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9amHealth Raises $9.5M Series A Extension Led by The Cigna Group Ventures to Expand to Employers Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

The financing round was led by The Cigna Group Ventures, with additional support from existing institutional investors, including 7Wire Ventures, Define Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, and Founders Fund. But with such a high price point, employers are in need of smart solutions to manage costs and the expectations of employees.

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The great digital health reset – and how IT leaders should plan for what’s next

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Digital health startup investments reached a new high in 2021, closing the year with more than $30 billion in venture capital funding. VCs couldn’t get enough, plowing vast sums into unproven companies like Noom, which provided weight-loss advice and received $540 million in a mega-funding round in 2021.

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A booming digital health market, and an elusive trifecta

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Paddy Padmanabhan The markets are buzzing with the latest Rock Health report on funding for digital health in the first half of 2021. At nearly $15 billion, the funding surpasses the amount for the full year 2020. For digital health startups to succeed in this space, they must get three factors right: cost, scale and quality.

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The $2.8M Medicine: How Data Can Help Insurers Pay for Life-Changing Therapies Without Breaking The Bank

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Girisha Fernando, CEO and Founder of Lyfegen. Many of these treatments are drug-based gene therapies–- but they come with an extremely high price tag. Many of these treatments are drug-based gene therapies–- but they come with an extremely high price tag. million gene therapy to treat a rare blood disorder. .

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Has telehealth hit the high watermark?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Digital health startups have also defied dire predictions about funding slowdowns, with data pointing to stronger-than-ever funding numbers in 2020, including aggressive M & A by public companies riding the wave of strong stock market performance. What could go wrong with this picture? Featured Decision Content:

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Healthcare's newest pivot: consumer identity as the cornerstone of digital health

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There is concurrently a Darwinian culling of the herd of digital health point solutions underway, exacerbated by the current pull-back in VC funding that poses an existential threat to tech startups operating at sub-scale). He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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The 'giant sucking sound' of digital health consolidation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Recent reports indicate explosive growth in venture capital funding for digital health startups, around $15 billion for the first half of 2021, with no slowdown in sight. Many will be tempted to exit in the current environment of unlimited funds and attractive valuations rather than grind it out for the long term.

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