This month’s Portfolio Spotlight is shining a light on everything from growth to the future of health care. Health Catalyst completed the IPO process and is now officially a publicly traded company. Both Curavi and Vivify Health are adding customers, while Cavulus is weighing in on the ‘Medicare for All’ dilemma. Finally, Xealth is used as an example of what Amazon Prime Day might look like for health care. Read more below.
‘Medicare for All’ has emerged as a hot-button issue as we head into 2020. Cavulus CEO, Patrick Phillips, weighs in on the many proposals in Congress and the future of health insurance, arguing that “emerging policies should focus on those in need, rather than upending programs which tens of millions of seniors currently rely upon.”
Curavi Health is expanding its reach with the addition of United Methodist Homes Wesley Village Campus now relying on its telemedicine services. With Curavi, the facility will benefit from enhanced after-hours care, providing the staff with access to licensed geriatricians.
The CFO of the analytics company, which has been mulling a stock offering for years, says capital raised from shareholders will help it gain the size and scope it needs to achieve its mission.
Vivify Health recently announced that Toronto-based University Health Network (UNH) will become the first hospital in Canada to leverage its technology. UNH will leverage Vivify Pathways Go bring your own device (BYOD) remote peri-operative care solution.
Health Populi explores what the future of health care might look like when giants – like Amazon – get more integrated into the process. It cites Xealth as an example of a company already partnering with the e-commerce giant to make the process more direct-to-consumer.
