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Forbes’ 2024 List of America’s Best Startup Employers

McKesson Ventures portfolio companies Aledade Inc, Lightship, and Xealth were recently named among Forbes magazine’s list of America’s Best Startup Employers. Forbes partnered with third-party research firm Statista to assess over 3,000 companies, primarily examining their reputation, employee satisfaction, and growth. Each company assessed had 50 or more employees, and were also examined for their culture, online engagement, reviews from current and previous employees, reputation on social media, job openings, turnover rate, and much more.  Independent primary care network Aledade Inc. was acknowledged as the #3...

Komodo Health Unveils New Annual Report Illuminating the State of Data Mining in Life Sciences

In a new survey, Komodo Health benchmarked the state of real-world data (RWD) and analytics. The survey, which is the first of its kind, explores the complexities of generating meaningful insights and the challenges life sciences teams face in making forward progress. RWD offers seemingly boundless potential, but Komodo’s survey found that organizations spend an average of seven months or more integrating and cleaning data before it can reliably be used for generating insights. For larger life sciences companies, this time range can be even longer. This...

Komodo Health Adds 90M Closed Lives Per Year To Expansive Healthcare Map

On Thursday, December 7th, medical technology company Komodo Health announced that it has expanded its Healthcare Map to include 90 million new closed patient lives annually, as a result of new partnerships it has made with third parties. This includes patients from Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial plans, among others. Access to this data allows Komodo to further increase the capability of its medical data and research, which allows the company to offer much improved prescribing trends, referral patterns, and patient histories to its partners.  Co-Founder and...

Anthem BCBS Virginia, Aledade ink partnership

Aledade, Inc. has partnered with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to bring primary care to over 150,000 Medicare members across the Commonwealth of Virginia. The partnership was announced in a press release last week and signifies Aledade’s continued dedication to its mission of providing value-based care for all.  Aledade has made a name for itself by assisting physicians and medical practitioners throughout the greater Virginia area. This new partnership with Anthem will further expand Aledade’s reach, extending its operation to include 15 new health centers,...

Elevance, Hims & Hers, HCA Healthcare named Best Companies to Work For by U.S. News

U.S. News & World Report recently released its annual list of the Best Companies to Work For. This list highlights ranking companies' commitment to creating a positive work environment and fostering employee satisfaction. The list was largely dominated by pharma and biotech companies like Illumina, Sarepta Therapeutics, Biogen, and Conmed Corp. Among large, public healthcare companies on the list are Elevance Health, Humana, Hims & Hers Health, and HCA Healthcare. Hims & Hers Health came in at number 35. U.S. News & World Report rated companies based...