Sep 09,2019

Virta Health’s Type 2 Diabetes Reversal Treatment Now Available to Blue Shield of California Members

Virta is thrilled to bring its treatment for type 2 diabetes reversal to eligible Blue Shield of California members. Virta is available through the nonprofit health plan’s newly re-launched Wellvolution digital therapeutics and community health network, which was developed by Solera Health.

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Oct 07,2019

Livongo inks deal with Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, stock jumps

Chronic care management company Livongo has inked a deal with the U.S. government, giving federal employees insured by the government with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes access to the digital program. The Livongo for Diabetes tool will be open to those insured under the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Employee program, which covers roughly 5.3 million people.

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Oct 29,2019

John Hancock taps Verily, Onduo for new diabetes management offering

Life insurer John Hancock has unveiled a new wearable program dubbed Aspire aimed at helping its members with diabetes manage the condition. The program was born out of a partnership with Verily and digital diabetes care platform Onduo. Users of the new platform can access diabetes coaching via Onduo’s virtual clinic. The program also has fiscal rewards. According to the company, members using the service can save up to 25% on their annual insurance premiums through healthier behaviors and life styles. Participants in the program will get rewards for maintaining a healthy A1c level or by making progress toward their target A1c level.

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Oct 24,2019

Senseonics Announces a Positive Coverage Decision for Eversense CGM From Humana

Senseonics Holdings, Inc. a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of the first and only long-term, implantable continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system for people with diabetes, announced that Humana is now providing coverage for the Eversense CGM System and insertion procedure, effective October 22, 2019. Under the Humana coverage policy patients with both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes that require insulin are eligible for coverage for Eversense.

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Nov 14,2019

BCBS of Minnesota inks deal with Omada to provide Type 2 diabetes tool to members

Digital chronic care platform Omada is deepening its relationship with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross), inking a new deal that provides the insurer’s commercial plan members access to the startup’s Type 2 diabetes care platform. As part of yesterday’s news, Blue Cross also announced it would be making a strategic investment in Omada; however, the actual value of this investment was not disclosed.

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Dec 10,2019

UK-based weight management platform expands to the Netherlands

A new partnership between Changing Health, a leading UK provider of behaviour change programmes, and Dutch health insurer Menzis means people in the Netherlands will soon be able to access personalised, digital support to manage their weight.

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Jan 12,2018

UnitedHealthcare, Dexcom to launch CGM pilot for Medicare Advantage members

UnitedHealthcare and Dexcom announced today at CES in Las Vegas that they will collaborate on a pilot program to provide Dexcom CGMs to UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan participants.

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Mar 06,2018

Fit4D Announces Expansion with Humana to Deliver Personalized Diabetes Coaching to High-Risk Populations in South Florida

Fit4D (now named as Cecelia Health), a diabetes management company, announced a program expansion today with Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), a leading health and well-being company, to bring Fit4D’s personalized coaching to high-risk Humana members in Broward County, Florida. Fit4D established a partnership with Humana in April 2017 to provide its diabetes coaching solution to members in North and Central Florida. This new expansion is part of Humana’s Bold Goal initiative to make the Broward community 20% healthier by 2020, and will now serve more diabetes members in Florida.

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Apr 11,2018

Livongo signs deal with insurer Cambia Health Solutions

Digital chronic disease management company Livongo announced a partnership with nonprofit health insurance company Cambia Health Solutions. Cambia has six health plans in four states in the Pacific Northwest, covering 2 million members. The group is known for innovative thinking and strategic investing. Livongo will work with Cambia to roll out its existing diabetes management and hypertension management offerings to Cambia members, and to work with Cambia to create coaching and monitoring platforms for additional chronic conditions.

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Sep 18,2018

Cigna to expand Omada partnership nationwide to employer customers

Cigna and digital diabetes prevention program Omada Health are once again expanding their relationship, offering Omada's services to all of Cigna's regional and national employer customers, representing a significant portion of Cigna members.

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