virtual primary care

Two people sitting down while looking at a computer with a healthcare provider on the screen
By  Jessica Hagen 05:26 pm August 3, 2023
Virtual primary care company TytoCare announced it garnered an additional $49 million in growth funding. Existing investor Insight Partners led the round, with participation from new investors MemorialCare, Clal and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan. WHAT IT DOES The Israeli health tech company provides virtual care via its AI-enabled TytoCare Home Smart Clinic, which allows clinicians to...
Parents with two young children talk to a provider through a video call on their laptop.
By  Emily Olsen 12:12 pm September 22, 2022
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will offer a new virtual primary care option next year through partnerships with Carbon Health and Firefly Health.  The insurer said the offering, available starting Jan. 1, will be included in the "majority" of its commercial health plans. Members will choose a primary care provider through Carbon or Firefly, and they'll be able to access primary care,...
Telemedicine
By  Laura Lovett 11:27 am October 14, 2021
Propeller Health vets Chris Hogg, Joe Slavinsky and David Hubanks are looking to the telehealth space with the launch of Marley Medical, a virtual primary care company focused on chronic conditions. The new company is coming onto the scene fueled by $9 million in seed funding. Julie Yoo, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and Kristin Baker Spohn, a general partner at CRV, led the latest...
Patient doing telehealth on a tablet
By  Mallory Hackett 11:59 am September 20, 2021
Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer CareFirst has launched a new virtual care practice for its nearly three million commercial members across Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia. The new virtual-first offering is called CloseKnit and provides a variety of services, including preventative, primary and urgent care, behavioral and mental healthcare, care coordination and insurance navigation. Available...
A Crossover Health location (photo courtesy Crossover Health)
By  Jonah Comstock 02:46 pm April 14, 2021
Next-gen care provider Crossover Health has quietly shuttered Sherpaa, the virtual primary care company it acquired in 2019. Sherpaa founder Jay Parkinson broke the news in a farewell blog post, in which he also revealed he has parted ways with Crossover after two years there. Sherpaa, a longtime digital health stalwart founded by Parkinson in 2012, is no more as of December 2020, following a six...
By  Dave Muoio 02:51 pm March 31, 2021
CirrusMD, a startup offering on-demand, text-first telehealth, has raised $20 million in a new Series C funding round that brings its lifetime funding to $46 million. Blue Venture Fund led the raise, which also saw support from 7wireVentures, Drive Capital and the Colorado Impact Fund. WHAT IT DOES CirrusMD's approach to virtual care is focused on convenient and timely communication. Offered...
Three screens of Ro's app-based Roman offering
By  Dave Muoio 12:38 pm March 23, 2021
Direct-to-consumer virtual care and mail-order prescription startup Ro is adding to its already impressive fundraising haul with a fresh $500 million investment headed by prior backers General Catalyst, FirstMark Capital and TQ Ventures, the company announced this morning. SignalFire Torch and BoxGroup also returned to participate in the Series D round, as did new investors Altimeter, Baupost,...
Examples of K Health app screens
By  Dave Muoio 01:17 pm January 19, 2021
K Health, a startup combining a free symptom checker with text-based telehealth and virtual primary care, has announced $132 million Series E – its third major raise within the course of a year. GGV Capital, Valor Equity Partners and Kaiser Permanente pension fund headlined the raise, with GGV Managing Partner Hans Tung and Valor founder and CEO Antonio Gracias joining K Health's board. Other...
A telehealth visit via smartphone
By  Dave Muoio 11:45 am January 13, 2021
Teladoc Health has launched new pilots of its virtual primary care program and hopes to explore its take on a hospital-at-home offering with large health system partners before the end of the year, CEO Jason Gorevic said this week during a J.P. Morgan virtual presentation. Shortly after the talk, Teladoc also announced a new pilot with continuous glucose monitor (CGM) company Dexcom for eligible...
A stethoscope rests on dollar bills
By  Dave Muoio 11:38 am October 26, 2020
Nice Healthcare, a Minneapolis-based video and in-home primary care provider, has raised $5 million in seed funding, MedCity News reports. The funding was headed by Waterline Ventures, and also saw participation from Conductive Ventures and Indie.vc. WHAT IT DOES Offered through employers, Nice Healthcare's business uses a patient mobile app to schedule primary care virtual visits. These can be...