Emory Healthcare in Atlanta announced a partnership with Guidehealth, value-based care enablement startup. The collaboration is designed to help primary care reach more than 350,000 patients across Georgia.
Georgia policymakers, county officials and the NAACP are asking the federal government to investigate Wellstar Health System’s closure of two Atlanta-area hospitals in predominantly Black neighborhoods. Complaints have recently been filed with the DOJ, IRS and HHS' civil rights office.
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Despite banners proclaiming Atlanta Medical Center's commitment to the area — “120 Years Caring For Atlanta,” one reads — its nonprofit owner, Wellstar Health System, recently announced plans to close the hospital’s doors on Nov. 1.
Sharecare, a digital health startup created by Web MD founder Jeff Arnold and Dr. Mehmet Oz, is reportedly in talks to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company. It also recently acquired startup Doc.ai.
The plans will include zero-dollar premiums and will give patients access to free primary care visits, dental exams and lab tests at Walmart Health centers across the state.
The Atlanta-based company has raised $5.2 million in seed funding in a financing led by First Round Capital and Threshold Ventures, as it looks to continue to build out its technology.
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Among 29 patients, the drug - designed for patients who become resistant to TRK inhibitors like Vitrakvi - showed a 34 percent response rate, according to Phase I data.
Kaiser's collaboration with the organization will be directed at seven communities in California as well as Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Montgomery County in Maryland, Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Virginia, Denver, Atlanta and Honolulu.
Dubbed Sharecare RX, the recently launched digital pharmacy savings card allows customers to get discounts of generic and branded medications across 68,000 pharmacies.
The financing news comes on the heels of the company moving its headquarters to Atlanta from Plantation, Florida as a way to accommodate its rapid growth and tap into the technical and clinical talent in the region.
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The Atlanta startup provides various tools to improve patient access, including patient matching, relationship management and check-in solutions.
Through the Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub, which is slated to launch September 1, the health system and Sharecare will develop tech solutions targeted at solving unmet patient needs.
Since January 1, Walmart employees at 55 Walmart, Sam's Club and Walmart Distribution Center locations in the metro-Atlanta area have been able to choose the Emory Accountable Care Plan as their primary health plan.
The company is preparing to announce an acquisition next month and is positioned to look for other technology companies to grow and finetune its business.