Sleep.ai’s $5.5 million in funding was led by Treasure Coast Ventures and included participation from Nurture Ventures, the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and Supermoon Capital. The post Sleep.ai Secures $5.5M to Scale Sleep Intelligence Platform appeared first on MedCity News.
If you get sick in America, there’s a good chance you’ll end up in debt. Four in 10 U.S. adults have some form of health-care debt, KFF has found. One surprising risk: living in a community where hospitals have consolidated — an increasingly common development as health systems merge or large systems gobble up smaller hospitals. That’s…
By MIKE MAGEE After Trump crashed the markets, citizens worldwide are “feeling the pressure.” But in the spirit of calming us down, let’s consider a story of human cooperation and success from our past. It has been estimated that a medical student learns approximately 15,000 new words during the four years of training. One of…
Culina Health’s Series A round was led by Healthworx, the investment arm of insurer CareFirst. It also included participation from Rethink Impact, Collab Capital, Collide Capital, Vamos Ventures, Tensility Venture Partners, Cake Ventures and GW Ventures. The post Culina Health Snags $7.9M to Expand Access to Nutrition Care appeared first on MedCity News.
[Sponsored] In an interview, Will Barnett, Veradigm Senior Solutions Manager, talked about the health tech vendor’s clearinghouse services and how they manage the relationship between payers and providers in support of evidence-based care and value-based care strategies. The post The Role of Claims Data Management to Support Evidence-Based Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
In her first months as a community health worker, Jee Hyo Kim helped violent crime survivors access supportive services and resources. When a client with post-traumatic stress disorder sought a therapist, she linked him to one that fit his needs. She helped clients afraid to leave their homes obtain food delivery vouchers. As one client…
It seems simple: Require hospitals and insurers to post their negotiated prices for most health care services and — bingo — competition follows, yielding lower costs for consumers. But nearly four years after the first Trump administration’s regulations forced hospitals to post massive amounts of pricing information online, the effect on patients’ costs is unclear….
Executives of the California Medicaid insurer discuss the impact of new CalAIM benefits on the deployment of community health workers
If you want a covid-19 shot this fall, will your employer’s health insurance plan pay for it? There’s no clear answer. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, has upended the way covid vaccines are approved and for whom they’re recommended, creating uncertainty where coverage was routine. Agencies within…