The Journey recently launched as a Phoenix-based venture studio designed to create new healthcare startups with diverse founders. The studio works with entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds across the country, helping them prototype, scale and commercialize digital health platforms.
The two companies plan to open a clinic in Phoenix this fall, and additional locations over the next five years. To start, Tia will offer virtual care services in Phoenix.
Employees who enjoy their benefits are more inclined to stay with their company. A 2025 Marsh McLennan Agency report said 73% of employees would remain if plan options were better.
EVisit, an Arizona startup that is building an end-to-end telehealth platform for health systems and physician practices, raised $14 million.
Financial terms of the deal were kept confidential. Novartis will work with Ubisoft and McGill University to accelerate development of a digital therapeutic for amblyopia, also known as lazy eye.
"We realized that that the old way of doing things - which was identifying a single point solution and putting that out to members - wasn't going to work," said Bryce Williams, Blue Shield of California's vice president of lifestyle medicine.
Accumen, which assists organizations with outreach services, imaging, clinical laboratory operations and patient blood management, has scooped up Pennsylvania-based Halfpenny for an undisclosed amount.
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Last week, the company announced a $225 million settlement with the Department of Justice for civil and criminal investigations into illegal promotion of the cancer pain drug Subsys.
The Banner Innovation Group, or BIG, is a way to bring together the health system's existing innovation efforts — like its emergency department chatbot — under one umbrella, as well as to expand into new areas.
Solera Health CEO Brenda Schmidt said the company's differentiator is in payment system, which allows health plans to pay social services providers through same pathway that other healthcare providers are reimbursed.
"Our philosophy is that it is as important to fail fast as it is to succeed quickly," said Nader Sanai, the director of the Ivy Brain Tumor Center at Barrow Neurological Institute.
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Through the accelerator, the companies, which tackle issues like hand injuries, remote patient monitoring and sexual health, will get the chance to develop or optimize new products, license intellectual property and sponsor research and clinical studies.
The Equality Health Walk-in Clinic is set to open on April 29 at a Food City location in Phoenix, though there will be additional clinics in other locations where access to quality care is a challenge.
Solera Health helps find and organize community-based and digital programs - and importantly - facilitates their reimbursement through the medical claims process.
Pillpack's Phoenix, Arizona facility has been granted nine additional state pharmacy licenses in the past two months, allowing that site to sell into other states.
In addition to recently launching its head CT scan technology, the startup also has AI-powered chest, abdomen and musculoskeletal image interpretation capabilities.