To combat challenges facing the industry, both policymakers and entrepreneurs have been working on complementary strategies to help primary care physicians, nephrologists and other care team members disrupt the status quo.
The funding round was led by Wellington Management. The company sees its approach as a break from the industry's "disproportionate" focus on dialysis, which is used to treat people with kidney failure.
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
The executive order is focused on increasing the supply of kidneys available for transplants, improving prevention and treatment of chronic kidney disease and pushing the majority of dialysis patients to get their treatment through less-costly and more convenient home care.
In an interview, Slavitt highlighted some of the health tech startups that he thinks are addressing the needs of Medicaid patients by providing much-needed services behind their technologies.