As the breadth and depth of what Medicare Advantage (MA) plans can offer has grown, the actual management of supplemental benefits has gotten more complex. That includes the coordination of in-home care benefits, transportation services and more. In response to the more complicated landscape, more and more startups are popping up that help health plans […]
Category: Startup
Votive Health — a technology startup that facilitates payer-provider integration — formally announced its launch and first funding round on Wednesday. The company raked in $2.5 million in a round led by Flare Capital Partners, with Chrysalis Ventures and OCA Ventures as co-investors. San Luis Obispo, California-based Votive Health is a technology-enabled network manager that […]
Current Health — a remote patient monitoring platform that has increasingly turned its attention toward the home — has raised $43 million in Series B funding. The company announced the news on Thursday. Boston-based Current Health’s technology platform measures a patient’s vital signs in real time, allowing clinicians to provide enhanced virtual care for patients […]
Within the past year, in-home companionship startup Papa has set up shop in all 50 states, launched a new virtual health offering and expanded its relationships with payer partners. Papa is in the spotlight once again, with its latest announcement being a $60 million Series C funding round led by Tiger Global Management. The Miami-based […]
Home-focused digital health platform Vesta Healthcare announced Tuesday it has raised an additional $65 million in growth capital. The New York City-based Vesta is a clinical provider and technology services organization that connects caregiver insights to the rest of an individual’s care team. As part of its business model, the company partners with home care […]
Health care technology company Ro has secured $500 million in Series D funding. The Series D round was led by existing investors General Catalyst, FirstMark Capital and TQ Ventures. Existing investors SignalFire, Torch Capital and BoxGroup also participated in the round. New investors included Altimeter Capital, Baupost Group, Dragoneer Investment Group, ShawSpring Partners, Radcliff and […]
With a new round of financing secured, in-home medical care company DispatchHealth is gearing up for another major expansion push. The Denver, Colorado-based company announced Wednesday that it has raised an additional $200 million in Series D, bringing its overall fundraising total to more than $417 million since launching in 2013. DispatchHealth’s latest funding comes […]
Dina — the Chicago-based AI-powered platform that helps bridge the gap between health systems, payers and in-home care providers — is setting its sights on expansion. It now has additional resources to accomplish that goal, too. The company announced Monday that it has raised $7 million in Series A funding, with the round led by […]
The U.S. home care industry is at an inflection point. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of payers and health care providers began to recognize the value of non-medical home care, particularly when it comes to chronic disease management and preventative care. That recognition has grown even stronger in 2020, with home care […]
Dan Trigub — the recent head of Uber Health and a former member of Lyft’s health care arm — has always been passionate about home care. Before joining Uber (NYSE: UBER), Trigub owned his own startup focused on the aging population. For the past 15 or so years, his family has even operated one of […]