Tag Archives: primary

Inside Cano Health’s SPAC IPO & Tailoring Medicare Advantage Primary Care for the Latino Market

Health Tech Apr 22, 2021• By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Healthcare SPAC-trackers interested in placing bets on value-based primary care for the lucrative Medicare Advantage market will love hearing Cano Health’s CEO Marlow Hernandez dive into the details behind his company’s $ 4.4B valuation and 7,000% three-year growth rate. Cano Health’s clinics provide “primary care… Read More »

Doctors face pay cuts, furloughs and supply shortages as coronavirus pushes primary care to the brink

Dr Greg Gulbransen performs a medical checkup on a 72-year-old man with Leukemia who is presumed to have the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while at his pediatric practice in Oyster Bay, New York, U.S., April 13, 2020. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Dr. Rafael Guillen spends a lot of time on the phone these days. His practice… Read More »

US primary health care can be cheaper and more equal. Here’s how. – CNN

Medical evidence has revealed that elderly people face an increased risk of dying from the disease, along with people of all ages who have chronic health issues, such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Among those with underlying conditions who are dying from the virus, a disproportionate number are living in poverty or are African American… Read More »

Crossover Health snags online-only primary care platform Sherpaa Health

Dive Brief: Crossover Health, which provides health services to self-insured employers and runs Apple’s onsite clinic, has acquired Sherpaa Health, a virtual primary care provider with employer and retail members across the U.S. Scott Shreeve, CEO and founder of Crossover Health, said the deal furthers the company’s goal to “design and deliver technology-enabled primary care throughout… Read More »

EDs could save $8.3B annually with better primary care, study finds

Dive Brief: More effective primary care could save emergency departments an estimated $ 8.3 billion annually, according to a new Premier analysis. Of 24 million visits by patients with certain chronic conditions in 2017, 4.3 million were potentially avoidable. Patients with those conditions contributed to nearly 60% of all ED visits at nearly 750 hospitals… Read More »