Doctor on Demand

The coalition’s goals are to remove barriers to healthcare and create a care concierge and navigation platform for Black patients.

The deal will add Included Health’s LGBTQ+ care navigation services to Grand Rounds Health and Doctor On Demand’s virtual care platform.   

This week's top stories include Amazon expanding its Amazon Care telehealth services, Doctor on Demand and Grand Rounds forming a virtual healthcare company, and the Biden administration releasing $12 billion for COVID-19 testing and treatments.

Grand Rounds' CEO Owen Tripp will continue on as the CEO of the combined entity. 

Also: Zimmer Biomet adds to its Apple Watch-based care-management tool with the Hospital for Special Surgery; OptimizeRx and Komodo Health integrate their systems.

Also: First Databank and RxCap collaborate on patient medication instruction and adherence app, Cohere Health is handling MSK prior authorizations for Humana.

Like its competitors, the telehealth provider highlighted a major increase in business since COVID-19.

The telehealth vendor's deal with the state comes shortly after another agreement that provided the services to Medicaid, children's health insurance members.

Also: Doctor on Demand-powered benefit goes live for Walmart associates; Samsung, Sleep Number's CES announcements.

The integration will start with Livongo for Behavioral Health in January and expand to other areas.