Uber launches UberHealth

Uber is going into healthcare  and for them that means transporting patient back to their homes from the hospital. They are going after the “missed appointments” market.

Regarding their B2B business model, according to TechCrunch, Uber Health charges  healthcare organization customers only for the cost of individual rides, which are at par with what those rides would cost via the consumer app. Access to a dashboard and the reporting tools are included free for the health care organization.

Apparently, Uber there are already over 100 healthcare organizations on the platform. As the company has an API for providers to build the service into their existing patient management software, it opens up opportunities for integrated digital health ecosystem partnerships with other firms.

Digital health app powering Roche Diabetes arm

According to Bloomberg, after Roche acquired Austrian app, MySugr for $75M last June, the firm has been busy integrating it into it’s operations. Insurance payers increasingly are re-evaluating unit costs  and margins and are thus cutting prices. Blood-sugar monitoring equipment looks like a safe bet to start. Chief Executive Officer Schwan notes –  Payers have switched from simply reimbursing some strips to measure glucose, to value based model’.