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Intrinsic acquires and sells brands that fill unmet women's health needs. Its $15 million funding round brings the company’s total funding to $128 million, with investors including FCA Venture Partners, MAP Investco, Define Ventures, Link Ventures and Redesign Health.

Absent the ability to bolster their ranks with more clinicians, what rural health centers need first and foremost to shift to value are technologies that amplify their clinical capacity without further burdening and burning out their core staff.

Healthcare providers should deliver care to patients in all-inclusive models that focus on treatments rather than squeezing profits. In my opinion, charging a $50 convenience fee for a flu shot I could have received for free at CVS or Walgreens is unacceptable

By forcing providers to coordinate and take responsibility for the overall health of customers, Medicare Advantage can promote the healthcare change we need. It’s a philosophical shift that makes providers think more like insurers and less like businesses that are rewarded for volume, not results.

The Drug Enforcement Administration received 38,000 comments on its proposed rule that would roll back Covid-19 flexibilities for the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine. In response, the DEA chose to temporarily extend the flexibilities, a decision telehealth companies like Bicycle Health and Mindbloom are in support of.

FDA approval of GSK’s respiratory syncytial vaccine Arexvy covers adults age 60 and older—an age group at particular risk of developing severe complications from infection. GSK plans to launch Arexvy in time for the 2023/2024 RSV season.

Brad Younggren, 98Point6 chief medical officer, talked about the recent sale of its care delivery division, including a stand-alone virtual clinic, to Transcarent. He also described its new focus on licensing its cloud-based software to health system partners to increase access improve qaliy and lower the cost of care.

Resident physicians at Mount Sinai's Elmhurst Hospital in Queens have voted to authorize a strike. The union that represents these residents has noticed significant disparities in Mount Sinai's compensation and benefits when compared to the resident physicians employed at the health system's flagship hospital in Manhattan.

Bright Health Group said last week it is “exploring strategic alternatives” for two Medicare Advantage plans in California: Brand New Day and Central Health Plan, which the insurtech purchased several years ago for $500 million. One expert said selling is necessary as the company faces bankruptcy.

Oncology Ventures recently announced investments in three cancer startups — VivorCare, Gabbi and Health Universe. The fund's founding partner said each company demonstrated an ability to tackle a specific problem within the cancer care space, such as enabling earlier breast cancer diagnoses and providing personalized care plans for cancer survivors.