Teal Health Teams Up With Thatch to Expand Access to Cervical Cancer Screening
Through a new partnership, Thatch’s employer customers can now offer Teal Health’s at-home cervical cancer screening as an employee benefit through an ICHRA.
Through a new partnership, Thatch’s employer customers can now offer Teal Health’s at-home cervical cancer screening as an employee benefit through an ICHRA.
Cancer rates are climbing among younger Americans, and healthcare leaders are calling for earlier screenings, more convenient testing options and expanded health plan coverage to help catch cases before they’re fatal. From at-home tests to multi-cancer detection tools, stakeholders across the industry are working to boost access to early detection.
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Teal Health received FDA approval for the first-ever at-home cervical cancer test, which seeks to give patients an alternative to the in-office pap smear. The test is already covered by four major payers in California.
Teal Health raised $10 million in seed funding, taking its total funding to $23 million. The company has submitted an application to the FDA for its at-home cervical cancer screening kit, which seeks to give patients an alternative to the in-office pap smear.