February - 2022

The HSB Blog

ACOs Direct Contracting Becomes REACH, Challenges Remain-The HSB Blog 2/28/22

Our Take: On Thursday, February 24th, CMS announced it was ending the GPDC ACO program and replacing it with the Accountable Care...

Scouting Rpt-Trialjectory: Connecting Cancer Patients to Clinical Trials&Advanced Treatment Options

The Driver: Trialjectory recently raised $20M in its series A funding round bringing the total the company raised to $27.7M. The round...

We Can't Fix Inequities in Healthcare If We Don't Fix How We Measure Them-The HSB Blog 2/21/22

Our Take: Lack of available and high-quality health data for black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), as well as language barriers...

Scouting Report-League: An Integrated Employee Benefits Platform

The Driver: League recently raised $95 million in a series C funding round led by TDM Growth Partners with participation from Workday...

Explosion of Digital Health Empowers More Efficient Medicaid Expansion-The HSB Blog 2/14/22

Our Take: The striking growth in demand and acceptance for digital health technology presents a way to improve the access and quality of...

Scouting Report-Koneksa: Validating Biomarkers for Decentralized Clinical Trials

The Driver: Koneksa Health recently raised $45 million series C funding bringing their total capital raised to $70.6M. As noted by the...

Take These Steps To Increase Vaccine Adherence-The HSB Blog 2/7/22

Our Take: We need to broaden the use of culturally appropriate tools, expand the use of digital tools as a source of vaccine knowledge...

Scouting Report-Well: Empowering and Incentivizing People to Engage in Their Health

The Driver: Well Dot, Inc., or “Well”, is a healthtech company based in Chapel Hill, NC, and Newton, MA that is founded by Gary Loveman...