chronic conditions
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The 3 Areas that Concern Business Group on Health’s CEO
Issues around healthcare affordability, mental health challenges and worsening chronic conditions are all top of mind for Ellen Kelsay, president and CEO of Business Group on Health.
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Geisinger Launches Heart Failure Monitoring Program Using Bodyport’s Smart Scale
Geisinger is launching a pilot program in partnership with virtual heart failure monitoring startup Bodyport. About 200 of the health system’s heart failure patients will be using Bodyport’s cardiac scale at home — the scale uses sensors to measure a person’s metrics of heart function and body fluid status after they stand on it for about 20 seconds.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Upperline Health Snags $58M for Its Network of Value-Based Specialty Care Clinics
Upperline Health, a provider network focused on value-based specialty care, recently raised $58 million. The startup identifies patients who are seeing specialists four or more times a year and provides them with an interdisciplinary care team that treats them at a clinic, in their home or via phone.
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UpStream Rakes In $140M to Scale VBC for Seniors
UpStream — a company that provides technology and services for physicians enrolled in value-based care models — raised $140 million in Series B funding. The company doesn’t charge providers to use its services. It has negotiated rates with Medicare programs and takes on both upside and downside risk — but physicians “only see the upside” because they get paid by UpStream no matter what, according to CEO Sanjay Doddamani.
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Report: Chronic conditions lead to medical debt at all income levels
Chronic conditions cause medical debt in U.S. households across all income levels, according to a new report. Medical debt has frequently been associated with cancer and, more recently, diabetes treatment, but there are other chronic conditions that contribute significantly to medical bills — such as heart disease, asthma, anxiety and lung disease.
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Who won INVEST Pop Health Pitch Perfect?
Six healthcare startups took center stage at the conference and presented their approaches to addressing pain points in chronic condition management and population health.
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Artificial Intelligence, BioPharma
ShouTi secures $100M to hit biologic and peptide targets with small molecules
ShouTi Pharmaceuticals, a startup that brings computational techniques to drug discovery, has raised $100 million in Series B financing. The clinical-stage biotech designs small molecules intended to do the work of biologic and peptide drugs.
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What’s on the agenda for INVEST Pop Health Virtual on November 15-16?
MedCity News is once again partnering with the New Orleans Business Alliance to host the executive summit INVEST Pop Health Virtual.
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Two Alphabet subsidiaries come together, as Onduo sends Fitbits to some of its users
People who access Onduo through their employer will have access to the wearables and Fitbit’s subscription program. Google closed its acquisition of Fitbit earlier this year, and Onduo is a subsidiary of Google’s sister company, Verily.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Unlocking the full potential of home care and remote medical monitoring for chronic conditions
Join us on July 21st and learn how to connect patients and caregivers in a way to extend and provide the best quality of life.
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Weight-loss app Noom plans foray into a broader range of conditions
Noom, a weight loss app that uses health coaching, raised $540 million in a funding round led by Silver Lake Capital. It plans to expand into a wider range of conditions, including stress and diabetes.
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Highmark strikes deal with Verily as part of broader Google partnership
Verily become part of a six-year collaboration between Google Cloud and Highmark Health. A big part of the partnership will be Verily’s platform for managing chronic conditions, Onduo.
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Hospitals, Patient Engagement, Physicians
Report: 40% of chronically ill Americans delayed care during pandemic
As of September 2020, about a third of Americans said they delayed or avoided medical care due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report. That figure shoots up to 40% among Americans with chronic conditions, which means providers need to work harder to assuage patient fears, the authors wrote.
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How is population health innovation unfolding in Louisiana?
With the annual INVEST Population Health virtual conference coming up November 16-18, here’s a look at our collaboration partner New Orleans Business Alliance. It plays a vital role in helping to stimulate the local economy by supporting the development and advancement of the healthcare and biotech infrastructure.
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Startups focused on chronic conditions and value-based care: Video from MedCity INVEST Digital Health
Finalists in the Pitch Perfect contest track, chronic disease management and value-based care, span virtual care for patients with neurological disorders and family caregivers, digital therapeutics for adolescent mental health, and personalized nutrition coaching to address chronic disease risk.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
