Payers
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Milu Health Raises $4.8M for AI-Driven Health Savings Platform
Milu Health’s $4.8 million seed round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health and included participation from BoxGroup, PagsGroup and 81 Collection.
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Should the DOJ Break Up UnitedHealth Group?
The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly recently launched an antitrust investigation of UnitedHealth Group, which begs the question of whether the healthcare giant should be broken up. Experts have varying opinions.
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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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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Solera Health, Aon Join Forces to Simplify Employee Healthcare
Solera Health and Aon are collaborating to help employers manage point solution fatigue, engage members and measure ROI.
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HiLabs Secures $39M for AI-Powered Data Management Solutions
HiLabs’ Series B funding round was led by Denali Growth Partners and Eight Roads Ventures and included participation from F-Prime Capital. In total, HiLabs has raised about $41 million.
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UpLift Acquires Higher Ed Mental Health Company
With its acquisition of TAO Connect, UpLift now serves over 170 enterprise customers in the U.S. and Canada. It covers four million people, including more than two million students at more than 120 higher education institutions.
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Debunked Episode 2(audio): Discussing Unfair Hospital Pricing & How CA is Overseeing Large Transactions
Episode 2 of the Debunked (audio) show focuses on how hospitals are inflating prices for outpatient procedures and how California is looking at healthcare M&A and trying to address price increases and anti-competitive behavior.
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MedCity Influencers, BioPharma, Health Tech
What Drives Specialty Medication Enrollment Conversions? It’s Not What You Think.
We can no longer simply worry about the enrollment form as the only hurdle in therapy initiation. We must view the entire patient journey as an interconnected set of challenges that need solving. And I believe achieving that goal is within reach.
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Cost Plus Drugs, Talkspace, Health Gorilla Join Wheel’s Virtual Care Ecosystem
With its new partnerships, Wheel is able to connect its customers’ patients with mental health services through Talkspace, home delivery pharmacy services through Cost Plus Drugs and lab and diagnostic services through Health Gorilla.
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Payer’s Place: Don Antonucci
The CEO of Providence Health Plan visits the Payer’s Place and addresses the future of payment models.
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4 Healthcare Takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union Address
President Joe Biden discussed several healthcare concerns during his State of the Union address, including reproductive rights, prescription drug costs, the Affordable Care Act and women’s health research.
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MedCity Influencers, Health Tech, Payers
Digital Therapeutics Find Opportunity in Healthcare Economics Outcomes
Regardless of the path to market they ultimately take, DTx companies must be poised to harness and deploy data and information that can prove their products’ economic value. Without it, the innovative treatments that they produce will continue to struggle to find success.
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Blue Shield of California CEO on PBM Shakeup: ‘It’s Going to Become the Norm’
During a fireside chat hosted by MedCity News at ViVE, Blue Shield of California CEO Paul Markovich discussed the company’s decision to largely move away from CVS Caremark as its PBM and partner with several other companies.
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FarmboxRx Unveils Maternal Health Program
FarmboxRx’s new maternal health program sends members a food box, along with educational content to support them during their pregnancy. This content focuses on a variety of topics, including prenatal and postpartum care visit compliance, postpartum mental health, immunizations and prenatal and postpartum nutrition.
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The Top Strategies Healthcare Organizations Can Use to Reduce Denials
Here are six actionable steps healthcare organizations can take to reduce their likelihood of denials and write-offs.
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Report: Few Large Employers Have Changed Abortion Coverage Following Dobbs v. Jackson
Only 8% of large employers have reduced or expanded their coverage for abortion after the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, a new report from KFF found.