The at-home care startup MedArrive has raised $8 million more in funding, the company announced Tuesday. That brings its funding total to over $40 million since it officially launched in late 2020. The new funding was led by Cobalt Ventures, which is a subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. In late […]
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ShiftMed – a mobile platform that acts as a conduit between health care providers and workers – announced Monday that it has raised $200 million in funding. The significant funding amount comes less than two years after it raised $45 million in 2021. “There is an ongoing demand for workforce solutions, especially in health care,” […]
The in-home kidney care provider Monogram Health has closed on $375 million in funding, led by major health care players such as CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), Cigna Ventures, Humana (NYSE: HUM), Memorial Hermann Health System and SCAN Group. The Nashville-based Monogram Health has been growing rapidly over the past two years. The kidney care management […]
It may be an overused quote at this point, but it’s one Kameron Matthews can’t help but come back to when thinking about the health care system in the U.S. The definition of insanity, Albert Einstein once famously said, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. “Most home health agencies […]
Carallel, a digital health startup that provides support tools for family caregivers, has landed $8.2 million in a Series A. Carallel has a team of advocates that can be reached by phone, email or chat for family caregivers who are taking care of loved ones at home. The company contracts with health plans to then […]
Sprinter Health and Firefly Health, two companies dedicated to improving access to home-based care, are partnering to bring a new hybrid model of telehealth and at-home care to patients in the Boston area. The new partnership will aim to improve access to care by integrating Sprinter Health’s in-home clinical services into Firefly Health’s virtual primary […]
The path to home-based care is different for all professionals in the space. Inna Plumb, the co-founder and COO of the New York-based MedArrive, took an interesting one as well. Now, her company is one of the most successful startups in the home-based care space. MedArrive, which both coordinates and delivers care in the home, […]
Magellan Healthcare and the senior care startup DUOS are taking their partnership to the next level. This week, Magellan announced the launch of its new Senior Assistance program, powered by DUOS. The new service will allow Magellan members to get connected with personal assistants — or “Duos” — who focus on members’ social needs to […]
The Minneapolis-based health system Allina Health is launching a new company named Inbound Health. The startup will enable health systems and health plans to establish hospital-at-home and skilled nursing-at-home programs around the country. Inbound Health has been around since May 2020 under the Allina Health umbrella in the Minneapolis area. Now, thanks to financial support […]
Tim Peck – a serial entrepreneur in the senior services space – has a new venture. What’s specifically of note about this one: It’s being launched within the massive long-term care insurance company Genworth (NYSE: GNW). The new, unnamed startup is a wholly owned Genworth business that will operate within a “global care solutions” business. […]