Prime members can now get a One Medical membership for $9 a month or $99 a year. The benefit provides access to 24/7 on-demand virtual care through One Medical’s app. But health experts are split on whether the move will improve access to care.
Amazon Pharmacy announced Tuesday that it is launching automatic coupons for more than 15 insulin and diabetes care brands. The move, while incremental, solves a major pain point for consumers with diabetes, as many struggle to afford insulin products.
During Q3, digital health's funding fell 36% quarter-over-quarter and 72% from its all-time high during last year’s Q2. The primary driver of this reduction is macro market trends, experts said, though digital health companies need to tie their services more directly to value to get funding in the future.
Healthcare delivery is one of the themes at the annual MedCity News virtual INVEST conference, April 19-23. Register today!
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.
WithMe Health, a startup trying to build a new approach to pharmacy benefits, spun off a medication guidance service that can be layer on top of existing PBMs. It also raised $20 million in funding, led by OMERS Ventures.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Among the areas of interest for employee benefits startups that presented in our Pitch Perfect contest are: electronic patient care records, behavioral health, caregiver support and substance abuse treatment.
In the latest video installment from INVEST Digital Health, venture capitalist Michael Yang, Managing Partner, OMERS Ventures, and healthcare entrepreneur Shawn Wagoner, Chief Revenue Officer, Bind Benefits, go head to head to debate the future of health insurance.
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.
Venture capitalist Michael Yang, Managing Partner, OMERS Ventures, and healthcare entrepreneur Shawn Wagoner, Chief Revenue Officer, Bind Benefits, will debate how the future of health insurance can be reimagined and the limits to doing that. It will be followed by a networking event on the Remo platform.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The upcoming INVEST Digital Health virtual conference September 21-25 will offer a spotlight for this debate to continue. It will also include conversations spanning behavioral health and how hospitals are addressing the pandemic as well as healthcare startup pitches.
Bind Benefits' Shawn Wagoner and OMERS Ventures' Michael Yang tussle over dueling visions of the future of health insurance, specifically whether consumers have the wherewithal to make prudent buying decisions, at a recent Bay Area event.
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.
Michael Yang spent nearly a decade at Comcast Ventures helping to build a West Coast investment presence for the Philadelphia-based company. Now he's charged with a similar mission for a $71 billion Canadian pension plan.
