Humana is sinking $100 million into a primary care startup to send doctors into patients’ homes via 1-touch telemed or old-school housecalls.
The startup, Heal, announced the partnership July 29, saying it has delivered more than 200,000 value-based home visits in its first five years.
Along with tele-primary care, the company offers telepsychology and digital monitoring services to patients in New York, New Jersey, Washington, California, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
The collaboration will focus on expanding the companies’ reach to Chicago, Charlotte, Houston and other areas.
Heal says having Humana as a partner will “make it easier for those who are healthy and aging into Medicare as well as those living with multiple chronic conditions to receive primary care in the comfort of their own homes.”
Humana’s home-business president, Susan Diamond, says the partnership will advance its ongoing efforts to “build a broader set of offerings across the spectrum of home-based care.”
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