Consumer health app developers are finding ways to help consumers and their physicians make better use of their health data. These apps can now get accredited for their compliance with best practices in managing personal health information, an important step towards building trust that consumers’ health data will be protected as it is moved more … Continue reading
Nonadherence to a prescribed medication regimen for patients with chronic pain is associated with overall lower health outcomes, including increased hospital admissions, costs, and morbidity (quantitative review here). Deviations in timing, dosage, frequency, or duration of medication—all components of noncompliance—can cause medical reactions, increased pain, and medication use disorders, and can ultimately lead to emergency care … Continue reading
In April 2022, we published a blog post exploring Q1 digital health funding within the US using a framework introduced by Leavitt Partners in a recently published whitepaper. Applying the same methods, we tracked funding across the digital health landscape In Q2. Q2 saw 144 deals in digital health for a total investment of $4.6 billion and an average deal … Continue reading
Partnership Calls on Policymakers to Implement Proposals in 2020 Landmark Report Washington, D.C. — In recognition of World Sickle Cell Day on June 19th, today more than a dozen organizations representing a diverse cross-section of patient advocates, health professional organizations, health insurers and biopharmaceutical companies announced the launch of the Sickle Cell Disease Partnership. The … Continue reading
As efforts continued at the beginning of 2022 to implement the No Surprises Act aimed at preventing surprise medical bills that patients are often unable to pay, the Kaiser Family Foundation published a report that estimates nearly one in 10 adults have medical debt, and that Americans’ total medical debt could be as high as $195 billion. … Continue reading
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly accelerated the demand for digital healthcare alternatives. As a result, private investors are looking for promising digital health startups or companies to financially back. One common problem investors will undoubtedly encounter when assessing opportunities in digital health is that stakeholders are often not speaking the same language. In February 2022, Leavitt Partners … Continue reading
As respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a seasonal pathogen in young children is challenging the national health care system as part of an unprecedented “tripledemic” with COVID-19 and flu this winter, authors with Leavitt Partners parent company Health Management Associates weigh in on potential coverage pathways for new monoclonal antibody (mAb) preventive therapies for RSV and … Continue reading
While healthcare leaders seek to broaden and deepen their analysis of the implications of recent federal health policy changes, it is challenging to accurately determine where the industry might be headed in 2022 and beyond. On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, Leavitt Partners’ Senior Director of Health Policy Outreach, Jen Colamonico, moderated a Linkedin Live Political Checkpoint broadcast featuring Liz Wroe, … Continue reading
COVID Patient Recovery Alliance’s Interim Report Outlines More Than Two Dozen Recommendations for Federal Policymakers To Help Promote Recovery and Restoration Washington D.C. — Today, the COVID Patient Recovery Alliance released an interim report, “Towards Recovery and Restoration: Policy Recommendations to Improve the Care of Individuals Living with Long-COVID.” The multi-sector alliance, convened by Governor … Continue reading
Today, Jay Rosen, founder, president, and co-chairman of Health Management Associates (HMA), announced the firm’s acquisition of Wakely Consulting Group (Wakely). A premier source for healthcare actuarial consulting, Wakely helps clients understand the complex and evolving world of healthcare. Their actuaries have experience with all facets of the healthcare industry, from payers to providers and … Continue reading
