Telehealth

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By  Nathan Eddy 11:36 am July 5, 2024
Amazon announced the repositioning of its healthcare offerings, rebranding and integrating Amazon Clinic into its hybrid primary care platform One Medical. The new One Medical Pay-per-visit telehealth service is available across the U.S. and offers consumers two options for healthcare services: a pay-per-visit model and a membership-based model. The pay-per-visit service allows customers to...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:09 pm July 2, 2024
Virtual primary care provider K Health announced it secured $50 million in an equity funding round.  Claure Group led the round with participation from Pablo Legorreta, the founder and CEO of Royalty Pharma. Existing investors Valor Equity Partners, Mangrove Capital Partners and Atreides Management LP also joined the round.  WHAT IT DOES K Health is an AI-enabled virtual care provider that offers...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:18 pm June 28, 2024
Editor's note: This article has been updated with a quote from Fabric. Healthcare technology and care enablement company Fabric announced it acquired Walmart's telehealth platform MeMD, which provides virtual medical and behavioral health services to corporate, institutional and health plan clients.  MeMD offers 24/7 on-demand virtual urgent care, behavioral health and primary care services...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:20 pm June 17, 2024
California-based virtual healthcare provider HealthTap announced it is now an in-network provider with many major insurance plans, traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. HealthTap provides virtual primary care through the web and health apps, including mental health, urgent care, sexual health and wellness and lifestyle services. Consumers can review a doctor's bio and credentials, watch...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:54 pm June 14, 2024
The founder and CEO and the clinical president of digital healthcare company Done Health, which provides psychiatric chronic care management, were arrested Thursday for allegedly participating in a scheme to distribute Adderall online, and for obstructing justice and conspiring to commit fraud. According to the Justice Department, California-based Done Global's founder and CEO, Ruthia He, and...
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By  Nathan Eddy 10:28 am June 4, 2024
Pager Health, a platform that provides care navigation and connects patients to virtual care services, and League, which helps healthcare organizations build digital tools, announced a partnership to address the maternity care experience. League's platform offers individualized, data-driven maternity programming and care journeys, supporting individuals from preconception through prenatal and...
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By  Adam Ang 01:02 am May 30, 2024
Venture Startups International, an Australian startup operating under the name Updoc, has raised its first external capital. It received A$20 million ($13.2 million) in investment from ASX-listed capital investor Bailador.   WHAT IT DOES Established in 2021, Updoc offers a range of telehealth services, including virtual consultations, online prescriptions, specialist referrals, pathology...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:45 pm May 22, 2024
Virtual speech therapy provider Expressable announced it secured $26 million in Series B funding. HarbourVest Partners led the round with participation from Digitalis Ventures and existing investors F-Prime Capital and Lerer Hippeau. WHAT IT DOES The Texas-based company offers virtual care sessions for patients and families to connect with a licensed and certified speech therapist based on their...
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By  Jessica Hagen 06:35 pm May 20, 2024
Virtual care company Teladoc may be facing another class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Teladoc investors who claim the company made false or misleading statements and failed to disclose that it continued to increase marketing spending, particularly regarding its mental health offering BetterHelp.   The lawsuit, Stary v. Teladoc Health, Inc. et al., was filed on May 17 in the U.S. District...