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CVS Health unveils new virtual primary care platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

CVS on Thursday announced the launch of its new CVS Health Virtual Primary Care service. CVS Health Virtual Primary Care will feature a member-selected physician-led Care Team – comprising, for example, nurse practitioners, RNs or licensed vocational nurses – who can be accessed through the platform.

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The Health Insurance Premium for a Family Averages $25,572 in 2024 – KFF’s Annual Update on Employer-Sponsored Benefits

Health Populi

In this last time period, COVID and its long-tail into 2024, workers’ earnings rose much more than in the previous three time intervals, and inflation increased dramatically at 23% roughly matching premium increases in the period.

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Income Inequality is Fostering Mis-Trust, the Edelman 2020 Trust Barometer Observes

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Since CVS/pharmacy morphed into CVS/health when it quit tobacco five years ago in 2014 , I began to intuit a shift in the U.S. In the same year, Walmart expanded its community-based approach to health and wellness, relaunching Walmart Health primary care clinics and expanding mental health services.

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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The “super social” adjective was first coined by Dr. Chris Gibbons of Johns Hopkins University, who wrote about Broadband as a Health Imperative back in 2014.

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Oshi Health Raises $60M Series C to Strengthen Its Position as the Category Leader for Virtual Digestive Care

Healthcare IT Today

Oshi surrounds patients with a dedicated multidisciplinary care team – including advanced practice providers, registered dietitians, behavioral health specialists, and care coordinators, overseen by board-certified gastroenterologists. Founded in 2014, Oak HC/FT has invested in over 85 portfolio companies and has over $5.3

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Vytalize Closes $100M for Primary Care Transformation

Digital Health Wire

If there was still any debate about the flavor of the month in the digital health VC club, primary care enablement company Vytalize Health just settled it with its $100M Series C round. Primary care enablement is the name of the game 2023. The funding will also help Vytalize keep ahead of any growing pains.

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How Walmart Could Bolster Healthcare in the Community

Health Populi

A decade later, can Walmart re-imagine primary care the way the company did low-cost medicines? Here’s a New York Times article from 2014 discussing the company’s vision for expanding primary care. Walmart is enhancing about 500 of 3500 stores, and health will be part of the interior redecorating.