Inside Ginger ’ s $100M Funding & Plans to Scale Value-Based Digital Mental Health Care
By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH
Digital mental health startup Ginger just closed a $100M funding round on the heels of its biggest growth year yet: tripling revenue in 2020, bringing its employer-client count to 500, and expanding to offer its services to more than 30 integrated health systems and health plans. CEO Russ Glass updates us on what’s next for the company now that it, too, has joined the $1-Billion-Plus club of digital mental health startups.
In a space where competitors are well-capitalized and poised to scale (Don’t forget: Talkspace awaits it’s SPAC IPO, Lyra Health has raised a whopping $475...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology Jessica DaMassa WTF Health Ginger Source Type: blogs
8 Foods I ’ve Added to My Diet to Enhance My Health
Some nutritionists believe that food is medicine. I’m not sure if I want to go through life taking nothing but chicken soup every time I get sick, but I pay attention to what I put in my mouth and its effects on my body.
As a result, I’ve eliminated many products from my meals over the years, but what I gave up, I made up for in healthier additions. Here are eight foods I’ve added to my diet to enhance my health and why.
1. Beets
Your thoughts might not turn to this root vegetable until it’s time to make red beet eggs for your next picnic. However, including more of them in your weekly diet could help your...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - March 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kara Reynolds Tags: diet featured health and fitness self-improvement food mental health pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Correlative Adventures with COVID
By ANISH KOKA
“The patient in room 1 should be a quick one, its an addon, they just need a prescription for ivermectin”
I’m a bit puzzled by this sentence from my assistant doing his best to help me through a very busy day in the clinic that I’m already behind in. I walk into the room, a script pad stuffed into my hand as I enter the room, to meet a very nice couple. The wife sits patiently with hands crossed on the exam table.
“So, you’re here for Ivermectin?”, I ask.
Why yes, a trip to Texas is planned.. COVID is in the air, the internet, and some important people who have ‘inside ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Anish Koka COVID vaccine COVID-19 vaccine Ivermectin Source Type: blogs
Do pro-inflammatory diets harm our health? And can anti-inflammatory diets help?
This study also showed that pro-inflammatory diets were associated with a poor cholesterol profile. This finding was also seen in other another study, also published in JACC, which found that pro-inflammatory foods had a harmful effect on cholesterol levels while some anti-inflammatory foods had favorable effects.
What foods are pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory?
Foods with a higher pro-inflammatory potential are red meat, processed meat, and organ meat; refined carbohydrates such as white bread, white rice, and many desserts; and sweetened beverages including colas and sports drinks.
Foods that have a higher anti-inf...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Food as medicine Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
21 spices for healthy holiday foods
The holiday season is one of the hardest times of the year to resist salty, fatty, sugary foods. Who doesn’t want to enjoy the special dishes and treats that evoke memories and meaning — especially during the pandemic? Physical distancing and canceled gatherings may make you feel that indulging is a way to pull some joy out of the season.
But stay strong. While it’s okay to have an occasional bite or two of marbled roast beef, buttery mashed potatoes, or chocolate pie, gorging on them frequently can lead to weight gain, and increased blood pressure, blood sugar, and “bad” LDL cholesterol.
Instead, skip the butter...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Health Healthy Eating Heart Health Inflammation Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Accolade ’ s CEO Raj Singh: IPO Backstory & Pop Health Predictions for 2021
By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH
When Accolade went public in July at a $1.2B valuation, the BIG question facing the health tech unicorn pre-dated the covid-19 pandemic and the chaos facing its clientbase of large, self-insured employers: Could they scale? Raj Singh, Accolade’s CEO, tackles the question head-on, buoyed by customer growth that has doubled twice over a fiscal-year-and-a-half and an expanded need for his company’s high-touch, concierge health benefits navigation services. As beleaguered employers struggle with making sure their employees have the health benefits they need to weather the pandemic, Accolad...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology Jessica DaMassa WTF Health IPO Raj Singh Source Type: blogs
Minding the Competition: Ginger ’ s Karan Singh & Russell Glass on Digital Mental Health Investments
By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH
Digital Mental Health startups continue to scale up — in customers, revenues, and investments — as the covid19 pandemic wears on. One of these companies, Ginger, has tripled its revenue this past year, expanded its client base to count more than 200 health plans and self-insured employers, and, for good measure, just added a fresh $50M Series D to their coffers. How much more money can investors put into digital mental health startups? Are things “frothy” in this space, or is investment just “catching up” to meet a latent demand that’s just really been brought to ligh...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology Jessica DaMassa WTF Health digital mental health Ginger karan singh Russell Glass Source Type: blogs
Teladoc & Livongo — The Health Techerati Weigh-In
Six competitor CEOs and one ex-CMO discuss the biggest-ever digital health merger
by JESS DAMASSA & MATTHEW HOLT
It was the news that stunned the world of health tech. And us! So we had seven of Teladoc and Livongo’s biggest competitors weigh-in on what the merger means for telehealth, digital health, the future of health care delivery–and their businesses! You’ll hear from the CEOs of Omada, Ginger, One Drop, Vida, Lark & Cloudbreak, with some spicy commentary from Lyle Berkowitz who was, until recently, CMO at MD Live. From reaction to the merger to speculation about how this will impact the futur...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Featured Health Tech WTF Health Cloudbreak Health Ginger Glen Tullman Jamey Edwards Jason Gorevic Jeff Dachis Julia Hu Lark Livongo Lyle Berkowitz mdlive Omada Health One Drop Russell Glass Sean Duffy Stephanie Tilenius Source Type: blogs
Ginger Announces $50 Million in Series D Funding to Expand Access to the World ’s First On-Demand Mental Healthcare System
Ginger, the leader in on-demand mental healthcare, today announced a $50 million Series D funding round led by Advance Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. Additional participants include Cigna Ventures and existing investors such as Jeff Weiner, Executive Chairman of LinkedIn, and Kaiser Permanente Ventures. This latest round of investment brings the company’s total funding […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 12, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Healthcare IT Advance Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners Cigna Ventures David ibnAle Ginger Health IT Investment Jeff Weiner Kaiser Permanente Ventures Sahil Choudhry Steve Kraus Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Negative Self-Talk and Pessimism
“You’re so stupid. That was the dumbest thing anyone has ever done.” You probably wouldn’t ever say this to a loved one — but would you say it to yourself? What’s your self-talk like? And why does it matter?
In today’s Not Crazy podcast, Gabe and Lisa break down their own experiences with negative self-talk and why they do it. And while Gabe believes in reframing his thoughts to be more positive, Lisa thinks there may be some benefits to not always looking for the silver lining. What do you think?
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Source: World of Psychology - August 11, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: General Habits Mental Health and Wellness Not Crazy Podcast Self-Help Source Type: blogs
Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 142 | Ginger, Infermedica, Xealth & SOC Telemed
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I cover all the deals that got overshadowed by the big news of Teladoc and Livongo’s merger. First up is Ginger, the mental health provider which raised $50 million in a D round bringing their total up to $120 million. Infermedica, an AI enabled symptom checker and triage tool, raised $10.25 million in a series A. Next, Xealth landed a $6 million investment from Cerner and LRVHealth, partnering with Cerner and bringing their digital health prescribing tool to Cerner in addition to its current integration with Epic. Finally SOC Telemed is going public through a “reverse...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health in 2 Point 00 Health Tech Jessica DaMassa Matthew Holt Ginger Infermedica SOC Telemed xealth Source Type: blogs
Cat People, Beware — Posing With Your Pet Could Make You Appear Less Dateable
By Emily Reynolds
If you’re looking to find love on a dating app, there’s plenty you need to think about: what to include in your bio, the interests you list, and what you say you’re looking for. And in an age of rapid swiping, you’re probably going to need a knock-out profile picture too.
But don’t be too quick to assume that a picture with your pet might boost your chances — at least if you’re a male cat owner, that is. According to Lori Kogan and Shelly Volsche, writing in Animals, men holding cats in photographs are seen as less masculine, more neurotic and ultimately less dateable.
To look at the impact...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - July 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Dating Perception Source Type: blogs
With Nod To Scalia, Surprise Plain Meaning Carries Day for LGBT Plaintiffs
Walter OlsonToday the Supreme Court held that the 1964 Civil Rights Act, by barring discrimination on the basis of sex, also forbids discrimination against gay and transgender employees. “When the express terms of a statute give us one answer and extratextual considerations suggest another, it ’s no contest,” Justice Neil Gorsuchwrote for a 6 –3 majority that included Chief Justice John Roberts as well as the four liberals. “Only the written word is the law, and all persons are entitled to its benefit.”As a matter of legal interpretation, the cases show textualism that de ‐emphasizes legisla...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 15, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
Insider Tips on Routine Diabetes Lab Tests
Insider tips on the five basic lab tests that people with diabetes need to have and monitor on a regular basis. (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - May 20, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Ginger Vieira Source Type: blogs
Secrets of Being a Mom with Diabetes
Mother ' s Day is especially meaningful for women living with diabetes. (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - May 8, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Ginger Vieira Source Type: blogs
