Heather Landi
FierceHealth
New York, NY, United States
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Kindbody banks $100M to fuel more acquisitions, growth of fertility clinic network
The fertility-focused startup banked $100 million in fresh capital, raising its valuation to $1.8 billion. → Read More
Fierce Healthcare workforce tracker—Cerebral slashes 15% of workforce; Healthcare staffing startup Nomad Health lays off 17% of staff
UPDATED: Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 2:30 p.m. | The healthcare industry has felt the fallout from the economic downturn. Healthcare technology and digital health companies continue to cut jobs in the face of market uncertainty and the need to restructure operations. Here are the latest industry layoffs. → Read More
Hims & Hers buoyed by record revenue growth in 2022, defying broader health tech market trends
Hims & Hers almost doubled its revenue in 2022, buoyed by strong growth of its online health and wellness business. | Hims & Hers almost doubled its revenue in 2022, buoyed by strong growth of its online health and wellness business. The company, which went public two years ago and sells hair loss and sexual health products, brought in revenue of $527 million, up 94% from $272 million a year ago. → Read More
JPM23, Day 3: Clover Health tees up busy day for insurtechs; Hinge Health stretches its reach into at-home care
Welcome to Day 3 of the annual J. P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Here's your need to know during another soggy, busy day covering healthcare news in San Francisco. | All the latest healthcare and health tech news from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. → Read More
JPM23: Carbon Health nabs $100M, CVS Health partnership to pilot primary care in retail stores
CVS Ventures backed a $100 million investment to accelerate Carbon Health's expansion into new markets. → Read More
JPM23, Day 1: Centene CEO talks value-based care in individual market; CVS backs $25M round for telepsychiatry
It's that time of the year again. | All the latest healthcare and health tech news from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. → Read More
Carbon Health announces another round of layoffs, corporate restructuring amid challenging market conditions
About six months after cutting 8% of its global workforce, hybrid primary care company Carbon Health announced on Friday another round of layoffs and corporate restructuring efforts. | About six months after cutting 8% of its global workforce, hybrid primary care company Carbon Health announced on Friday another round of layoffs and corporate restructuring efforts. → Read More
Oregon health agency approves Amazon, One Medical acquisition, moving $3.9B deal one step forward
Oregon’s health agency approved Amazon’s proposed deal to buy One Medical, moving the tech giant one step closer to sealing the $3.9 billion acquisition. | Oregon’s health agency approved Amazon’s proposed deal to buy One Medical, moving the tech giant one step closer to sealing the $3.9 billion acquisition. → Read More
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Blue Cross end 9-month contract dispute
Mississippi’s largest private insurer and the state’s only Tier 1 medical facility reached a new contract after a nine-month dispute over reimbursement rates. | Mississippi’s largest private insurer and the state’s only Tier 1 medical facility reached a new contract after a nine-month dispute over reimbursement rates. → Read More
Healthcare companies' default risk steadily rising, with most owned by private equity: Moody's
Credit stress is rising in healthcare, which has long been considered a defensive sector for credit investors. → Read More
Fierce Healthcare Fundraising Tracker—Juno Medical nabs $12M to build out 'modern doctor's office'
With the market under pressure, digital health funding continues to cool down as investors write smaller checks and focus on early-stage startups. | The Fierce Healthcare fundraising tracker keeps tabs on health tech and digital health financing rounds. → Read More
JPMorgan Chase teams with Vera Whole Health to open primary care clinics for employees
JPMorgan Chase is jumping into primary care and is piloting office-based clinics for employees in the Columbus, Ohio area. | JPMorgan Chase is jumping into primary care and is piloting office-based clinics for employees in the Columbus, Ohio area. → Read More
23andMe betting big on its genomic health service that integrates genetics with primary care
23andMe launched 16 years ago offering at-home genetic testing kits for ancestry and for health. | 23andMe is focused on using Lemonaid Health's virtual care and online pharmacy capabilities to build out genetically-driven telehealth and pharmacogenomic services. → Read More
Walgreens targeting tech acquisition as it looks to scale healthcare business unit
Walgreens executives are bullish on the future performance of the company's healthcare business unit. → Read More
Walgreens snaps up remaining stake in CareCentrix for $392M
Walgreens Boots Alliance plans to take full ownership of CareCentrix to push forward its healthcare strategy with a particular focus on primary care, post-acute care and home care. | Walgreens Boots Alliance plans to take full ownership of CareCentrix to push forward its healthcare strategy with a particular focus on primary care, post-acute care and home care. → Read More
Desert Oasis Healthcare signs on to pilot Google Health's Care Studio for outpatient care
Medical group Desert Oasis Healthcare has jumped on board to pilot Google Health's clinical software Care Studio. → Read More
Embattled startup Cerebral 'tripling down' on clinical quality, safety efforts, CEO says, amid escalating mental health crisis
Mental health startup Cerebral launched two and a half years ago and the company says it has now treated over half a million patients. → Read More
Amazon Care shutdown is a strategic play, not a failure, some healthcare experts say
Amazon Care may be done, but that's not the end of Amazon's bold healthcare ambitions, industry watchers say. | Forrester healthcare analysts called the shuttering of Amazon Care "a strategic move" rather than a failure. Amazon still has its sights set on primary care, many healthcare experts say, as it represents the gatekeeper of patient care. → Read More
Amazon Care teaming up with Ginger to add behavioral health services
Amazon Care, which currently offers virtual health visits, in-person primary care visits at patients' homes or offices and prescription delivery, is adding behavioral health care to its slate of se | Amazon Care, which currently offers virtual health visits, in-person primary care visits and prescription delivery, is adding behavioral health care to its slate of services. → Read More
Medical supplies company CCS moves into home-based diabetes care management
Here's why the company's CEO believes CCS is well positioned to crack open the diabetes care market. → Read More