STAT+: In Silicon Valley, a venture capital firm gives health tech startups a crash course in getting paid
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Over two blustery spring days earlier this month, 30 hopeful tech…
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A former health insurance executive turns to tech to make claims less of a nightmare
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Why health care needs to shift its thinking on AI, FDA’s health tech progress, & the latest on Carbon’s insurance dust-up
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Vinod Khosla’s bold AI prediction, digital therapeutics trial updates, & a pharma AI fundraise
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STAT+: Carbon Health blasts a major insurer in rare public dispute over coverage
OAKLAND, Calif. — Primary care startup Carbon Health blasted health insurer Elevance on Monday for…
GoodRx hires former tech exec as CEO, Amazon shutters Halo, and Teladoc beats expectations
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STAT+: Facing headwinds, Teladoc tests its bet on whole-person care
Virtual care incumbent Teladoc beat Wall Street revenue estimates in the 2023’s first quarter —…
Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown
At age 93, struggling with the effects of a stroke, heart failure and recurrent cancer,…
STAT+: Weight-loss startup Calibrate cuts 18% of workforce as obesity drugs spark growing competition
Calibrate, a telehealth company that prescribes obesity drugs and provides weight loss coaching, cut 18%…
Telehealth’s new weight loss drug pitch, a crackdown on AI to deny care, and Boston Scientific enters obesity treatment area
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STAT+: With weight loss drug ads, telehealth companies wade into a regulatory gray area
They’ve swiftly caught the attention of subway goers: splashy ads plastered on train station walls…
Trans health care, already under attack, faces new obstacle with end of Covid public health emergency
As states across the U.S. introduce anti-trans legislation, transgender and nonbinary people face increasing restrictions…
Opinion: I finally got used to practicing telepsychiatry. Now the DEA wants to change everything
I am by no means telepsychiatry’s biggest fan. But since March 2020, when my practice…
Opinion: How cross-state licensure reform can ease America’s mental health crisis
Teletherapy has made mental health care more accessible than ever before, making care possible for…
A Theranos that works, Best Buy’s home health play, & a chat with B Capital’s Robert Mittendorf
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The FTC is finally ready take on health data leaks. The problem is bigger than GoodRx
The Federal Trade Commission took aim at prescription drug coupon site GoodRx this week in…
Amazon Prime for your prescriptions, virtual care during pregnancy, & AI for mental health
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Technology could improve pregnancy care for low-income patients — if health systems can pay for it
For low-income patients, the challenges of pregnancy are only compounded by the challenges of prenatal…
Telehealth patients are scrambling for in-person care amid crackdown on online controlled substances
Catherine was getting nervous about her ADHD prescription. In 2022, the 29-year-old New Yorker had…
STAT+: Q&A with Carbon Health’s Myoung Cha: Why the company is changing course
SAN FRANCISCO — Carbon Health is in a turbulent time: The primary care tech company…
Telehealth abortion providers eye new options for patients under loosened FDA rules
In the past year, there’s been a significant surge in interest in medication abortion via…
STAT+: Mental health data complicate the question of whether telehealth drives up costs
The surge in telehealth during the pandemic promised to shed light on a crucial question:…
Listen: Leaky health data, ASH22, & what it takes to get booed by your peers
Why do billionaires get booed? How does Facebook end up with sensitive health data? And…
‘Out of control’: Dozens of telehealth startups sent sensitive health information to big tech companies
Open the website of Workit Health, and the path to treatment starts with a simple…
STAT+: 5 ways health tech companies can make their products more equitable
Disparities along racial and socioeconomic lines have long persisted in health care. But it’s only…
Google Cloud’s health strategy, NIH’s Covid data dilemma, & rumored telehealth mergers
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Telehealth for climate change, the latest on IBM Watson, & hospital billing transparency
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Why doesn’t the U.S. have at-home flu tests?
Flu season is underway. RSV is putting record numbers of children in hospitals. And health…
STAT+: ‘Digital health is late to the party’: Can telehealth help hospitals mitigate their carbon footprints?
As the world stares down the barrel of climate change, the health care system —…
Cerebral’s CEO responds to concerns about prescribing pressures and telehealth safety
The three years since Cerebral’s launch have been a whirlwind. With a promise to expand…
STAT+: Amazon jumps into direct-to-consumer telehealth, launching a rival to Ro and Hims
True to its e-commerce expertise, Amazon is jumping into the world of direct-to-consumer telehealth. On…
When it comes to caring for underserved patients, health tech is still figuring out what success looks like
For startups and investors aiming to bring health technology to underserved populations, evidence of impact…
Telehealth startups prescribing ketamine at home are stirring concern
Since the late ’90s, Kathy Wallace has been battling major depression with a series of…
Online requests for medication abortions spiked after the Dobbs decision
There was a staggering increase in requests for abortion pills through telemedicine in the months…
STAT+: Pharma companies are investing in online prescribing. Who’s keeping watch?
Over the course of the pandemic, online prescribing has been embraced as a powerful tool…
STAT+: As small-town telepharmacies struggle to stay open, national chains eye an opportunity
In February 2019, the town of Albion, Ind. — population 2,500 — welcomed its first…
STAT+: Alzheimer’s clinical trials have a recruitment problem. Telehealth platform Ro thinks it can help
Telehealth company Ro has reached an agreement with the National Institute on Aging to create…
Listen: Pharma’s telehealth gold mine, the return of the biotech IPO, & a merger deferred
Is online prescribing a good idea? When is $2 billion not a lot of money?…
Tell us about your experience with telehealth linked to pharma companies
Drug ads have long tried to influence patients’ medical choices, directing them to “ask your…
An RPM explosion, the latest on Amazon research, & telehealth fraud findings
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A new report brings telehealth fraud risk into focus
WASHINGTON — Washington’s attempts to permanently lock in telehealth coverage have been hobbled by a…
What happens to patients when telehealth businesses shutter?
Buzzy, venture-backed startups and big tech companies that have promised to disrupt health care are…
STAT+: Why Amazon and other corporate giants are in a bidding war for home health technology
The bidding war over Signify Health — a health technology business that could fetch multibillion-dollar…
STAT+: One Medical’s dueling offers from Amazon and CVS signal a start to health tech bidding wars
It’s health tech hunting season for some of America’s biggest brand names. Over the last…
‘A very strong accelerant’: Amwell CEO shares his thoughts on Amazon
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STAT+: Telehealth fraud concerns, whether ‘overblown’ or not, could impact the industry’s future
Recent federal crackdowns on Medicare fraud linked to telehealth have raised concerns in Washington that…
Patients seeking novel weight loss drugs find a ‘wild west’ of online prescribers
Briana Lawson was ready to knock her diabetes into remission. For years, the 47-year-old health…
STAT+: Teladoc’s earnings point to potential threats to the telehealth industry
Telehealth giant Teladoc is bracing for disappointing earnings this year as it faces headwinds that…
Buprenorphine treatment for veterans with opioid use disorder increased as care shifted to telehealth during Covid, study finds
Drug treatment of veterans with opioid use disorder increased during the first year of the…
Are we primed for Amazon’s primary care?
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