Aetna companions with gastrointestinal care firm Oshi Well being

Aetna, the insurer owned by CVS Well being, on Thursday introduced a value-based care partnership with digital gastrointestinal care startup Oshi Health. 

Oshi presents digital entry to a staff of suppliers – together with a gastroenterologist, dietitian, behavioral well being clinician and a well being coach – to sufferers with digestive considerations like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s Illness and ulcerative colitis. Sufferers even have entry to symptom monitoring and prompt messaging with their suppliers. 

Aetna stated members in choose business plans may have entry to Oshi as an in-network supplier. The companions stated the primary part of their collaboration will begin with business members in Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. They plan so as to add new states this yr. 

“Including Oshi to our differentiated supplier community will assist us supply built-in, whole-person take care of gastrointestinal (GI) situations – all achieved nearly in order that members have handy entry,” Invoice Lamoreaux, senior vp of Aetna community technique and supplier expertise, stated in a press release. “Our collaboration with Oshi opens the door to coordinated digital digestive take care of our members.”

THE LARGER TREND

Oshi started as a management and tracking app for inflammatory bowel illness sufferers, and in 2020 launched as a digital gastrointestinal care firm. In 2021, Oshi raised $23 million in Series A funding, which included a strategic funding from CVS Well being Ventures.

The corporate has since introduced partnerships with care coordination firm Quantum Health, digital care firm Firefly Health and digital well being market Solera Health. 

One other digital well being startup that not too long ago entered a value-based care partnership is Homeward, a hybrid supplier that focuses on rural communities. In February, the corporate introduced it could work with Blue Cross and Blue Protect of Minnesota to supply providers to Medicare Benefit members in 24 counties outdoors of the Twin Cities metropolitan space.

Darren Mann, Kathryn Kuttler and Dr. Peter Haug will supply extra element through the HIMSS23 session “Improved Affected person Care Enabled by Actual-Time Interoperable Scientific Determination Help.” It’s schedule for Thursday, April 20 at 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. CT on the South Constructing, Degree 1, room S105 C.