Aledade
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Consumer / Employer, Devices & Diagnostics, Health Tech
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
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Aledade Rakes in $260M for Primary Care Network
Aledade’s $260 million financing round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, a new investor of the company. It also included participation from Venrock, Avidity Partners, OMERS Growth Equity and Fidelity Management and Research Company.
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Jorie Healthcare CEO Shares Why Automation is Critical to Revenue Cycle Management
The revenue cycle management business is using AI tools to automate cumbersome tasks to help hospitals operate more efficiently. It’s beginning to attract the attention of major healthcare organizations.
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CareFirst BCBS, Aledade Partner to Support Primary Care Physicians
CareFirst’s in-network practices will have access to support from Aledade’s specialists. This includes on-site coaching and regulatory and policy expertise. In addition, they’ll have access to Aledade’s population health management platform, which is integrated with more than 100 electronic health records.
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Aledade, Humana Strike 10-Year VBC Collaboration
Aledade — an independent primary care network focused on value-based care — struck a 10-year partnership with insurer Humana. Under the collaboration, Humana’s Medicare Advantage members will receive primary care from Aledade physicians using value-based arrangements.
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Aledade Acquires Curia, Adds More Than 450 Primary Care Practices to Network
By adding 450 primary care practices to its network, the company claims to be the largest network of independent primary care. In total, the company now works with more than 1,500 independent primary care practices and health centers and has more than 150 value-based contracts across Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and commercial plans.
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Pearl Health Rakes In $75M to Enable More Physician Participation in VBC
Pearl Health — a technology company that helps independent physician practices participate in value-based care models — just raised $75 million in Series B financing. Pearl’s platform leverages data science to help primary care providers focus on patients who are driving expenses and need care the most.
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Aledade says its VBC network has saved practices $1.2B over 8 years
Aledade said that its value-based care network has helped save the U.S. healthcare system save more than $1.2 billion over the past eight years. A primary care physician at an accountable care organization that works with Aledade testified that being a part of the network has yielded significant shared savings that have led to better care outcomes, such as lower re-hospitalization rates.
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Aledade rakes in $123M to advance Medicare Advantage partnerships, grow subsidiary
Aledade, a startup that partners with independent practices to establish accountable care organizations, raised $123 million in a Series E funding round. The company plans to use the money to advance its partnerships with Medicare Advantage plans and add solutions to its new healthcare services subsidiary.
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How AI almost led Dr. Farzad Mostashari down the wrong path on health equity
In a virtual panel discussion about public and population health at J.P. Morgan’s annual conference, the CEO of Aledade shared how the quest for efficiency in a world of harried physicians’ practices almost led Aledade to use a flawed ML algorithm to engage at-risk patients of those practices.
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Navigating Healthcare’s Data Revolution: Priorities, Opportunities, and Challenges for Health Systems
Arcadia recently partnered with HIMSS Market Insights to survey executives, IT, technology, and clinical leaders. Here’s what we found.
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Aledade snags $100M to grow Medicare Advantage partnerships, invest in tech
The company partners with independent practices, health centers and clinics to establish primary care-focused accountable care organizations.
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StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
This week, check out news from healthcare startups including Spry Health, Heal Co, and more.
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Health IT, Startups, Health Services
ACO-builder Aledade raises $64M
Aledade, a health IT company founded by former national health IT coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari, raised $64 million in funding. Aledade operates ACOs with more than 550 independent physician practices.
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Deals roundup: Optum acquires surgical group, Aledade lands $20M
UnitedHealthGroup’s OptumCare subsidiary is acquiring Surgical Care Affiliates for $2.3 billion, Takeda is ponying up $5.2 billion to acquire Ariad Pharmaceuticals, while Aledade closed on a $20 million funding round.
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Mostashari: FAH lawsuit threat neutered Meaningful Use (updated)
The culprit, in Mostashari’s view, was the Federation of American Hospitals, representing for-profit hospital companies.
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Mostashari’s Aledade hires ex-ONC interoperability guru Galvez
Erica Galvez, who led development of the federal government’s Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap, has rejoined a former boss in the private sector.