Humana is placing a $100 million bet that the future of healthcare can be found in a 21st-century version of the old-fashioned house call. The health insurance giant on Wednesday (July 29) announced that it will invest $100 million in Los Angeles-based Heal, which bills...
Matchmaking businesses aren’t exactly a new idea — though the breathless enthusiasm of the tech press might lead one to mistakenly believe that the concept sprang into existence in 2009 with Uber. But in fact commerce intermediaries that bring groups of shareholders together to interact...
It’s an experience that almost every American adult can relate to: the holiday trip to an emergency room with an injured or sick child that becomes a half-day experience. It’s usually prompted by a just serious enough medical emergency that doesn’t quite require an ambulance, but does require a higher...
Finding the time to go to the doctor’s office can be a struggle. From working a full day at the office to exercising regularly, making dinner, doing laundry, visiting friends and family as well as finding time for yourself, trips to see a physician can...
August 03, 2020
“There’s got to be a better way.” That single phrase has started plenty of innovative companies when uttered by frustrated entrepreneurs who find themselves running headlong into something that should be easy but isn’t. Nick Desai, co-founder and CEO of medical disruptor Heal, found himself uttering that phrase as he was driving home from a […]
December 26, 2018
Matchmaking businesses aren’t exactly a new idea — though the breathless enthusiasm of the tech press might lead one to mistakenly believe that the concept sprang into existence in 2009...
May 30, 2018
It’s an experience that almost every American adult can relate to: the holiday trip to an emergency room with an injured or sick child that becomes a half-day experience. It’s usually prompted by...
July 29, 2020
Humana is placing a $100 million bet that the future of healthcare can be found in a 21st-century version of the old-fashioned house call. The health insurance giant on Wednesday (July 29) announced that it will invest $100 million in Los Angeles-based Heal, which bills itself as having “pioneered 21st-century house call-based primary care.” Offering […]
