Led by Uber Health Veteran Dan Trigub, MedArrive Launches with $4.5M in Funding
Dan Trigub — the recent head of Uber Health and a former member of Lyft’s health care arm — has always been passionate about home […]
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What is the impact of FDA review time on pharmaceutical R&D investments?
This is the question that a recent paper by Chorniy et al. (2020) attempt to answer. This issue is clearly very relevant as the UK […]
New Hospital-at-Home Waiver Program Is ‘Another Step Forward’ for Home-Based Care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week took extraordinary steps toward increasing the U.S. health care system’s capacity by shifting more acute […]
UnitedHealth Group Founder to Raise $300M for Senior Care SPAC with Home Care Focus
The founder of UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) is launching a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that has its eyes set on a $300 million public […]
With Hospital Beds in Short Supply, Avera Health Turns to Versatile Home-Based Care Program
The idea that the home setting could serve as an alternative care site — taking the pressure off of hospitals facing over-capacity challenges — really […]
LHC Group CEO Keith Myers: Change in Washington Won’t Derail ‘Incredible’ Home Health Opportunity
Keith Myers has seen his fair share of change in Washington, D.C. Since co-founding the business with his wife, Ginger, in 1994, Myers has helped […]
‘They’re Calling Us Up, Asking for Help’: How Health System Struggles Factored into the AccentCare-Seasons Merger
The coronavirus didn’t directly lead to the recently announced merger between AccentCare Inc. and Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, but it played a pretty prominent […]
Atrium Health Boosts Capacity with Virtual Hospital-at-Home Model
A major health system was able to expand its hospital capacity in the early days of the COVID-19 emergency, thanks to a largely virtual hospital-at-home […]
‘We’re Looking for the Best of the Best’: Why Dementia-Focused Home Health Provider Tender Rose Cherry-Picks Top Caregivers
As the number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia rises, more in-home care providers are rolling out specialized services lines focused […]
Amazon Unveils ‘Care Hub,’ a New Alexa Tool Designed for Aging in Place
Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has taken another step toward taking over the aging-in-place space. Earlier this week, the online retail and technology giant announced it is […]
CareCentrix CEO: Care at Home Should Be the Main Course, Not Just a Dessert Option
The vast majority of U.S. health care consumers would prefer to receive care in the comfort of their own homes instead of a medical facility. […]
Frontiers Health 2020 day one
Digital health innovation conference Frontiers Health kicks off its 2020 edition this week, although the majority of the conference will be held online because of […]
In-Home Cancer Care Could Save Lives and Cut Costs, But Barriers Prevent Broader Adoption
The health care sector is rushing toward the home to improve outcomes and lower costs. At-home cancer care lags behind other areas, but COVID-19 could […]
Tampa General Hospital to launch venture capital fund
The Florida-based hospital plans to launch the fund next year, under the leadership of a newly named vice president of innovation. It will be used […]
New cancer drugs saved 1.3 million lives
That is the finding from a recent paper by myself and co-authors Joanna MacEwan, Syvart Dennen, Rebecca Kee, Farzad Ali, and Katharine Batt. An excerpt […]
BayCare Leverages Health System Resources to Launch New Hospital-at-Home Program
BayCare — a large, Florida-based nonprofit health system — is the latest organization to join the ranks of those offering hospital-level care in the home […]
After Landing $54M, At-Home Care Startup Ready Turns Focus to Vaccine Deployment
In September, on-demand health care startup Ready announced it had raised $54 million in Series C funding. The announcement coincided with the four-year-old company’s rapid […]
UnitedHealthcare Advances Home Strategy, Expects to Make 1.7M House Calls in 2020
A number of major Medicare Advantage (MA) carriers are expanding their supplemental benefit offerings shaped around in-home care next year. UnitedHealthcare, the insurance arm of […]
How Excelin Home Health Used Telehealth to Automate Its COVID-19 Return-to-Work System
Between mid-March and mid-August, more than 12.1 million Medicare beneficiaries received some sort of telemedicine service for their health and wellness. The numbers don’t lie: […]
Seeking Sustainable Reimbursement Model, Aging-in-Place Program CAPABLE Lands Partnership with VillageMD
As COVID-19 numbers rise heading into winter, U.S. policymakers and senior care advocates continue to explore new, innovative models that support aging in place. One […]
Deep Dive: Digital Health Innovation 2020
Most of the digital health experts we spoke to for this issue of Deep Dive made one thing clear – no one can really say […]
Comcast NBCUniversal, Independence Health Group Offshoot Quil Launches Aging In Place Platform
The brainchild of Comcast NBCUniversal and Independence Health Group — Quil — has set its sights on solidifying its place in the home. The company […]
Homethrive Raises $18M to Fuel its Expansion into Health Plans and the Self-Insured Employer Market
Homethrive, a tech-enabled provider of non-medical care management and personal assistance services, raised an $18 million funding round. The funding round was led by venture […]
Home-Based Care Remains Popular Among Senior Living Operators, But Adult Day Could Be in Trouble
Over half of the U.S.’s largest nonprofit senior living organizations now offer some sort of home- and community-based services. That’s according to the LZ 200, […]
Honor Raises $140M to Fuel National Expansion
Honor — the technology-enabled home care startup that partners with independent agencies through the Honor Care Network — is gearing up for a major expansion. […]
CareLinx, Doctor On Demand Team Up to Provide Virtual Care at Home
CareLinx is teaming up with virtual primary care provider Doctor On Demand to give high-risk seniors access to services in their homes. Burlingame, California-based CareLinx […]
‘There’s No Undoing This Revolution’: HHS Secretary Alex Azar Touts In-Home Care, Virtual Visits
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar believes that COVID-19 has led to a health care revolution, one that will include […]
After Saving $6,200 Per Patient, DispatchHealth Looks to Scale Hospital-at-Home Model
Last November, in-home care provider DispatchHealth partnered with a payer and launched Advanced Care, its own hospital-at-home model. The initial results of that model are […]
WellSky to Acquire CarePort from Allscripts in $1.35B Deal
WellSky announced Tuesday it has entered into an agreement to acquire CarePort Health from Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (Nasdaq: MDRX), a health care information technology provider. […]
Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model Set for Nationwide Expansion in ‘Next Year or So’
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is in need of a “course correction,” top U.S. health care officials believe. And part of that […]
Breaking through the Digital Noise: Creating HCP Content that Stands Out
Relationships are built over time. However, with the inability to meet face-to-face, many life sciences commercial teams are left wondering what to do next. Unfortunately, […]
Humana Reports an Estimated $4 Billion In Savings From Value-Based Care Models in 2019
Over the years, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has dedicated itself to value-based care models as a way to drive better outcomes for its members. Released […]
How the value of innovation will be redefined in 2021
While payers and policymakers took a more narrow-minded perspective on innovation value in 2020, the year 2021 will bring an increased focus on a treatment’s […]
‘Talent Acquisition Is Critical’: Inside PopHealthCare’s Home-Based Primary Care Model
After steadily gaining steam over the last decade, in-home primary care models have reached a critical turning point in 2020. A handful of in-home primary […]
BrightSpring CEO: COVID-19 Has Reinforced the Importance of Patient Access
There has been no such thing as conventional wisdom during the COVID-19 crisis. Theories on best practices and safety measures have evolved endlessly since March. […]
Signify Health, Independence Blue Cross Partner on CommunityLink to Address Social Gaps in Care
Signify Health, a tech-enabled provider of at-home care solutions, has teamed up with health insurer Independence Blue Cross to launch CommunityLink. CommunityLink is a network […]
In-Home Primary Care Investments Likely to Trickle Down to Home-Based Care Agencies
Medicare Advantage plan Aetna and primary care provider WellBe Senior Medical are teaming up in the Chicagoland area to serve about 2,000 patients in their […]
The Secret to Setting Up Shop in the SNF-at-Home Space
For years, diversion between home health providers and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) has been a big part of the industry narrative. On their end, home […]
DispatchHealth Partnership Helps MultiCare Lower Its Total Cost of Care by $1,509 Per Patient
In 2018, home-based care provider DispatchHealth was enlisted by the health system MultiCare to reduce the overall cost of care in its network. The move […]
In-Home Care Agencies May Look to Cut Costs by Scrapping Brick-and-Mortar Offices
The COVID-19 crisis has raised a complicated question for home-based care executives as they plan for the year ahead: Is the cost of having a […]
Sun Health At Home, Springpoint Choice Report Increased Interest in CCRC-at-Home Models
As COVID-19 cases rise across some parts of the country, a Southwest company’s innovative care model is garnering its own attention. Phoenix-based Sun Health At […]
Highmark Health, Contessa Expand Joint Venture Delivering Hospital-Level Care in the Home
Highmark Health has announced it is expanding its joint venture relationship with Contessa, a company that helps organizations provide hospital-level care in the home through […]
Mission Healthcare Keeps Patients Out of ‘No Man’s Land’ with New Palliative Care Program
Today, just a fraction of community-based palliative care programs are operated by home health providers. But the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and a shift away […]
‘We’ve Always Done Care in the Home’: Value-Based Care Company Oak Street Goes Public with $328M Offering
Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH) — a rapidly growing, multi-setting primary care company that specializes in caring for seniors, especially those in underserved communities — […]
New York’s Largest Private Employer Launches Home-Based Care Program
One of the largest health care providers in New York — and the state’s largest private employer — is leaning on a home-based care initiative […]
Home Care Companies Create New Revenue Streams by Helping Businesses Safely Reopen
After weeks — in some cases, months — of closures due to the coronavirus, businesses across the U.S. began reopening in early June. But by […]
CMS: True Telehealth Change Will Require Congressional Action
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new rule that would make certain COVID-19-related telehealth flexibilities introduced over the past few […]
Budgeting for the Future: Kindred at Home, Johns Hopkins Home Care and Always Best Care Look Ahead to 2022
As home health leaders look to the future, the lessons learned from the COVID-19 emergency will likely continue to shape their efforts for years to […]
Home Health to Play Increasingly Important Role in Clinical Research
While the coronavirus has ravaged the nation’s aging population and stretched the U.S. health care system to its limits, every cloud has its silver lining. […]
Humana Helps Fast-Track In-Home Primary Care Company Heal’s Growth with $100M Investment
Health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has spent the past few years adding to its health care services portfolio while aggressively investing around […]
MaineHealth Care at Home CEO: When It Comes to Embracing Telehealth, ‘We Don’t Have a Choice Anymore’
Telehealth usage has flooded into home-based care in an exponential fashion. Across all of health care, telehealth claim lines increased 8,336% from April 2019 to […]
Commercialising innovative new medicines
As pharmaceutical ingenuity hits new heights, ensuring that patients gain access to innovative medicines requires a unique combination of evidence generation and communication Working with […]
Insights+ Interview: Paige’s CEO, Leo Grady Shares Insights on its Series B Funding and the FDA’s 510(k) Clearance for FullFocus Viewer
Paige is a global digital pathology founded in 2017 by Thomas Fuchs, Dr. Sc., and colleagues from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The company involves […]
Leaning on Virtual Care Models, Prospero Health Charts Course Toward Future Growth
Home-based care provider Prospero Health has spent years operating with a care model based on in-person care and supervision. But its current model doesn’t look […]
UnityPoint Health Seeks Home Care Partner for New SNF-at-Home Model
Long-term care centers such as skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have taken the biggest hit as a result of COVID-19. More than 40% of all virus-related […]
Lionel Richie-Backed In-Home Primary Care Company Heal Launches New ‘Health Assurance’ Offering
Heal — the rapidly growing Los Angles-based health care startup that’s trying to make doctor house calls mainstream — has launched a new offering for […]
Aging-in-place Ally Oak Street Health Files to Go Public
Oak Street Health — a network of value-based primary care offices for Medicare beneficiaries — has filed the initial paperwork to go public. The Chicago-based […]
‘Back to the Future’: Walgreens Invests $1B in VillageMD to Expand Community-Based Care Services
Two major retail chains — Walgreens and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) — are expanding their health care reach while increasing their footprints in the home- and […]
Time for Policymakers, Hospitals to Bet Big on Home-Based Care
It’s time for policymakers, hospitals and everyone else at the health care roulette table to bet all their chips on proactive, pre-acute home-based care. During […]
Digital Approaches in the Era of COVID-19: Interviews with Science 37 and Medable
Recently Mariah Baltezegar, MBA, Executive Director and Head of Peri- and Post-Approval Virtual Trials with Evidera, and Niklas Morton, MSc, Senior Vice President and Global […]
TEDMED 2020 Hive Innovator Happenings
There are plenty of ways to engage with our TEDMED 2020 class of Hive Innovators. Whether in a Hive Innovator Meetup, the Community Lunch, where […]
Introducing The Hive 2020!
We are happy to announce the TEDMED 2020 Hive Program, which will feature inspiring entrepreneurs and their organizations. As always, this year’s Hive class is […]
The United States Pharmacopeia: 200 Years of Building Trust in Medicine
The TEDMED 2020 theme is Make Way For Wonder, and we are looking forward to convening our Community and embracing the wonders of our times, […]
