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At HealthSparq, we help people make smarter health care choices by partnering with health plans to provide members with cost and quality information about doctors, hospitals and medical services, based on their individual benefits.
Overview
Location
United States, Oregon, Portland
Employees
51-200
Phone
+1 503-725-1666
Founded date
2008
Mentions in press and media 11
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| Jun 15, 2022 | Consumers are vetting their doctors online via apps like Sesame Health, Google | The news: Doctor search and appointment booking platform Sesame raised $27 million in Series B funding. This round was led by GV (formerly Google Ventures). How Sesame works: Consumers can search and shop for a physician on the platform. Th... |
| Nov 22, 2021 | New Research Shows Over 90% Of Providers Want Better Collaboration With Payers | Survey findings released by HealthSparq highlight new insights about the healthcare system’s move toward better payer-provider collaboration. The survey shares the perspectives of 100 health system and hospital executives from across the co... |
| Aug 4, 2021 | New Consumer Research Shows 1 in 4 Patients Concerned About Discrimination in Healthcare | Shared Traits Common Between Patients and Providers HealthSparq, a healthcare guidance and transparency company, announced new consumer research on how discrimination shapes healthcare interactions and provider selection. The survey found o... |
| Nov 16, 2016 | Mosaic Health, Cambia Health join forces to make digital health investments | “By leveraging the strength of Cambia and Mosaic, we are able to bring significant value to our portfolio companies. Whether they are early stage startups or well-established growth companies, Echo will uniquely support getting their innova... |
| Aug 1, 2014 | Investment strategy at Cambia Health Solutions shows how to become a 21st century insurance company | But Cambia investments span a much broader range of categories and include many technology-enabled services. There’s Wildflower Health, which is about high-risk pregnancy and pregnancy management, particularly for Medicaid patients; Qliance... |
| Mar 20, 2014 | Procured Health gets $4M to find out why an artificial knee can cost $3,500 or $10K | The medical device market is so obtuse that most doctors are completely in the dark about how much it costs to buy a blood pressure monitor or a spinal screw. A small startup called Procured Health just secured $4 million in series A fundin... |
| Jan 13, 2014 | HealthSparq acquires ClarusHealth to scale up transparency tools | Portland, Oregon-based Cambia Health subsidiary HealthSparq, an online shopping platform for healthcare services, has acquired ClarusHealth Solutions, an online provider search tool, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition triples Health... |
| Investment strategy at Cambia Health Solutions shows how to become a 21st century insurance company | A provider shopping tool. A sensor system for elderly people. A price comparison site. A high-tech and high-touch approach to prenatal care. This list reads like an accelerator’s portfolio, but these companies are not part of RockHealth or ... | |
| Mosaic Health, Cambia Health join forces to make digital health investments | In a bid to create strengthen their respective profiles, the investment arm of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina — Mosaic Health Solutions— and Cambia Health Solutions — the nonprofit parent of insurance company Regence BlueCross Blu... |
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FAQ about HealthSparq, Inc.
When was HealthSparq, Inc. founded?
HealthSparq, Inc. was founded in 2008.
What has the press written about HealthSparq, Inc.?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning HealthSparq, Inc., among them “Consumers are vetting their doctors online via apps like Sesame Health, Google” (Jun 15, 2022) and “New Research Shows Over 90% Of Providers Want Better Collaboration With Payers” (Nov 22, 2021).
Is HealthSparq, Inc. still active?
Yes, HealthSparq, Inc. is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 15, 2022.