Omada & Hinge’s IPO Debuts Signal Success for Digital Health Market, Experts Say
Many healthcare experts are calling Omada Health and Hinge Health's IPO debuts a success, though it's still early days.
Omada Health Files to Go Public: Will It Be Successful?
Omada Health filed for an IPO on Friday. It’s the second major digital health company to do so this year, following musculoskeletal company Hinge Health in March.
Solving Healthcare’s Provider Data Problem Starts with Interoperability
Break down the silos. Take control of your provider data.
9 ViVE Announcements You Don’t Want to Miss
This year's ViVE conference featured a variety of news announcements — from company launches to new products to partnerships to acquisitions and more. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for nine of the conference's most notable announcements.
Why Omada’s CEO Thinks Amazon Selected His Startup as the 1st Partner for Its New Program
Amazon launched a new initiative to help connect people to digital health benefits that they may not know are available to them. Omada Health is its first partner. CEO Sean Duffy said his company stood out from the many other virtual diabetes care companies out there because about 20 million Americans — many of whom shop on Amazon — are eligible for Omada's programs.
Is Care Navigation the Answer to a Messy U.S. Health System?
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.
Omada Launches Program To Support Patients on GLP-1s
Omada's new program provides coaching, peer support and educational materials to patients struggling with chronic obesity and taking GLP-1s. The company chose not to prescribe the weight loss drugs itself.
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The 3 Best Medical Alert Devices for Active Seniors
Are you looking for a medical alert device that is elegant-looking and balances your independence and safety? Here are the best devices to choose from.
Medcity Pivot Podcast: Chronic Disease Management With an Interventional Cardiologist
Steve Driver is an interventional cardiologist as well as medical director of digital therapeutics at Advocate Aurora Health, which last year merged with Atrium Health. In this episode, he talked about a pilot involving Omada Health targeting a prediabetes population, among other things.
Why Payers and Employers Are Still Doubtful That Virtual Care Will Have a Revolutionary Impact
Insurers and employers are optimistic about the possibilities of virtual care, but they're not very enthusiastic about the care modality's larger influence on the healthcare industry, according to a recent report. Just 29% of employers and 34% of payers and benefits consultants said that virtual care will drastically change the way healthcare is provided and outcomes are achieved.
Omada Health raises $192M in Series E funding and Verily’s Onduo snags a payer partner
Omada got funds from two new investors - Fidelity Management & Research Company and aMoon as well as existing ones. Verily's Onduo is bringing its virtual diabetes management platform to an integrated care delivery and health plan that has 6 million members in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, and New York.
After building interoperability roadmap, Omada’s chief privacy officer sees it come into place
Omada’s chief privacy and regulatory officer shared how she set the stage for new interoperability rules while working at the ONC, and how digital health companies should navigate them.
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Newly-minted VC and ex-journalist Chrissy Farr makes some health tech predictions
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.
Covid-19’s terrible toll on diabetes patients. What can be done?
The public health crisis has undermined the economy and made people with chronic conditions more vulnerable and stressed. A validated program that can effectively help people manage their disease is invaluable, especially at a time when in-person physician visits are unavailable.
Omada Health acquires remote physical therapy company
Omada Health acquired Physera Health, a company that offers telehealth physical therapy appointments. The deal would add another digital health platform to Omada's toolbox, which includes solutions for diabetes, hypertension and behavioral health.
Covid-19 worries cause companies to seek mental health tools
With worries over health and the economy affecting most employees, companies are looking for ways to roll out more mental health tools. In turn, many digital health startups have found new clients.
Is an Omada Health IPO inevitable?
The markets may be battered, the economy shaken by Covid-19 concerns, but that didn't prevent a discussion with a top digital health CEO about the attractiveness of an IPO.