In order to engage more Americans in primary care, we need to understand the main challenges that surround primary care in the U.S., according to Dr. Stephen Ezeji-Okoye, Crossover Health’s chief medical officer. Some of these include the increasing shortage of primary care physicians and the lack of incentivization to focus on whole-person health and preventive care.
Crossover Health, a startup offering primary care services for several big tech companies, including Amazon and LinkedIn, raised $168 million in funding.
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The companies now have a total of 17 primary care clinics, which are currently limited to Amazon employees. It's a separate effort from the telehealth service Amazon rolled out earlier for its Washington employees.
CNBC's healthcare reporter has left the world of journalism behind to become a venture capitalist at OMERS Ventures. In an interview, she makes some healthcare predictions about 2021 and beyond.
Amazon, which opened a primary care clinic for employees in June, has added four more such clinics — all operated by medical group Crossover Health. The new clinics are based in Texas, but Amazon plans to open more locations in Arizona, Kentucky and Michigan over the next year.
Amazon is testing a pilot to offer primary care clinics for its employees. The company plans to open 20 locations operated by direct primary care startup Crossover Health.
Eden Health opened its first onsite health clinic at Convene's newest and largest co-working location in New York City and plans to open 25 locations across the co-working company's footprint over the next 18 months.
The idea behind Anuva is to offer employee additional healthcare services that are accessible from multiple locations. Alongside urgent care and primary care services, Anuva clinics will offer lab work, behavioral health, health coaching health coordination and an integrated pharmacy.
Employer-sponsored clinics developed in the industrial boom during and after World War II, but now companies crushed by rising healthcare costs are taking another look at the model.
The new capital will go towards expanding its virtual care offerings to 50 states and opening up new physical clinics in Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Boston and Los Angeles in partnership with an employer clinic company.
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CEO Scott Shreeve said the company’s push into virtual care was led by customer demands about serving employees who were remote and therefore unable to access the company’s physical clinics.
According to a 2017 employer survey, a third of companies with more than 5,000 employees now offer general medical clinics at their work sites.
Crossover Health a company that sets up and manages on site care centers for employers to provide primary care services to employees, has raised $15 million from new investor Norwest Venture Partners. The care centers are seen as one way for employers to reduce healthcare costs and make it easier for staff to see a […]
