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9am.Health Nabs $16M to Expand Virtual Diabetes Clinic Nationwide

by Fred Pennic 04/13/2022 Leave a Comment

9am.Health Nabs $16M to Expand Virtual Diabetes Clinic Nationwide

What You Should Know: - 9am.health, a San Diego, CA-based virtual diabetes clinic that delivers personalized, affordable, and compassionate care directly to consumers raises $16M in Series A funding co-led by 7Wire Ventures and Human Capital and included participation from new investors StartUp Health, Leaps by Bayer, and existing investors Define Ventures and Founders Fund. The latest round brings its total funding to date to nearly $20M. - Innovative virtual care provider is now
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Next Generation of Risk Adjustment: Uniting Health Plans and Providers

by Shahyan Currimbhoy, VP & Aaron Fulner, Sr. Director at Edifecs 04/13/2022 Leave a Comment

Next Generation of Risk Adjustment Uniting Health Plans and Providers

Up until now, risk adjustment has been addressed as a mechanism to accurately represent the overall risk profile of a health plan’s membership. A function that will still facilitate a health plan’s payment for taking on at-risk populations is about to go through its first major transformation – the use of risk adjustment data to drive value-based program initiatives. Now that the functional aspects
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Fitbit Receives FDA Clearance for New PPG Algorithm to Identify AFib

by Fred Pennic 04/12/2022 Leave a Comment

Fitbit Receives FDA Clearance for New PPG Algorithm to Identify AFib

What You Should Know: - Fitbit announced it has received clearance from the FDA for its PPG (photoplethysmography) algorithm to identify atrial fibrillation (AFib), a condition that affects more than 33.5 million people globally.  - The algorithm will soon be available to users in the U.S. through Fitbit’s new Irregular Heart Rhythm Notifications feature on eligible heart-rate tracking devices.
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Vytalize Health Raises $50M for Value-Based Care Platform for Seniors

by Fred Pennic 04/11/2022 Leave a Comment

Vytalize Health Raises $50M for Value-Based Care Platform for Seniors

What You Should Know: - Vytalize Health raises over $50 million to advance its value-based care platform for seniors helping primary care doctors strengthen relationships with their patients through data-driven, holistic, and personalized care. - Led by Enhanced Healthcare Partners, the financing round signals an enormous opportunity for Vytalize Health to accelerate the adoption of value-based care programs by providers. Vytalize Health, a leading value-based care platform for
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4 Keys to Delivering A Retail-Like Patient Experience Journey

by Melinda Cisneros, Healthcare Industry Analyst & Grant Harland, Retail and Hospitality Industry Analysts at Windstream Enterprise 04/11/2022 Leave a Comment

4 Keys to Delivering A Retail-Like Patient Experience Journey

When it comes to the quality of their healthcare journey, patients, it seems, are losing patience with their healthcare providers. In Cedar’s latest Healthcare Consumer Experience Study, for example, the share of consumers who said they won't pay a bill if they cannot understand the administrative experience tripled from 2020 to 2021, to 37%. A vast majority (93%) indicated the quality of the billing and payment experience is important to their decision to return to a healthcare provider in
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Potential of Implementing Polygenic Risk Scores in Healthcare Systems

by Dr George Busby, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Allelica 04/06/2022 Leave a Comment

Challenges and Potential of Implementing Polygenic Risk Scores in US Healthcare Systems

The promise of personalized medicine is a world in which interventions, screening, and therapeutics are targeted to those most likely to get the disease. Polygenic risk scores will help society reach this ambition by accurately assessing the contribution that one’s DNA makes to disease risk.  When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that ‘all men are created equal,’ he captured the essential concept of equality on which the US Constitution is based. Although no one would
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Why Digital Transformation Is Imperative to Combat Healthcare’s Labor Crisis

by Juan Pablo Segura, President and Co-founder of Babyscripts 04/05/2022 Leave a Comment

Digital Health - Is It Worth It? How to Calculate ROI in Digital Health

As the coronavirus pandemic first spread across the globe, health systems turned to technology and virtual care while focusing their efforts on COVID-19 and its consequences. Physicians deployed digital tools to keep the worried well out of hospitals, to keep beds open for COVID-19 patients, and to support and manage conditions like pregnancy from the safety of patients’ homes. Now the healthcare sector faces a new challenge. The so-called “Great Resignation” is causing workers to leave their
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At-Home Digital Health Innovations Transforming Diabetes Care

by Mark Clements, MD, PhD, CPI, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer, Glooko, Inc. 04/04/2022 Leave a Comment

At-Home Digital Health Innovations Transforming Diabetes Care

If you’re looking for a silver lining in the COVID-19 dark cloud still enshrouding the world, consider this: The pandemic has turbocharged widespread acceptance of at-home digital health solutions. Forced to function in a world of social distancing, healthcare providers and physicians have quickly discovered how easily telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring (RPM) and digital therapeutics can improve patient care.  Many of these digital health innovations are designed to address
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athenahealth Improves Care for Transgender & Non-Binary Patients

by Jasmine Pennic 04/01/2022 Leave a Comment

$17B athenahealth PE Firm Buyout Deal Near Closing - Health M&A

What You Should Know: - athenahealth launches new capabilities in athenaOne, the company’s cloud-based suite of electronic health records (EHR), healthcare billing, and patient engagement solutions, to help eliminate barriers that transgender and non-binary patients face when receiving healthcare. - The new functionality enables more accurate and comprehensive recording and display of patient information – including the name used, pronouns, and gender identity, in addition to legal name
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Digital Health Disconnect Creates Unnecessary Roadblock to Patient Engagement

by Aaron Kaufman, EVP at Carenet Health 04/01/2022 Leave a Comment

Digital Health Disconnect Creates Unnecessary Roadblock to Patient Engagement

By all accounts, the last two years have accelerated consumer adoption of digital tools for managing nearly every aspect of our lives. Ordering takeout? Odds are good you used a digital payment method, alongside the 93% of consumers who say they’ve used tools like Venmo and Zelle over the last year. Visiting your primary care physician? There’s a good chance you had at least some interaction with a patient portal or telehealth platform. Even the
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