Virtual Specialty Care Has Time. Will We Use It Wisely?
The specialty access and capacity crisis demands more than incremental fixes. It requires expanding virtual access and fundamentally rethinking how specialty care can be delivered.
Lantern Secures $30M to Fuel Growth Across Employers and Health Plans
Lantern's $30 million raise was led by Morgan Health, a JPMorganChase business unit focused on employer-sponsored healthcare, as well as Echo Health Ventures, a strategic investment platform that invests on behalf of multiple Blues health plans.
How Artera is Using Agentic AI to Humanize Patient Care
Artera President Tom McIntyre talks about the practical application of AI in healthcare.
The Future of Specialty Care: APPs, MDs, and Machine-Guided Supervision
Many of today’s systems weren’t built for speed, supervision, or scale, and they can’t support the level of intelligence or flexibility that modern care delivery demands. The solution isn’t to retreat from APPs. It’s to invest in models that make their work safe, effective, and scalable.
AmplifyMD Snags $20M to Help Hospitals Scale Virtual Specialty Care
AmplifyMD raised a $20 million Series B round for its AI-driven virtual specialty care platform and physician network. Memorial Hermann Health System, both a customer and investor, uses the platform to fill specialty gaps and improve workflows.
Tennessee Taps Carrum Health for Centers of Excellence Network
The state of Tennessee has selected Carrum Health as its Centers of Excellence solution, giving employees covered by the state health plan access to its specialty care services.
Lantern Unveils Savings Methodology to Increase Transparency for Specialty Care Pricing
Lantern has publicly released its methodology for calculating surgical savings, and is inviting others to do the same.
The Mechanics of a More Connected Healthcare Ecosystem [Video]
Arbiter’s Anjali Jameson on hospital and payer alignment.
Lantern Teams Up with Pelago to Expand Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Through its partnership with Pelago, Lantern’s clients can access Pelago’s substance use disorder treatment through Lantern’s specialty care platform.
Easier Said Than Done: Why Scaling Up Value-Based Care is So Hard (and What We Can Do About It)
While expanding access to VBC in primary care is indeed an important goal, we must keep in mind that the vast majority of healthcare expenses are in specialty care areas like oncology, where costs continue to rise without improved patient outcomes.
Evolving Markets, Innovative Solutions: The Rise of Specialty VBC
This new approach is helping payors and providers unlock new value from their VBC initiatives while offering more effective and condition-specific treatment for patients.
Three Remote Nursing Strategies to Fight Patient Burnout
As poor experiences and high costs drive many to walk away from their doctors, the right additional support can keep patients from switching providers. Here are three suggestions to consider that could make a difference for patient experience while improving access to care and reducing costs.
Beyond Analytics: How Sellers Dorsey is Hard-Coding Value into Medicaid Policy [Video]
How to turn analytics into actual policy outcomes.
Three Healthcare Challenges Overcome by Virtual Specialty Care — And Why Employers Should Take Note
Virtual first models can address a brutal trifecta of challenges - access, cost, and quality.
Making the Transition to Value-Based Specialty Care
We’re in for a bumpy ride near term, but value-based specialty care (VBSC) is coming and – if done right – has the potential to transform how we care for millions of patients.
Included Health Announces New Specialty Care Offering
Included Health's new specialty care clinic, which will become available in 2025, is starting by offering three centers: the Cancer Center, the Center for Women’s Health and the Center for Metabolic Health.
A Guide for Specialty Practices Navigating a Future of Healthcare that Does Good and Feels Good
As the healthcare evolves toward service-based models, providers increasingly look to balance service delivery demands while keeping their core medical values without yielding to an overburdened system's pressures.
The Power of Value-Based Digital Transformation for Specialties
There is a huge opportunity for specialties to play a critical role in complementing primary care and tertiary care by transforming into a sustainable model that is preventive, boundaryless, and one that empowers patients and caregivers.