#Healthin2Point00, Episode 218 | Bicycle, NexHealth, Stork Club, DrChrono & Pear Therapeutics

Health in 2 Point 00 Jun 25, 2021• On Episode 218 of Health in 2 Point 00, it’s a big week in digital health for IPOs. Today Jess asks me about Bicycle Health’s $ 27 million Series A, bringing the substance use disorder startup’s total to $ 32.3 million. NexHealth, which is like Shopify for… Read More »

Could telehealth worsen inequity? ‘Not under my watch,’ says HHS Sec. Becerra

In recent public appearances, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough both indicated their support for telemedicine in the long term.   Even as states have moved to enact their own laws aimed at telehealth expansion, questions have persisted about a federal response.    Becerra emphasizes… Read More »

Johnson & Johnson confirms opioid business has ended in $230 million settlement with New York

New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks during a news conference, to announce criminal justice reform in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a $ 230 million settlement with New York state that bars the company from promoting opioids and confirmed it has… Read More »