The goal of value-based care (VBC) is to create financial incentives for providers to improve patient outcomes while controlling costs of care. Unlike the traditional “fee for service” (FFS) model, under which providers are…
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There is a growing understanding that fertility and family building benefits are a must-have in an employee benefits package. About 88% of workers would consider switching jobs for fertility benefits.
But it’s not just employees…
Just about every woman goes through menopause in their life. Yet, less than one in five OB/GYNs receive formal training in menopause care, creating a massive gap in support.
Progyny hopes to fill this gap…
About 28% of Americans experience difficulty affording their prescription drugs, and 31% don’t take their medication as prescribed because of cost, according to KFF. A new partnership is addressing this issue.
Scripta Insights, a prescription…
About one in every four male deaths is related to heart disease, making it the leading cause of death for men in the U.S. One company is looking to alleviate the situation.
San Francisco-based Hims…
As the conversation around weight loss drugs grows, new modes of delivering weight management programs keep cropping up.
This time it’s Hello Alpha, a virtual primary care company geared toward women consumers and employees. The…
Specialty medications are often used to treat complex diseases, many times in life-saving situations. But the robust process to onboard a patient on a specialty medication highlights an urgent need to modernize healthcare technology,…
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GoodRx’s Medicine Cabinet solution reminds users to take their medications and refill their prescriptions.
Prescription discount company GoodRx unveiled a new solution Thursday called Medicine Cabinet, which will help consumers manage their medications.
Santa Monica, California-based…
Virtual primary care company LifeMD is jumping on the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) train through its launch of a weight management program, the company announced Tuesday.
New York City-based LifeMD is a direct-to-consumer company and…
HLTH 2022
Building on the success of the festival-like atmosphere that characterized the HLTH event last year, the organizers behind HLTH 2023 will emphasize a larger mission in healthcare. The conference attracts more than 10,000+…
