Author: Cricket Health News

In The News

How this S.F. startup is taking on chronic kidney disease

Carmen Peralta had spent over a decade researching kidney disease as a nephrologist, most recently at the University of California, San Francisco, when her groundbreaking work on the early detection of the deadly disease caught the attention of Cricket Health. continued

In The News

U.S. seeks to cut dialysis costs with more home care versus clinics

The Trump administration is working on a new payment approach for treating kidney disease that favors lower cost care at home and transplants, a change that would upend a dialysis industry that provides care in thousands of clinics nationwide. continued

Professional Updates

For people with advanced kidney disease, knowledge truly is power

Imagine choosing a home to buy and knowing that you have to make this decision by yourself and file all the paperwork, plus navigate the credit checks, bank loans, contracting, and insurance … the stress involved could overwhelm anyone! Fortunately, we often have time to prepare for this decision and can rely on friends and … Continued continued

In The News

CEO Arvind Rajan Says Cricket Health Can Deliver Important, Transformative Care to Renal Patients

Arvind Rajan left his managing director post at LinkedIn intent upon two things – taking some time off with his family and finding a new venture that would be hard, important, and transformative to the world. continued

In The News

Fierce 15: Cricket Health

Kidney care is often described as a space in healthcare with particular perverse incentives. continued

News Release

Digital Health Veteran Geoffrey Clapp Joins Cricket Health

Better Co-Founder, former Health Hero Network CTO and COO, and digital health pioneer will serve as Chief Product Officer SAN FRANCISCO, December 17, 2018 – Cricket Health, a tech-enabled provider of integrated kidney care, announced today that Geoffrey Clapp has joined the company as Chief Product Officer. Clapp is a digital health veteran, having founded, … Continued continued

Professional Updates

We Bring Joy to this Work

What do you do for work? What do you do for work? That simple question from an unsuspecting guest at a holiday party last weekend sparked a 20-minute response on the status of the renal care industry and how we at Cricket Health are going to turn it on its head. continued

Professional Updates

We dare mighty things

When my father immigrated to Canada at the age of thirteen, he couldn’t speak a word of English. He came a long way from a farm in Greece, took the risk to start his own small business and provided me with opportunities that he never had himself. continued

Professional Updates

We Exist to Help Our Patients Live Their Best Lives

Throughout my medical career, there have been moments of reckoning that have entirely changed the way I thought about patients living with a chronic disease. continued

News Release

Cricket Health Announces Key Senior Leadership Hires

Kidney Care Company Adds Former Fresenius Medical Care Executive, Digital Health Industry Veteran, Clinical Expert to Senior Team SAN FRANCISCO, October 30, 2018 – Cricket Health, a tech-enabled provider of integrated kidney care, today announced the addition of three health care industry veterans to the company’s senior leadership team. Former Fresenius Medical Care executive Robert … Continued continued