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How Rick benefited from Cricket Health’s approach to kidney care
Cricket Health patient Rick Greer – who was diagnosed with stage 4 chronic kidney disease – recently spoke out about his care journey. Before he found Cricket Health, Rick needed support managing his new diagnosis in a way that would slow the progression of his disease and enable him to live his best, healthiest life.… continued -
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Cricket Health Earns URAC Accreditation as a Digital Health Content Provider
The designation demonstrates the highest level of commitment to quality healthcare San Francisco, CA – June 1, 2022 – Cricket Health, the comprehensive kidney care provider with an evidence-based approach to managing kidney disease, is proud to announce that it has earned URAC accreditation as a digital health content provider. URAC is the independent leader… continued -
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Cricket Health Ranks Among Highest Scoring Businesses on Inc.’s Annual List of Best Workplaces for Second Year in a Row
Cricket Health’s workplace culture centers around strong employee engagement and dedication to the mission of improving lives of people living with kidney disease. San Francisco, CA - May 10, 2022 – Cricket Health has been named to Inc. magazine’s annual Best Workplaces list for the second consecutive year. Featured in the May/June 2022 issue, which… continued -
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The New InterWell Health. Creating the new standard in value based kidney care in the U.S.
Fresenius Health Partners, InterWell Health, and Cricket Health are combining in a three-way merger to form the nation’s premier value based kidney care provider. continued -
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3 simple lessons we’ve learned from our patients about living with kidney disease
By Andrew Schutzbank, Chief Product Officer at Cricket Health As a pioneer in innovative kidney care, Cricket Health is on a mission to fundamentally change what a kidney disease diagnosis means for patients and their nephrologists. In the year-and-a-half since I joined the Cricket Health team, I’ve heard from providers and patients about how we… continued -
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CKCC Questions Answered: An interview with Drs. Carmen A. Peralta and Neil Marwah
The Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting (CKCC) payment models were designed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to offer strong financial incentives to nephrologists who deliver value-based care to people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 4 and 5 and end stage renal disease (ESRD). The models aim to support providers in delivering… continued -
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National Kidney Month 2022
March is National Kidney Month! Cricket Health is excited to help spread awareness about chronic kidney disease (CKD) for the 37 million Americans who live with it every day. Many of those with CKD don't even know they have it. Cricket Health wants to spend this month (and every month!) spreading awareness and education about… continued -
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Cricket Health Improves Outcomes for Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Living With Chronic Kidney Disease
Results from support and management of Medicare Advantage patients show reduction in total cost of care, hospital admission rates San Francisco and Boston (December 21, 2021) – Cricket Health, a value-based kidney care provider, today released Medicare Advantage results from a 6 month period. The findings demonstrate the effectiveness of Cricket Health’s care model and… continued -
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Clover Health Launches New Clinical Program Targeting Chronic Kidney Disease in Partnership with Cricket Health
The Clover Assistant synthesizes health data and surfaces personalized clinical recommendations to physicians to drive earlier disease detection and interventionSpecialty kidney services now accessible to physicians using the Clover Assistant to treat their patients who have been diagnosed with CKD NASHVILLE, Tenn. – December 9, 2021 / GlobeNewswire – Today, Clover Health (Nasdaq: CLOV) (“Clover”),… continued -
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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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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 -
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Reimagining Kidney Care: A Case Study
More, better kidney care in just one year of the collaboration (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 lives with kidney disease.… continued -
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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 -
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Cigna joins 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 -
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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 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 existing investors Oak HC/FT and Cigna… continued -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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Sandy’s Story: 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 member who maintains an active and healthy… continued -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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Fierce 15: Cricket Health
Kidney care is often described as a space in healthcare with particular perverse incentives. continued -
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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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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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
- Cricket Health Earns URAC Accreditation as a Digital Health Content Provider
- Cricket Health Ranks Among Highest Scoring Businesses on Inc.’s Annual List of Best Workplaces for Second Year in a Row
- Clover Health Launches New Clinical Program Targeting Chronic Kidney Disease in Partnership with Cricket Health
- Cricket Health Names New Chief Commercial Officer Ryan M. Jacobs
- Cricket Health Achieves HITRUST CSF® Certification to Manage Risk, Improve Security Posture, and Meet Compliance Requirements
- Cricket Health Secures $83.5 Million Series B Funding Round Supported by Industry-Leading Clinical Outcomes
- Cricket Health Ranks Among Highest-Scoring Businesses on Inc. Magazine’s Annual List of Best Workplaces for 2021
- Cricket Health StageSmart™ and MyCricket™ platforms achieve hospital admission reductions, high engagement in first year of deployment
- Cricket Health launches new approach to kidney care for Medicare Advantage plans
- Cricket Health Names New CEO Robert Sepucha, Secures $15 Million in Growth Capital from K2 HealthVentures to Expand Operations
- Iora Health Executive Andrew Schutzbank Joins Cricket Health as Chief Product Officer
- Cricket Health Named to the 2020 CB Insights Digital Health 150
- Cricket Health Expands Collaboration with Cigna
- Cricket Health Publishes Study on Virtual Multidisciplinary Kidney Care Program
- Cricket Health Announces New Boston Office
- Cricket Health Announces New Machine Learning Model for Detecting Chronic Kidney Disease
- Cricket Named to the 2019 CB Insights Digital Health 150
- Cricket Health Names Colleen Reitan to Board of Directors and Adam Hameed as Chief Development Officer
- Consortium Health Plans Names Cricket Health a Preferred Partner
- Digital Health Veteran Geoffrey Clapp Joins Cricket Health
- Cricket Health Announces Key Senior Leadership Hires
- Cricket Health Announces $24 Million Series A Funding Round to Provide Personalized, Cost-Effective Kidney Care
- Cricket Health Appoints Dr. Carmen A. Peralta as Chief Medical Officer
- American Kidney Fund Completes Pilot Program with Patients Using Cricket Health Online Platform to Enhance Kidney Care Management
- Meeting people with kidney disease where and when they are
- Insights from Oliver Wyman health podcast: how data analytics can combat chronic kidney disease
- Reflecting on the importance of peer support for kidney disease patients
- Capitalizing on Kidney Care’s Shift Toward Early Identification
- Iora Health Executive Andrew Schutzbank Joins Cricket Health as Chief Product Officer
- COVID-19 could be a nightmare for kidney care, we need to prepare
- The Kidney Care Transformation is Coming: Nephrologists Need to Lead
- Home dialysis is a viable ESRD treatment option, if our kidney care system supports it holistically
- Patient-centered care can’t happen without shared decision-making
- For people with advanced kidney disease, knowledge truly is power
- We Bring Joy to this Work
- We dare mighty things
- We Exist to Help Our Patients Live Their Best Lives
- Caring for Persons With Advanced Kidney Disease Should Not Feel Like a Nail-Biting Game of Jenga
- Bringing a Vision to Life — Revolutionizing Kidney Care as Cricket Health’s CMO
- Cricket Health Welcomes Dr. Carmen Peralta as Chief Medical Officer
- Improving Kidney Care