JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,
Oct. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation (GuideWell), the
parent to a family of forward-thinking companies focused on
transforming health care, announced a strategic agreement today
with Livongo (Nasdaq: LVGO) the leading Applied Health Signals
company empowering people with chronic conditions to live better
and healthier lives.
Florida Blue, a GuideWell
subsidiary and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan of Florida, will
provide access to Livongo for Diabetes to select members.
Access to Livongo for Diabetes will be provided through
GuideWell's consumer engagement solution, Onlife Health, which
helps guide health plan members through their health care
journeys.
Florida Blue currently offers
Teladoc Health's general medicine virtual program to Florida Blue members and is expanding this
service offering to include behavioral health in 2021. In August,
Teladoc Health and Livongo announced a planned merger
agreement to create the global leader in consumer-centered
virtual care.
"Offering tools and resources that improve access to care during
the COVID-19 pandemic is critical," said Pat Geraghty, President and CEO of GuideWell and
Florida Blue. "Beyond the pandemic,
the expectations of the consumer experience and care delivery are
forever changed. With Teladoc, we have experienced the clear
benefits of virtual care and through a new partnership with
Livongo, we are excited to offer additional resources for diabetes
management that provides the tools for members to manage their
health on their terms. "
Together, Teladoc and Livongo will offer select Florida Blue members living with diabetes an
end-to-end virtual care experience including connected devices,
advanced data science, and telehealth – all via the Onlife Health
platform. By integrating Teladoc's best-in-class virtual care
platform with Livongo's highly sophisticated capabilities to
aggregate data and provide useful insights to members in real time,
the combined entity will provide health consumers a single access
point for whole-person care regardless of clinical situation,
driving better health outcomes and lower costs.
"Livongo is proud to partner with Florida Blue to provide our proven chronic
condition management solution to Florida
Blue members," said Glen
Tullman, Livongo Founder and Executive Chairman. "By
leveraging our reseller agreement with Teladoc Health, we were able
to accelerate the collaboration, and offer our services to people
in a critical moment when caring for our vulnerable populations is
of the utmost importance. This innovative relationship is a great
example of how we can combine technology with the empathy so
critical to a great health and care experience that meets people
where they are and wherever they are."
As of August 5, 2020, Livongo has more than 1,300 clients,
including more than 30 percent of Fortune 500 companies, four of
the top seven health plans, health systems, government
organizations, and labor unions.
About GuideWell
GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation
(GuideWell) is a not-for-profit mutual holding company and the
parent to a family of forward-thinking companies focused on
transforming health care. The GuideWell organization includes the
leading health insurance company in Florida; a portfolio of clinical delivery
organizations; a health care consumer marketing, sales and
engagement company; a provider of administrative services to state
and federal health care programs; and a leader in risk adjustment
and population care management. The GuideWell enterprise serves 27
million people in 35 states and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. For more information, visit
www.guidewell.com.
About Livongo
Livongo empowers people with chronic
conditions to live better and healthier lives, beginning with
diabetes and now including hypertension, weight management,
diabetes prevention, and behavioral health. Livongo pioneered the
category of Applied Health Signals to offer Members
clinically-based insights that focus on the whole person and make
it easier to stay healthy. Using its AI+AI® engine, Livongo's team
of data scientists aggregate and interpret substantial amounts of
health data and information to create actionable, personalized, and
timely health signals delivered to Livongo Members exactly when and
where they need them. The Livongo approach delivers better clinical
and financial outcomes while creating a different and better
experience for people with chronic conditions. For more
information, visit: www.livongo.com or engage with
Livongo on LinkedIn or Twitter.
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