It may be a little chilly out, but it feels like Springtime For Early Round Funding and Big Partnerships. Anima, a London-based startup fresh out of Y Combinator, now has a $12 million Series A raise. It was led by Molten Ventures, with participation from existing investors Hummingbird Ventures, Amino Collective and Y Combinator. Its platform combines online consultation with productivity tools for integrated care enablement in one dashboard for primary care. Their founders position it as a single source for patient truth across care settings, avoiding missed diagnoses. As of today, Anima is deployed in over 200 NHS clinics... Continue Reading
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News roundup: Cerner goes live at VA, DOD Lovell Center; WebMD expands education with Healthwise buy; Dexcom has FDA OK for OTC glucose sensor; Centene may have buyer for abandoned Charlotte HQ
...in the US. Like the prescription version, the biosensor attaches to the arm to monitor blood glucose without skin penetration and connects to a Dexcom phone app. The sensor is the same as the prescription Dexcom G7, with a battery life of about 15 days. Stelo was cleared for use by adults 18+ who have Type 2 diabetes but not on insulin therapy–over 25 million people in the US. Release is scheduled for online-only release this summer as a cash-pay purchase (cost not disclosed), with insurance reimbursement TBD over the next few years. Mobihealthnews, Healthcare Dive Centene may be close... Continue Reading
Updates on Change cyberattack: UHG’s timeline for system restorations, key updates around claims and payments in next weeks (updated)
As of 8 March-updated 14 March UnitedHealth Group released a timeline on restoring Change Healthcare systems. Prescribing is currently back online, with payments not up until next Friday and the claims network starting testing and brought up through the week of 18 March. Highlights below are from the release. Details in 7 March press release. Electronic prescribing is now fully functional with claim submission and payment transmission available as of 7 March. At the end of the release, there is additional information applicable to pharmacy claims and payments, as well as Optum Rx PBM. Update: UHG announced on 13 March... Continue Reading
Reality Bites Again: UHG being probed by DOJ on antitrust, One Medical layoffs “not related” to Amazon, the psychological effects of cyberattacks
...(acquired) unit in Medicare Advantage and Medicare Shared Savings Programs including the advanced ACO REACH model, in October was rebranded as One Medical Senior, with an intention for all One Medical offices to serve age 65+–but with current patients, many with multiple chronic conditions, now reporting cutbacks in callbacks, appointment length, physician load, and services provided such as transportation. One clinic had 20 staff cut back to five with patients pushed out to virtual visits–hardly appropriate for a high needs, older, less technologically savvy patient population in value-based care, quality-measured models. Editor’s note: having had some experience in ACO and... Continue Reading
Facing Future: Walgreens CEO moves company into strategic review–will he get WBA board alignment?
...interviewed during ViVE24 by Mobihealthnews, It is only remarkable in how he sidestepped direct questions beyond the first two lengthy ones on a virtual care initiative, generating a fog of non-answers around VillageMD closures and corporate strategy that became peasoup thick by the last question. (Kudos to Jessica Haden for not going wobbly.) The dubious wisdom of placing a C-level in front of the press at a ‘hard and tough news’ time, one whose expertise is clinical in nature, most comfortable in speaking to that and not corporate strategy, plus evidently has a hard time editing/limiting responses, should be rethought.... Continue Reading
Short takes on a springlike ‘defrosting’: Redi Health’s $14M Series B, Dario Health buys Twill for ~$30M
...a behavioral health app still known as Happify). Dario is putting up $10 million in cash. The rest is in 10 million shares of common stock (Nasdaq, DRIO) in the form of pre-funded warrants for the benefit of Twill’s debt holders and equity holders. These warrants will not vest all at once but in four phases after closing: 270 days, 360 days, 540 days, and 720 days. As Dario stock is at about $2.50, this is approximately $20 million for a total transaction cost of $30 million. Dario has a combined app and in-person approach to musculoskeletal (MSK) therapy, diabetes,... Continue Reading
Roundup: Walgreens’ new chief legal officer; Digital Health Collaborative launched; fundings/M&A defrosting for b.well, R1 RCM, Abridge, Reveleer; Veradigm likely delists, buys ScienceIO–mystery? (updated)
...a coalition of 14 healthcare and consumer organizations, is committed to “evidence-based, cost-effective, equitable digital health solutions.” Their initial activities are expected to include a national purchaser survey, grantmaking, and convenings. The DHC is supported by the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) and led by Caroline Pearson, also the Executive Director at the NYC-based Peterson Center on Healthcare. The 14 organizations backing the DHC are: AARP, AHIP, Alliance for Connected Care, American Medical Association (AMA), American Telemedicine Association (ATA), Consumer Technology Association (CTA), Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA), HLTH Foundation, Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), International Consortium... Continue Reading
Change Healthcare cyberattack persists–is the BlackCat gang back and using LockBit malware? BlackCat taking credit. (update 28 Feb #2)
...adding insult, not even under a new name. Bleeping Computer today reported that BlackCat’s hack went through a critical ConnectWise ScreenConnect auth bypass flaw (CVE-2024-1708 and 1709) which was actively exploited in attacks to deploy ransomware on unpatched servers. This was confirmed by Reuters and Health-ISAC, a healthcare-focused organization engaged in cyber best practices and threat intelligence, via the American Hospital Association’s AHA Cybersecurity Advisory today (26 Feb). AHA is advising healthcare organizations to actively reevaluate their connection or disconnection status of Change Healthcare systems which have been deemed safe by Optum. As of today, BlackCat did not claim credit... Continue Reading
Mid-week roundup: Cotiviti’s $10.5B stake to KKR; Cigna buys back $3.2B shares; VA Oracle Cerner faulty med records; LockBit ransomware websites cold-busted at every level, principals indicted; Trualta partners with PointClickCare
...government watchdog. David Case, deputy inspector general for the VA, reported at a House Veterans Affairs Committee Technology Modernization Subcommittee meeting last week, that while VA had no reports of harmful drug interactions, Case had at least one instance of a veteran not given a critical medication for adrenal insufficiency, leading to a near-disastrous outcome. The VA has also not informed the 250,000 veterans with prescription records in the Oracle Cerner system that the records may have errors.. In the VA facilities that have Oracle Cerner, providers, pharmacists, and frontline staff must perform complex manual medication safety checks to replace... Continue Reading
Telemental news roundup: Brightside Health expands Medicaid/Medicare partners; Blackbird Health gains $17M Series A; Nema Health’s PTSD partnership with Horizon BCBSNJ
...Wellcare Medicare Advantage. Optum for UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members Lucet for Florida Blue members Under traditional Medicare, coverage now includes Texas, California, Delaware, Arizona, New York, Washington, Florida, North Carolina, Michigan, and Illinois. Beneficiaries and members can access Brightside’s virtual psychiatric therapy including medication, plus cognitive and behavioral therapy with independent skill practice, and Crisis Care, Brightside’s program for those with elevated suicide risk. With the new partnerships, Brightside is now estimating that they cover approximately 100 million lives–one in three US covered lives–and is seeking to further expand these partnerships as well as to traditional (original) Medicare Part B... Continue Reading
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