Solera Health, a Phoenix, AZ-based technology-enabled integrated benefit network has raised $42 million in Series C funding led by HCSC Ventures. Current investors BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners/Sandbox Advantage Fund, Adams Street Partners and SJF Ventures also participated in the most recent funding round. The Series C round, Solera's largest to date, brings its total funding to $72 million.Integrated Benefit NetworkFounded in 2015, Solera Health serves as an integrated benefit network
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Livongo Launches Pregnancy and Early Parenting Digital Behavioral Health Program
Livongo for Behavioral Health by myStrength has launched a comprehensive set of new evidence-based activities and tools to guide Members in addressing the physical and emotional challenges associated with pregnancy and early parenting. The new Pregnancy and Early Parenting program offers personalized content to all parents and expecting families; including mothers and fathers, partners, single parents, same-sex couples, those who adopt, and anyone else who is expecting a baby or has a child up
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UnitedHealth Launches New Bundled Payment Program for Maternity Care
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group, today introduced a new bundled payment program for maternity care to help support the well-being of moms and babies before and after delivery by closing gaps in care and encouraging healthy, full-term pregnancies. The new bundled payment program will help close gaps in care and encourage healthy, full-term pregnancies, supporting moms’ and babies’ health and reducing risks of complications before and after delivery. Bundled Payment Method The
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Telepsychiatry Improves Access to Mental Healthcare in Rural Areas, Study Finds
A new study by Genoa Healthcare and Relias found that combining telepsychiatry with in-person visits improved the timeliness of care and increased the number of regular psychiatric appointments for people with severe mental illness in non-metropolitan areas where provider resources tend to be scarce. Study Key FindingsRecently published in the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Rural Mental Health, the peer-reviewed study analyzed data from 242 Medicaid patients in rural Missouri
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Humana Launches First Virtual Primary Care Plan for Members
Health insurer Humana and virtual care provider Doctor On Demand has announced the launch of On Hand, an innovative and affordable health plan that centers on comprehensive virtual primary care for members. On Hand addresses the number one reason small businesses don’t offer health insurance-- cost -- by offering a plan 50% lower than the industry standard monthly premiums. On Hand Primary Care Plan Overview Employers and members who elect this primary care plan will gain access to a
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Y Combinator Startup Meru Health Raises $4.2M to Advance Digital Clinic for Mental Health
Meru Health, a Y Combinator company currently participating in the Texas Medical Center TMCx Accelerator in Houston has raised $4.2 million in seed funding from Freestyle Capital, Bonit Capital, Y Combinator, Lifeline Ventures, and IT-Farm. The seed funding will be used to advance its mobile phone-based digital clinic for depression and anxiety and support additional clinical validation. Peer-reviewed data of this intervention found a significant reduction in depression symptoms as well as close
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Cityblock Raises $65M to Address Social Determinants of Health in Underserved Communities
Cityblock, a Brooklyn, NY-based company building sustainable, scalable systems that provide high-quality, cost-effective care for underserved populations with complex health needs has raised $65 million in Series B funding. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures, 8VC (affiliate venture fund with Cambia Health Solutions and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina), Echo Health Ventures and StartUp Health including existing investors Sidewalk Labs, Thrive Capital, Maverick Ventures, Town
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Zipnosis Launches Personalized Virtual Care Offering for Health Systems
Virtual care software company, Zipnosis has announced the launch of ZipPlus – a customized virtual care platform offering designed to give health systems the tools and support they need to deliver truly personalized care. Today’s Health Systems Not Realizing Benefits of Virtual CareHealth systems are not fully realizing the benefits of virtual care as they struggle to overcome disparate technologies that are designed without the patient at the center, and implemented without provider workflow
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Rock Health Q1 2019: Digital Health Funding Breaks $986M
Digital health funding reached $986M across 61 digital health deals in Q1 2019, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The Q1 2019 funding represents about half of the $1.62B that was raised a year ago in Q1 2018 but in line with 2017 and 31% below 2016. Compared to the $1.2B in Q4 2018, quarterly funding has averaged $1.4B over the past two years (Q1 2017-Q1 2019). Rock Health signals the $986M invested in this past quarter are somewhat below
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Behavioral Health Startup Blueprint Nabs $1.3M for Mental Health Assessment Platform
Blueprint (formerly known as HelloJoy), a Chicago, IL-based behavioral health company whose software allows mental health clinicians to efficiently practice measurement-based care (MBC) has raised $1.3M in seed funding led by Lightbank and Hyde Park Angels. The company plans to use the capital to expand its clinician outreach and grow its engineering and sales teams. Impact of Measurement-based Care (MBC) Today, 43 million Americans suffer from a mental illness, but there are only 28K
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