas including Genetic Medicine, Oncology, Neurodegenerative Disease, Rare Diseases, Autoimmunity,
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3 Reasons to Implement an IDMP Solution Early
The European Union (EU) has announced guidance on the Identification of Medicinal Product (IDMP) — and pharmaceutical companies around the world should take notice. While the EU will be the first to design and implement IDMP, other countries, including the United States, will need to begin following suit. It’s imperative that companies begin evaluating what changes need to be implemented, and the sooner pharmaceutical companies act, the better.
Designed to connect data elements and
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MedCrypt Raises $25M for Medical Device Cybersecurity Platform
What You Should Know:
- Today, MedCrypt, the proactive cybersecurity solution provider for medical devices and manufacturers raises $25M in Series B funding led by Intuitive Ventures and Johnson & Johnson Innovation.
- The round included participation from institutional investors Section 32, Eniac Ventures, Anzu Partners, and Dolby Family Ventures. This round of funding brings the company's total to date to $34.4M.
Rising Need for Medical Device Cybersecurity
This round stems
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Cultivating an Early Warning System in Healthcare Quality Through Bi-Directional Patient-Physician Engagement
Patient advocacy organizations and medical specialty societies can serve as a liaison between patients and providers in bi-directional engagement, closing gaps in the patient journey and ultimately driving innovation for higher quality care.
Patients are the keyholders to an enormous trove of data that is critical to taking the next step in improving the quality of their care. However, patient data collection has been a historically difficult process due to disparate data sources,
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Nuvance Health Launches Cognitive Care-At-Home Program
What You Should Know:
- Nuvance Health, a system of nonprofit hospitals and outpatient healthcare services throughout the Hudson Valley and western Connecticut launches a pilot that provides brain-stimulating activities such as gamification and a way to upload family photos and videos for “reminiscence” therapy.
- The platform, Neuroglee Connect uses artificial intelligence to track which activities help each individual the most to target the most effective treatment possible.
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HealthJoy Raises $60M for Healthcare Navigation Platform to Reduce HR Burden
What You Should Know:
- HealthJoy, a healthcare navigation platform that drives benefits satisfaction, improves care outcomes, improves employee satisfaction and reduces HR burden raises $60M in Series D funding led by Valspring Capital with participation from new investors Endeavour Vision and CIBC Innovation Banking. Existing investors US Venture Partners, GoHealth co-founders Brandon Cruz and Clint Jones, Health Velocity Capital, Nueterra Capital and Epic also participated
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