Nov 09,2021

Blue Cross NC Expands Telehealth Offerings Through Collaboration with Teladoc Health

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) and Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC) announced the rollout of Teladoc Health’s comprehensive virtual care platform to select Blue Cross NC employers and members. Members on most Blue Cross NC individual and fully insured group plans will have access to Teladoc Health’s full suite of chronic care management solutions, such as Livongo for diabetes and myStrength for behavioral health, will be available to self-funded employers starting in 2022.

COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP

#insurance

#virtual care

View Analyst & Ambassador Comments
Go to original news
Jul 20,2021

Collective Health's partnership program launches with inclusion of Livongo, and others

Amid the growing digital health ecosystem, Collective Health is making it easier for employers to manage their various offerings through its new Premier Partnership Program. The program brings together some of the leading digital health companies to help employers curate, integrate, measure impact and drive engagement with their virtual offerings. At launch, the Premier Partner Program includes behavioral health startups Ginger, Lyra Health and Modern Health; cancer startup AccessHope; chronic condition management company Livongo; family planning startups Carrot Fertility and Progyny; musculoskeletal startup Hinge Health; and telehealth primary care providers 98point6 and Teladoc Health.

COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP

#insurance

#telehealth

#virtual care

View Analyst & Ambassador Comments
Go to original news
Jan 21,2020

OncoHealth Announces Partnership Agreement with Humana Puerto Rico

Humana Health Plans of Puerto Rico has selected OncoHealth to implement a patient-first approach to utilization management for oncology. Through this partnership, Humana will ensure that their 44,600 Medicare Advantage and PDP members as well as their 74,300 members enrolled in a commercial fully-insured, ASO, or Medicare Supplement plan in Puerto Rico will receive the most effective, safe, and affordable chemotherapy treatment options available.

COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP

#insurance

#ai/software

View Analyst & Ambassador Comments
Go to original news
Jan 11,2022

OncoHealth and Triple-S Salud of Puerto Rico Partner for Evidence-Based Cancer Treatment

OncoHealth, the leading digital health company for navigating the physical, mental and financial complexities of cancer care, has announced a multi-year partnership with Triple-S Salud, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and Puerto Rico’s largest insurer. OncoHealth and Triple-S have been partners for over two years and today, the companies announced that they have expanded their partnership to include cancer treatment reviews for all lines of business, including 450,000 Puerto Rico Government Health Plan Vital Medicaid members. This expands the health plan’s relationship with OncoHealth, which is already managing 100% of the Triple-S Medicare Advantage population and its Federal Employee Benefits (FEHB) program. The addition of the Medicaid membership brings the entire population being served by OncoHealth to more than 634,000.

COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP

#insurance

#ai/software

#rwd

View Analyst & Ambassador Comments
Go to original news
Jun 16,2022

Point32Health & OncoHealth Collaborate to Provide Digital Telehealth Services to Members with Cancer

Point32Health, the parent organization of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, and OncoHealth, the leading digital health company dedicated to oncology, today kicked off a collaboration aimed at improving clinical outcomes, enhancing the quality of life, and providing personalized supportive care for members who are facing cancer. In the first stage of the phased pilot, Point32Health’s implementation of Iris™ by OncoHealth, a digital telehealth service for people with cancer, will be offered to eligible Harvard Pilgrim Health Care members in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.

COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP

#insurance

#telehealth

View Analyst & Ambassador Comments
Go to original news
Oct 13,2020

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Partners With OncoHealth for Oncology Benefits Management

OncoHealth, the leading digital health company focused on the physical, mental and financial complexities of cancer care, providers, and patients with solutions that are purpose-built for oncology, has announced a multi-year partnership with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Harvard Pilgrim’s selection of OncoHealth’s utilization management solution was based on its capacity to leverage both provider generated real-world data and health plan claims data in making evidence-based decisions quickly, as well as its analytics software, which normalizes data into novel dashboards to better manage trends in drug utilization, spend and population health of oncology members.

COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP

#insurance

#rwd

#ai/software

View Analyst & Ambassador Comments
Go to original news
Apr 08,2019

New Value-Based Agreement Between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Medtronic Leverages Diabetes Technology to Drive Positive Outcomes

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, services and solutions, announce a new outcomes-based agreement that provides members of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota plan who live with diabetes improved access to the Guardian(TM) Connect smart Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system. The system will also now be made available through a member's pharmacy benefit, improving speed of delivery and may lower costs for members who use the device. Using the amount of time spent in a healthy glucose range as a key metric, value-based payments will be tied to the percentage of Time in Range achieved using the Guardian Connect system.

COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP

#insurance

#cgm

View Analyst & Ambassador Comments
Go to original news
Jun 18,2019

Virta Health Engages with Willis Towers Watson to Accelerate Adoption of Type 2 Diabetes Reversal Treatment

Virta Health, the first company to sustainably reverse type 2 diabetes without the use of medications or surgery, announced today a new engagement with Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company. The collaboration accelerates adoption of the Virta Treatment among self-insured employers while addressing a critical employer need.

COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP

#insurance

View Analyst & Ambassador Comments
Go to original news
Aug 14,2019

Medtronic Partners With Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP) on Outcomes-based Agreement to Increase Quality and Improve Access to Critical Diabetes Care

Medtronic plc, the global leader in medical technology, and Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP) today announced an innovative outcomes-based agreement for individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes that utilize a Medtronic insulin pump. Under the strategic partnership, Medtronic will provide eligible CDPHP members access to state-of-the-art technologies, supplies, and education and training support services to manage their diabetes. Additionally, a component of Medtronic's reimbursement will be tied to successfully meeting agreed upon clinical improvement thresholds for enrolled members – such as A1C reduction, increased Time in Range, and reduced hypoglycemic events.

COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP

#insurance

#insulin pump

View Analyst & Ambassador Comments
Go to original news
Sep 03,2019

Senseonics Announces Two Positive Blue Cross Blue Shield Coverage Decisions for Eversense CGM

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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Idaho are now providing coverage for Eversense CGM. These recent coverage decisions add to the growing number of payers who are writing Eversense into their CGM coverage policies, as well as paying for the healthcare provider’s time for the in-office sensor placement.

COLLABORATION COLLABORATION

#insurance

#cgm

View Analyst & Ambassador Comments
Go to original news
Subscribe to INSURANCE