As part of the Heard at HLTH video series, MedCity News Editor in Chief Arundhati Parmar and Senior Reporter Katie Adams interviewed healthcare executives about innovations in health tech at HLTH 2023 in Las Vegas earlier this month.
At the 5th annual HLTH conference in Las Vegas, 14 healthcare executives from companies such as Babson Diagnostics to Wheel responded to questions such as what's the difference between a positive and negative user experience in telehealth? They also previewed their plans for 2023.
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MedCity News interviewed CEOs of public companies, entrepreneurs, VCs and payers at the HLTH conference that concluded last week. They had a range of answers to the question. But one common theme emerged: Currently, everyone has a vise-like grip on expenditure.
Hospitals and health systems must take a comprehensive and proactive stance to protect themselves from emerging competition in telemedicine and shore up operational practices.
After UnitedHealthcare and Aetna announced plans to launch virtual primary care plans, Cigna is rolling out its own with select employers. It’s also offering a broader suite of telehealth services to everyone enrolled in employer-sponsored plans.
Amazon is rolling out a telehealth service for other companies to offer as an employee benefit. But scale alone will not help it to unseat well-known telehealth brands in an increasingly competitive space.
To ensure effective cost mitigation, employers can’t wait for the market to adjust — they have to punch first.
The insurer is buying the telehealth company for an undisclosed sum through its health services portfolio Evernorth. The acquisition will enable Evernorth to offer a 24/7 virtual care platform to health plans and employers, including non-Cigna members.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, rising unemployment, and 2020’s other woes, healthcare technology firms continue to go public. So far, six health tech firms have already gone public in 2020.
Sixth Street Growth led the crossover equity investment. In a separate deal, MDLive also raised $25 million in debt.
Telehealth companies are scaling up their services to meet growing demand from patients during the Covid-19 pandemic. But will more patients continue to use their services in the long term?
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The insurance giant will expand its existing partnership with telehealth provider MDLive.
Venture capital firm Health Velocity Capital, which is led by a trio of veteran investors, has closed its initial oversubscribed fund with $185 million in committed capital.
The two health insurance giants and firm Health Velocity Capital led the round for the Sunrise, Florida organization. Novo Holdings A/S and Industry Ventures also participated.
Just as they did in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, key healthcare stakeholders are offering free telehealth visits to those impacted by Hurricane Irma.
In April, telehealth company MDLive was hit with a class-action lawsuit over patient privacy issues. But now plaintiff Joan Richards has voluntarily dismissed the suit.