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Cricket Health and Cigna: Results from the First Year of our Collaboration

Download the Case Study Cigna, Nov. 15, 2021 - Too often, people with kidney disease do not have the support they need to live their best lives possible. In fact, many experience kidney failure without ever knowing they had kidney disease. To help address this health care challenge, we launched a collaboration with Cigna last year… continued

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News Release

Cricket Health Names New Chief Commercial Officer Ryan M. Jacobs

Former Optum executive will bring two decades of health innovation experience to Cricket Health Executive Team SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cricket Health, an industry-leading value-based kidney care provider, today announced that Ryan Jacobs has joined the company's executive team as chief commercial officer. Jacobs will oversee all commercial strategy, growth, network development, and marketing for Cricket. Jacobs… continued

October 2021
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Reimagining Kidney Care: A Case Study with Blue Shield of California

More, better kidney care in just one year of the collaboration Blue Shield of California (October 21, 2021) Outcomes Matter At Cricket Health, we believe that through a more personalized, supported kidney care journey, we will be able to lower overall kidney care costs, improve health outcomes, and enable people to live their best… continued

October 2021
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News Release

Cricket Health Achieves HITRUST CSF® Certification to Manage Risk, Improve Security Posture, and Meet Compliance Requirements

HITRUST CSF Certification validates Cricket Health’s commitment to meeting key regulations and protecting partners’ and patients’ sensitive information San Francisco (September 7, 2021), PR Newswire - Cricket Health, an industry-leading value-based kidney care provider, today announced its StageSmart™ predictive analytics model and MyCricket™ patient platform have earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST. StageSmart… continued

September 2021
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Cigna, Blue Shield of California join Cricket Health’s $83.5M funding round

Kidney care startup Cricket Health raised $83.5 million in a Series B funding round, include money from two major health insurers, the company announced Thursday. continued

August 2021
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News Release

Cricket Health Secures $83.5 Million Series B Funding Round Supported by Industry-Leading Clinical Outcomes

Round Led By Valtruis, a Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe Portfolio Company, with Investments from Health Plan Customers Blue Shield of California and Cigna San Francisco, CA (August 5, 2021), PR Newswire - Today, Cricket Health announced it has closed an $83.5 million Series B funding round led by Valtruis. The round also includes… continued

August 2021
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News Release

Cricket Health Ranks Among Highest-Scoring Businesses on Inc. Magazine’s Annual List of Best Workplaces for 2021

Cricket Health puts company culture first in mission to help those with chronic kidney disease live their best lives San Francisco and Boston (May 12, 2021), Inc. Magazine – Cricket Health has been named to Inc. Magazine’s annual list of the Best Workplaces for 2021. Hitting newsstands May 18 in the May/June 2021 issue, and… continued

May 2021
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Cricket Health Named Built in Boston’s 21 Companies to Watch in 2021

We’re honored to be named as one of the “21 Boston Companies to Watch in 2021” by Built In Boston. We will continue to bring joy to our work and help our members live their best lives with kidney disease. continued

April 2021
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News Release

Cricket Health StageSmart™ and MyCricket™ platforms achieve hospital admission reductions, high engagement in first year of deployment

Results show significant reductions in hospital admissions for Cricket Health members San Francisco and Boston (April 14, 2021), PR Newswire - Today Cricket Health released results from its first year of deployment of its StageSmart™ proprietary machine learning disease identification model and MyCricket™, its comprehensive patient support program. In their initial deployments, Cricket Health’s… continued

April 2021
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Cricket Health launching platform targeting Medicare Advantage plans

The program aims to assist MA plans in managing care for patients with end-stage renal disease, who are now eligible to enroll in such plans instead of remaining in traditional Medicare. The value-based offering tailors and individualizes care for patients with these conditions. Cricket Health initially launched the program to 4,500 Texans with kidney disease,… continued

March 2021
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Sandy’s Story: Blue Shield of California Member is Living Well with Innovative Kidney Care

March is National Kidney Month, a time when communities across the country raise awareness about kidney disease for the 37 million Americans and 4 million Californians who live with it every day. In an effort to further that goal, we are sharing the story of Sandy Mayuga, a Blue Shield of California member with kidney… continued

March 2021
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Professional Updates

Capitalizing on Kidney Care’s Shift Toward Early Identification

Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) recently released new, groundbreaking guidance which endorses the strategy of early identification, risk stratification and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) on a global scale. This represents a much-needed sea change in an area of medicine that is struggling, even in highly developed countries. continued

February 2021
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News Release

Cricket Health Named to the 2020 CB Insights Digital Health 150

Recognized for achievements in transforming kidney care San Francisco, Calif. (August 13, 2020) — Cricket Health, a comprehensive kidney care provider and care extender, today was named to CB Insights’s second annual Digital Health 150 ranking, which showcases the 150 most promising private digital health companies in the world. The 2020 Digital Health 150 cohort… continued

August 2020
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Blue Shield of California teams with Cricket Health on kidney care

New long-term, 5-year collaboration between Blue Shield of California and Cricket Health provides personalized, multidisciplinary care for members with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) at no extra cost. continued

August 2020
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Cigna, Cricket Health expand kidney care partnership in California

Cigna will grow its partnership with Cricket Health to offer a multidisciplinary care approach to California members with late-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD)—news that could be quite welcome amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. continued

March 2020
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Trump Calls for Overhaul of Costly Kidney Dialysis Program

Three times a week, hundreds of thousands of Americans with end-stage kidney disease trudge to dialysis centers to get the treatment that keeps them alive. Costs are exorbitant and growing, and many patients aren’t even told there may be other options. continued

July 2019
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Understanding Trump’s kidney plan, plus an ACA update

Dr. Carmen Peralta, a nationally known kidney expert at UCSF and chief medical officer for Cricket Health, joins Dan Diamond to discuss the historic problems with U.S. kidney care and what Trump's plan could accomplish (starts at the 1:35 mark). continued

July 2019
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Trump Proposes Ways to Improve Care for Kidney Disease

The administration set ambitious goals to move people out of traditional dialysis and to encourage organ donations. continued

July 2019
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Trump aims to shake up kidney care market

Trump's executive order — slated to be timed to his 11 a.m. speech Wednesday morning — will direct the government to take steps intended to cut the cost of care and increase kidney donations, according to two individuals with knowledge of the announcement. continued

July 2019
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Blue Cross Blue Shield consortium picks Cricket Health as preferred kidney care provider

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May 2019
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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

May 2019
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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

March 2019
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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

February 2019
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Fierce 15: Cricket Health

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

January 2019
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Cricket Health locks in $24M to expand its footprint in the kidney care space

The startup, which leverages technology to assist chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease patients, has wrapped up a $24 million Series A round led by Oak HC/FT. continued

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October 2018
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New kidney care companies intend to make money by keeping patients out of the dialysis chair

San Francisco-based Cricket Health only has about a dozen employees. But the tech-enabled kidney care provider has some big ambitions in the next year or so when it comes to disrupting the world of kidney care. continued

September 2018
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Startup Insider: 3 questions with Cricket Health CEO Arvind Rajan

Since 2016, Cricket Health has provided advanced stage chronic kidney disease patients with technology-enabled home care through its Health Options Patient Education program. continued

August 2017
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Online platform guides CKD patients through treatment choices and renal failure

The typical chronic kidney disease patient, if diagnosed before renal failure, learns about treatment options in a relatively quick meeting with their nephrologist, or in a one to two-hour class at a dialysis clinic. continued

June 2017
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Cricket Health CEO talks about helping patients with CKD make more informed choices for care

Cricket Health won the MedCity INVEST Pitch Perfect contest for health IT companies that have raised more than $2 million. continued

May 2017
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Unlocking the enigma of the activated and engaged patient

In this guest post, Arvind Rajan, co-founder and CEO of a developer of scalable healthcare technology services designed to transform the care and treatment of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), explains how hospitals and their providers can create a cohesive education strategy that helps eliminate information gaps and creates engaged patients. continued

February 2017

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