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Aledade ACO practices in California earn $31 million in shared savings for 2022

In 2022, Aledade Accountable Care Organization (ACO) practices in California achieved significant success by earning $31 million in shared savings. This accomplishment highlights the effectiveness of ACOs in improving healthcare quality while reducing costs. The $31 million in shared savings is a result of Aledade's ACO practices in California successfully meeting quality and cost-saving targets set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). ACOs that meet these targets are eligible to receive a portion of the cost savings they generate, which is then shared...

Deborah Kilpatrick: Improving Everyday Health

Deborah Kilpatrick is the co- CEO and Executive Chair of the Board for Evidation Health. In her role at Evidation, Deb aims to help individuals integrate health assessment data into their daily lives, taking control of their own health outside the doctor’s office. In a recent conversation with Christine Winoto at the UCSF Rosenman Institute, Deb talked about her journey from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to the corporate world to growing a startup. Deb grew up in the rural south as the daughter of a high...

Diversity in Clinical Trials: A Regulatory Imperative

A recent study has shown that Americans of color participating in clinical trials received significantly less inclusion than white Americans. This analysis, conducted by Komodo Health, shows that 85% of participants in oncology trials were white over the past five years. For reference, black participants made up only 7% of the trial population. This should be further scrutinized as black patients currently have the highest mortality and lowest survival rate of any other ethnic/racial group in nearly all types of cancer cases.  Komodo has reaffirmed that...

Kathleen Bresette named chief revenue officer at RxLightning

RxLightning has hired Kathleen Bresette as its first chief revenue officer. Bresette’s experience in the health care industry is expansive. Most recently, she served as vice president of business development and client strategy at DrFirst Inc. She was also previously the chief revenue officer for Aptus Health (then Physicians Interactive). In her new role at RxLightning, Bresette will be responsible for the generation of revenue, business development provider growth and sales, and building a sales team. RxLightning raised $17.5 million in funding in April to accelerate growth...

Merck Digital Sciences Studio’s SciMar ONE is already demonstrating early value

Last year, McKesson Ventures joined a group of funders including Merck, Microsoft, the Global Health Innovation Fund, Northpond Ventures, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology to bring to life a “founder-friendly” startup accelerator for companies in the biopharma industry. That accelerator is the Merck Digital Sciences Studio. By participating in the Merck Digital Sciences Studio, which provides mentorship, coaching, training, support, community, and investment to enable the next generation of innovative technology for drug discovery and development, startup founders gain access to up to $150,000...