This article is part of a series powered by HLTH and CHIME to highlight key insights and perspectives from leading executives speaking at ViVE.
start health Co-founder Unity Stoakes announced several milestones at ViVE this week. The Startup Network and Ecosystem marks its 400th investment in a startup and will begin investing in companies developing ways to prevent, treat and cure Type 1 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease as part of its Health Moon Shot.
StartUp Health Festival at ViVE this week. It also has a pavilion showcasing startups in its network.
Some of the overarching trends for many of ViVE’s health tech companies are to make healthcare access more flexible, user-friendly and transparent, and to improve the user/customer experience.
healthy me A price-transparent solution for doctors and patients, combined with transactional tools that enable uninsured patients to pay directly for certain medical procedures. As part of the No Accidents Act medical billing legislation that prohibits most unexpected medical expenses, a bona fide estimate must be provided to uninsured and self-paying patients, According to a company press release, and is required when a patient or potential patient requests an estimate of the cost of care. Information must be clear and understandable and include the appropriate billing code.
In an interview, CEO and founder Dr. Michael Harwig, a plastic surgeon, likened his approach to an e-commerce tech business Shopping. HealthMe’s white-label payment platform is available to physician practices across the United States. Havig said he initially expected most users to be other plastic surgeons. The business helps implement pricing procedures and provides them with a market page on the website.
Havig noted that the company has about 300 bundles covering everything from simple office visits, injections, MRIs to physical therapy, and 70 surgical packs. Most of the practices it uses are located in the southeastern United States. The business model involves charging a percentage of revenue to practices that use its software.
“It fits in any vertical. Going forward, we’re rapidly moving into dermatology gastroenterology and gastroenterology, and I think GI is likely to be our next big market because there’s a lot of people who need colonoscopies,” Havig said. .
Hoy Health Support easy access to primary care through telehealth, chronic disease management, and medication visits, and connect with English- and Spanish-speaking healthcare professionals. CEO Mario Anglada said his company seeks to simplify the primary care experience with low-cost solutions.
“We’re working to change the model of care where primary care is 90% of your life.”
Its chronic care management programs address diabetes, hypertension, asthma and obesity in a low-cost, per-patient-per-year program.
AvoMD Highlighted its clinical decision support platform, designed to enable clinicians to access evidence-based content such as guidelines, algorithms, pathways and checklists, packaged into interactive point-of-care applications, available with or without Access on mobile and desktop devices with EHR integration.
In an interview, AvoMD CEO and co-founder Dr. Yair Saperstein described its approach as “Lego bricks for clinical decision support” and as a way to help clinicians get timely, user-friendly content at the point of care to avoid The way of costly medical errors.
AvoMD was added last month Children’s Minnesota as a customer After a successful pilot. Saperstein also noted that its software will be Epic’s App Orchard market next month.
It is also raising a “huge” seed round of $6 million to $7 million to help scale the business, Saperstein said.
Bioformis Emphasizing its remote patient monitoring service for chronically ill patients, it Launched last month. Biofourmis Care is a first-of-its-kind technology-enabled care management service that provides high-quality remote care for chronically ill patients.
Other companies at ViVE also have news to share.
QuiltComcast and Independence Health Group’s digital health joint venture launches Quil Assure, a connected home platform that helps seniors enjoy greater independence while exercising their home care preferences and strengthening family and friends As carer support, According to the press release.
Using environmental sensors placed in users’ homes, the platform is designed to discreetly monitor everyday life. It will notify seniors’ “care circles” of any unusual developments and integrates with smartwatches and speakers. But according to the press release, seniors decide how much or how much monitoring is allowed.
healthy gorilla Raised $50 million in Series C funding led by SignalFire. Epsilon Health Investors, IA Capital and Nationwide Ventures also participated in the round. The company plans to use the funds to expand its go-to-market strategy, accelerate product development, and enhance staffing capabilities, According to the press releaseLaunched in 2014, Health Gorilla provides a national health information network that supports patients, payers, providers, digital health solutions and laboratories to help them share health data and aggregate each patient’s clinical history in one place . One of the items on the company’s to-do list this year is to obtain Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) designation under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).
get well said it is expanding its population health tool to help payers and high-risk providers expand their programs to attract more members. Digital Membership Navigation Solutions expands the reach of its platform, expands Get Well’s network of helping medical institutions, and improves the overall experience of people on their personal health and wellness journey, According to the press releaseThe expansion for commercial health plans, at-risk providers, Medicare Advantage health plans, and Medicaid managed care organizations supports four core use cases: Digital Member Navigation, Member Experience and Care Gap Closing, Digital Care Management, and Vulnerable Population Engagement
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