Elise Reuter ([email protected]) is a reporter at MedCity News covering insurance and digital health. She has covered health care and technology for her career, which included reporting for the San Diego Business Journal and the Kansas City Business Journal. Originally from Colorado, she enjoys hiking, skiing and watching KU basketball in her free time.
At its first investor day since the start of the pandemic, CVS Health detailed plans to open primary care centers and integrate them with its other health services. At the same time, CVS plans to close 900 stores as it focuses on this new strategy.
The company is working on a voice assistant to lighten clinicians’ documentation burdens by automating some of that work. It faces competition from large companies like Nuance, which was acquired by Microsoft earlier this year.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
At CB Insights’ Future of Health Conference, Ginger CEO Russell Glass talked about how the company merged with Headspace to form a $3 billion mental health company and how to scale up a mental health business.
The company recently raised a $300 million funding round led by SoftBank’s second vision fund. It’s one of several digital health startups looking to address access to mental healthcare.
MetaMe received FDA clearance for its first digital therapeutic on Tuesday. It uses behavioral therapy to help alleviate abdominal pain symptoms for patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
CVS plans to use more of Microsoft’s cloud services, and also plans to work with the company to develop personalized health services focused on consumers. The partnership comes as CVS looks to build its digital presence and close a portion of its pharmacies.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
A study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that telehealth use increased 63-fold during the pandemic. But it also found significant disparities in telehealth use between urban and rural residents.
The Toronto-based startup is applying AI to ultrasound signals. It differentiates healthy tissue from diseased tissue by measuring its acoustic properties.
A federal jury found pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart helped fuel the opioid epidemic in two Ohio counties. It’s the first trial pharmacy chains have faced related to the opioid crisis, though several other lawsuits have been filed.
Talkspace’s COO Mark Hirschhorn is resigning after an internal review of his conduct. This comes just a week after the departure of its co-founders and CEO.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
The company got a breakthrough device designation for its app-based program for alcohol use disorder, reset-A. Pear currently has FDA-cleared digital therapeutics to address opioid use and substance use disorders.
Sword Health, one of several companies looking to take a digital approach to musculoskeletal care, recently closed an oversubscribed $163 million series D round, giving it a $2 billion valuation.
Affiliates of Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman struck a deal to buy the health IT company from its current private equity owners, Veritas Capital and an affiliate of activist investor Elliott Management. The two took the company private through a takeover bid in 2019.
The company launched a new health division, and has doubled down on its plans to open primary care clinics with VillageMD. It faces big competitors in CVS and Walmart, and it’ll take time to see if its new strategy pays off.
An analysis by Evernorth found that access to outpatient mental healthcare can reduce an individual patient’s cost of care by $1,000 to $3,000 over two years.