Michael Haller, a professor and chief of pediatric endocrinology at the University of Florida, has experience in working around threats to gender-affirming health care. He has been advocating for trans youth as Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people under 18 and its new restrictions for adults makes its way through litigation. In August, […]
How Gender-Affirming Care Providers Are Preparing for Trump Read More »
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC), a chemical and life sciences technology firm, is partnering with Alerje, an emergency medicine and food allergy management company, to transform allergy diagnosis and treatment worldwide. The alliance aims to create an all-inclusive, personalized allergy care strategy with better patient outcomes and quality of life. Key elements of the partnership
Mitsubishi partners with Alerje to transform allergy care Read More »
Synapticure, a telemedicine company focused on people and caregivers living with neurodegenerative diseases, announced it is partnering with Pearl Health, a technology company centered on physician enablement in value-based care, to provide personalized support to Medicare patients with dementia. The collaboration aims to benefit dementia patients and their families through the CMS GUIDE (Guiding an
Synapticure, Pearl Health partner to give personalized care to Medicare patients Read More »
Remote patient monitoring and virtual care company CoachCare secured a $48 million strategic growth investment. Integrity Growth Partners led the round with participation from Topmark Partners. WHAT IT DOES CoachCare works with individual practices and hospital systems to provide a remote patient monitoring service for patients with acute and chronic conditions, and it offers connected
CoachCare raises $48M for RPM and virtual care monitoring platform Read More »
Transcarent, a digital platform focused on the self-insured employer market, announced the launch of WayFinding, an AI-enabled consumer-facing platform that offers clinical guidance, benefits navigation and care delivery. The platform guides patients through receiving care by answering questions about benefits and costs, recommending an appropriate course of clinical action, and then connecting them to human
Transcarent unveils AI-enabled consumer platform for care navigation Read More »
Insurance companies have long blamed private-equity-owned hospitals and physician groups for exorbitant billing that drives up health care costs. But a tool backed by private equity is helping insurers make billions of dollars and shift costs to patients. The tool, Data iSight, is the premier offering of a cost-containment firm called MultiPlan that has attracted
In Battle Over Health Care Costs, Private Equity Plays Both Sides Read More »
Health system Mass General Brigham is teaming up with clinical decision support company AvoMD to help rapid response teams identify patients at risk of fatal respiratory or cardiac arrest outside of the ICU. AvoMD transforms PDF guidelines and static decision-tree protocols into actionable digital tools that can be made available in the clinical workflow via
Mass General Brigham, AvoMD partner for rapid response care workflows Read More »
AI-powered care facility automation platform care.ai announced an enterprise-wide partnership with New Jersey-based not-for-profit hybrid care provider Virtua Health, where Virtua will leverage care.ai’s virtual care offerings, including its Smart Care Facility Platform and Always-Aware ambient sensors. care.ai’s Smart Care Facility Platform includes a network of sensors spread through a care facility that monitors patients
Accompany Health, a hybrid care provider for low-income patients with complex needs, announced its launch with $56 million in Series A funding from Venrock, ARCH Venture Partners, IVP, Evidenced and Granite Capital Management. WHAT IT DOES The Bethesda-based company offers low-income patients 24/7 in-home and virtual care services, including primary care and urgent care, mental
Accompany Health launches with $56M to care for low-income patients Read More »
After Iowa lawmakers passed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in March, managers of an LGBTQ+ health clinic located just across the state line in Moline, Illinois, decided to start offering that care. The added services would provide care to patients who live in largely rural eastern Iowa, including some of the hundreds previously
Malpractice Premiums Are Blocking Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Read More »
