Transcarent is planning to acquire Accolade for $621 million, the companies announced Wednesday. The two companies are very complementary and the deal gives Accolade a chance to turn things around after struggling in the public market, experts say.
Dr. Shantanu Nundy describes how care navigation company Accolade can help self-insured employers lower costs for providing health coverage to their employees.
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It makes sense that when care navigation prioritizes the patient and better links them to care by reducing barriers and smoothing out the road to seeing a provider, the patient experiences better outcomes. Better outcomes also translates to fewer hospital readmissions, saving money for both patients and their employers.
Accolade added Equip to its Trusted Partner Ecosystem, a collection of health vendors vetted by Accolade that its customers can decide to contract with. Equip virtually connects patients struggling with an eating disorder with a five person care team, which includes a medical physician, dietician, therapist, peer mentor and family mentor.
Accolade added Lyra Health to its Trusted Partner Ecosystem, a collection of health vendors vetted by Accolade that employers who work with the company can choose to contract with. Lyra Health is the second behavioral health company to join the ecosystem.
Blue Shield of California's new health plan, Virtual Blue, gives members virtual access to primary care through Accolade and virtual access to specialty care through TeleMed2U. If needed, they can also receive in-person care through the payer's PPO network.
Zelis CEO Amanda Eisel shares her perspective on how the company is solving the problems of a fragmented health financial system to benefit all.
Possible strategies for employers to reduce disparities include addressing social determinants of health, improving care navigation, leveraging virtual care and upgrading plan offerings, the authors of a Harvard Business Review report said.
Employers are having a difficult time navigating all the point solutions in healthcare. But it's not necessarily a bad thing, as its generating more competition and forcing companies to get creative. Several experts discussed the topic at MedCity's Invest Digital Health conference.
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A battle of ideas from two prominent health tech CEOs came to life at the recently-concluded HLTH conference in Boston. It's a substantive debate on solving healthcare's entrenched problems and one worth having.
When it comes to managing inbound phone calls, underperformance has devastating cost implications.
The pandemic made collaboration necessary between stakeholders that otherwise tend to be at odds with each other. But as partnerships grow, providers, payers and pharma companies must ensure they are working toward a clear-cut common goal, according to panelists at HIMSS 21 Digital.
Care navigation company Accolade struck an agreement to buy telehealth startup PlushCare for $450 million. The goal is to support primary care physicians with information about a patient’s health and benefits, CEO Rajeev Singh said.
McKesson Ventures is one of the most active investors in the biopharma software sector with Komodo Health, Evidation and M2Gen among its portfolio companies.
Benefits navigation startup Accolade acquired second opinion startup 2nd.MD for $460 million. With little overlap between the two companies, the deal is expected to increase Accolade’s total addressable market by $22 billion.
Shawn Wagoner, chief revenue officer of insurance startup Bind Benefits, and Michael Yang, managing partner of OMERS Ventures, debated the best approach to help patients pick their insurance benefits.