What You Should Know: - Intuity Medical, Inc., a medical technology company committed to making it easier to live with diabetes, announced today that its POGO Automatic® Blood Glucose Monitoring (ABGM) system, featuring one-step testing, is now covered by Medicare Part B. This decision expands access to the innovative monitor for the 16.5 million seniors age 65 and up living with
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Report Reveals Digital Diabetes Management Tools Fail to Deliver Benefits, Increase Costs
What You Should Know: - Digital diabetes management tools are failing to deliver meaningful health benefits to patients, according to a new evaluation by the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI). - The report casts doubt on the effectiveness of widely used digital diabetes management tools. Despite billions in investment, the study finds these tools offer minimal health benefits and actually increase healthcare spending. Millions Rely on Tools, But Evidence Shows Little
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Welldoc Awarded FDA 510(k) Clearance for Diabetes Platform
What You Should Know: Welldoc®, a digital health leader revolutionizing chronic care, today announced the receipt of its 11th 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its award-winning diabetes digital health solution, BlueStar®.This clearance immediately follows Welldoc’s 10th 510K clearance announcement earlier this month, solidifying the company’s continued leadership in chronic care innovation. A Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Informed Bolus Insulin Dose
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Rimidi Enhances Integration with Dexcom, Adds Glycemic Risk Index to Diabetes Platform
What You Should Know: Rimidi, a clinical management platform designed to optimize clinical workflows, enhance patient experiences and achieve quality objectives, is announcing enhancements to its diabetes management platform, including the addition of Glycemic Risk Index (GRI) as an emerging tool for patient and population outcomes management. The inclusion of CGM data and GRI into Rimidi’s platform and clinical workflows is made possible via an enhanced integration with Dexcom, a
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Rimidi and ARKRAY Partner to Bring Glucose Data to the EHR
What You Should Know: - In an effort to make blood glucose data more actionable for providers and patients alike, Rimidi, a leading clinical management platform announced its integration with the ARKRAY GLUCOCARD® Shine Connex Blood Glucose Monitoring System to Rimidi’s Platform. - The integration enables providers to manage blood-glucose control more proactively within existing workflows, thus boosting patient adherence. Blood Glucose Data Directly Embedded in EHR Diabetes is the
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9am.health, Ascensia Partner to Expand Virtual Diabetes Clinic
What You Should Know: - 9am.health today announced it is expanding its virtual diabetes clinic through a strategic partnership with Ascensia to add the CONTOUR®NEXT ONE Blood Glucose Meter to Its patient toolkit. - 9am.health patients can now conveniently add Ascensia Diabetes Care’s blood glucose meter and test strips to their personalized treatment plan, with the meter offered free of charge to all patient care plans. The test strip add-on is available through a
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Glooko Raises $30M to Expand Digital Diabetes Management Platform
What You Should Know: - Glooko, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of remote patient monitoring and chronic care management solutions including diabetes and obesity, today announced that they have raised a $30 million Series D round of funding. The funding was led by Health Catalyst Capital along with participation from existing investors Canaan Partners, Georgian, Novo Nordisk, Insulet and Mayo Clinic. - Glooko plans to use these proceeds from this funding to accelerate organic growth and
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4 Predictions for Diabetes Management and Technology in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to put an unprecedented amount of strain on the entire healthcare sector, and the industry has responded by accelerating the ways innovation is developed and adopted. Health leaders have faced a generational challenge and the result has been the rapid deployment of technology to address dire patient needs. Health systems, physicians, and frontline staff pulled together in remarkable fashion to implement these emerging technologies that enhance the ways patients
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Humana Taps Vida Health to Power Virtual Diabetes Management for Kentucky’s Medicaid Population
What You Should Know: - Humana Healthy Horizons™ in Kentucky announced it has selected Vida Health’s virtual diabetes management program to serve Kentucky’s Medicaid population. - Vida’s diabetes management program achieves lasting results for participants. Because chronic conditions like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension often occur simultaneously, Vida’s unique program was built from the ground up to treat multiple conditions at the same time. - The new partnership, which will
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Virta Adds Prediabetes and Obesity Reversal to Services
What You Should Know: - Virta is expanding its suite of treatment options to include prediabetes reversal, obesity reversal, and type 2 diabetes management. - By making this crucial expansion, Virta can scale its treatment to support the tens of millions of additional patients with prediabetes and obesity, as provide an on-ramp to reversal for those with T2D that aren’t yet ready to reverse. Virta Health, the leader in type 2 diabetes reversal, today introduced the addition
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