Aetna

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By  Jessica Hagen 12:57 pm May 16, 2023
Gennev, a digital menopause care delivery platform, announced it is now an in-network provider for most of Aetna's commercial health plans nationwide.  Seattle-based Gennev, previously known as Genneve, provides menopause patients with personalized treatment through its network of OB-GYNs, health coaches and registered dietitians. Gennev will be available to most of Aetna's commercial members...
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By  Emily Olsen 10:22 am April 7, 2023
Aetna, the insurer owned by CVS Health, on Thursday announced a value-based care partnership with digital gastrointestinal care startup Oshi Health.  Oshi offers virtual access to a team of providers – including a gastroenterologist, dietitian, behavioral health clinician and a health coach – to patients with digestive concerns like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease and ulcerative...
Satish Kannan, CEO and co-founder, MediBuddy
By  Adam Ang 11:18 pm February 9, 2023
Virtual health company MediBuddy has acquired the telehealth business of US-based managed healthcare company Aetna in India. vHealth by Aetna, which is run by Aetna's subsidiary Indian Health Organisation (IHO), offers subscription-based primary healthcare services, including telephone and video consultations and delivery of medicines, blood tests and other home healthcare products across 38...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:41 pm October 4, 2022
Global investment firm Francisco Partners, which partners with technology businesses, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire bswift from CVS Health for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter, subject to the satisfaction of standard closing conditions. bswift was founded in 1996, and has since provided software and services to help...
Panelists from DTx West share how they successfully executed a digital therapeutic and payer relationship.
By  Mallory Hackett 12:20 pm February 25, 2021
After a year of incredible innovation across the digital health market, the task remains of how to make these products available to consumers at scale. Oftentimes, this means partnering with a payer that can offer coverage and reimbursement for the digital solution. While making those partnerships stick is easier said than done, it is possible to get stakeholders from different spaces in...
By  Dean Koh 03:30 am May 20, 2020
Health insurer Aetna International announced that it is partnering with Wysa, an AI-powered chatbot and mental well-being app as part of the former’s ongoing efforts to address the 'second curve' of the COVID-19 pandemic – a less visible but increasing mental well-being crisis. The health insurance company recently enhanced member access to a range of resources, including its virtual health...
By  Laura Lovett 02:26 pm March 16, 2020
CVS will be integrating social-care-coordination platform Unite Us into its opioid-focused program "Guardian Angel," which was launched by Aetna in 2018.  The duo will roll out this combined effort first in North Carolina, where case managers will be able to use the Unite Us platform to organize with social services, including housing, food and financial support. By the end of 2020, case managers...
By  Dave Muoio 03:32 pm December 17, 2019
MobiHealthNews’ parent company HIMSS and Forrester Research announced today a new research partnership that will survey health system leadership on digital health adoption and measure its impact on patient experience and physician burnout. These findings will be presented at March’s HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Orlando. “Uncovering emerging strategies for quantifying...
By  Dave Muoio 02:53 pm July 24, 2019
This morning CVS Health and its recently acquired Aetna business announced new initiatives that will work with community organizers, social services and software makers to tackle social and environmental factors affecting individuals’ health. To do so, the company has partnered with Unite Us, maker of care coordination products specifically designed to drive connections between social services...
By  Laura Lovett 02:54 pm May 29, 2019
Healthcare has a few lessons it can learn from the casino world, according to Gary Loveman, a professor at Harvard Business School.   Loveman’s somewhat unconventional career path has given him experience in both the insurance world and the healthcare industry; he previously served as the president of Aetna’s Consumer Health and Service division and held the CEO position at Caesars Entertainment...