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☆ Walmart just lost its top health official. It's a blow as the retailer tries to compete with Amazon and win a bigger slice of the healthcare industry.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Dr. Cheryl Pegus joined Walmart as executive vice president for health and wellness in December 2020. Her departure comes as Walmart has faced challenges rolling out health clinics nationwide. Walmart Health and WellnessThe move is a major blow as Walmart competes with the likes of Amazon, CVS and Walgreens to win a bigger slice of the lucrative $4.3 trillion health care industry. What's next for Walmart HealthThough Walmart Health will no longer operate with its leader of about two years, company executives are still optimistic about the performance of the business segment. Marcus Osborne, the previous head of Walmart Health Clinics, announced he left the company at the start of the year.

☆ Komodo Health is putting off its IPO after a rocky market shot down the startup's plans for a summer exit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Komodo Health has ditched its plans for an initial public offering in the near future. Digital health's IPO desertGlobally, only six digital health companies have gone public via IPO in 2022 so far, according to a report by Galen Growth and Finn Partners. Besides Komodo, two other digital health companies were said to be pursuing an IPO earlier this year before the market slipped. "The IPO market is shut right now, for all intents and purposes," said Jon Swope, who leads SVB Securities' digital health and healthtech business. "How soon will we see the return of that for the IPO market?"

☆ Here's our November rapid-fire update on the stocks in Cramer's Charitable Trust portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

We think the stock has been hurt by a recent update to the company's reserve quantity. While we're big fans of the company's recent corporate governance cleanup , and we expect some near-term selling pressure associated with those efforts. (See here for a full list of the stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

☆ After this week's big market rally, here's a rapid-fire update on all 32 stocks in our portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Cisco Systems (CSCO): It reports next week and we think it should deliver a decent quarter as it converts its backlog into revenue. (See here for a full list of the stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade.

☆ The Fed, earnings, jobs and China: How we think about this week's deluge of data
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

It is very premature, in my view, to think about or be talking about pausing our rate hikes. The news sent those stocks reliant on China for growth — Starbucks, Estee Lauder and Wynn Resorts, among many others — higher. Or bad news could just be bad news if weak data signals a recession ahead. And good news could be good news: for example, if China reopens and U.S. companies exposed to the region see a boost in demand. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Stocks shrug off tech's troubles as the Street awaits key inflation data next week
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

The major indexes all posted gains this week despite a Big Tech beatdown, proving the market can rally without its most valuable stocks. Indeed strength in other sectors — only communication services finished down — helped the overall market to shrug off disappointing earnings results from Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN) and Meta Platforms (META). Alphabet's results fell short of the Street's expectations, but still managed to grow revenue 6% annually off a $65 billion base. (Canada's central bank hiked rates less than expected this week, opting for a 50 basis point hike instead of the expected 75.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ From Cerebral to Cedar, here's every digital-health startup that's cut workers so far this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Digital-health startups are slicing their workforces after two years of record industry growth. Many startups that announced layoffs this year raised mega-rounds of $100 million or more in 2021. Last year, the digital-health industry was flying high. Digital-health startups in the US banked a record $29.1 billion in 2021, almost double 2020's record of $14.9 billion. Here are the digital-health startups that have announced layoffs this year, as of October 25:Have a tip about digital health layoffs that you want to share?

☆ Here’s our October rapid-fire update on all 34 stocks in Cramer’s Charitable Trust portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

Here's a rapid-fire update on every stock in the CNBC Investing Club portfolio. For Club members who are seeking income, we think a stock like Devon represents a better option than, say, AbbVie. (See here for a full list of the stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

☆ Venture capital investment in telehealth companies has fallen $4.5 billion so far this year, according to a top analyst
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Sarah Braner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

VC funding in telehealth companies has fallen by $4.5 billion in 2022, according to a Cowen report. Last year marked a record in telehealth investment as the pandemic accelerated transitions to digital over in-person care. Investment grew from $2.2 billion in 2020 to $6.5 billion in 2021, according to the report. 2021 was a record year for investment in the digital health space as a whole. The analysts named 13 telehealth companies that they believe are significant private market disruptors in the telehealth space.

☆ From Cedar to Ro, here's every digital-health startup that's cut workers so far this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Digital-health startups are slicing their workforces after two years of record industry growth. Many startups that announced layoffs this year raised mega-rounds of $100 million or more in 2021. Last year, the digital-health industry was flying high. Digital-health startups in the US banked a record $29.1 billion in 2021, almost double 2020's record of $14.9 billion. Here are the digital-health startups that have announced layoffs this year, as of September 28:Have a tip about digital health layoffs that you want to share?

☆ See the 11-slide presentation that got General Catalyst to back Oscar Health alums building a better system to track medical providers' information
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | Sarah Braner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A group of Oscar Health alums aims to create tech to tame the chaos of healthcare-provider data. When Anshul Rathi joined Oscar Health in 2017, the health-insurance upstart didn't have a system to verify the credentials of medical providers covered by the insurer's health plans. General Catalyst led the startup's $14.5 million Series A in September, bringing CertifyOS's total funding to $20 million. Existing investors Upfront Ventures, Max Ventures, and Arkitekt Ventures also contributed to the Series A. The startup removed information about its financial growth and private client details from the pitch deck before sharing it with Insider.

☆ Telehealth access for some trans people may be at risk. Here's why one company says it's prepping for patients to return to the clinic.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Sarah Braner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kole, a game developer in Colorado, gets his testosterone therapy through Folx Health, a startup that conducts doctor visits online and sends him his medication through the mail. He told Insider the privacy of using a company like Folx made getting testosterone safer. Plume was founded by Jerrica Kirkley and Matthew Wetschler in 2019 to provide gender-affirming hormone therapy over telehealth. Certain policy developments could let Folx and Plume keep prescribing testosterone, though, and two senators have asked the Biden administration to loosen restrictions on the treatment. The Folx executive, the company's chief clinical officer, Kate Steinle, said the startup expected to be allowed to continue prescribing testosterone under this rule change.

☆ Investors once shied away from funding sex-tech, but now they're 'gung-ho.' Here's the pitch deck sexual-wellness startup Dame used to win over VCs and raise $7 million.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Once a crowdfunding darling, sexual wellness startup Dame has now raised a $7 million Series A. The 8-year-old startup believes that women's sexual wellness is key to their overall health. Here's the pitch deck Dame used to raise funding from investors like Amboy Street Ventures. One startup linked the importance of sexual pleasure to overall health and well-being in order to secure $7 million in fresh funding from VCs. But sexual health startups make up a small but growing sub-sector of the $175.6 billion global digital health market, with a few that specifically focus on women's sexual pleasure.

☆ An Adderall shortage is forcing some people with ADHD to reduce their work responsibilities, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some retailers including Walgreens are facing problems getting enough Adderall, Bloomberg reported. The shortage has forced some people with ADHD to pare back their duties at work. "There are supply chain challenges with this drug," Walgreens spokesperson Rebekah Pajak told Bloomberg. Anthony Anderson told Bloomberg he too was struggling to maintain his productivity at work. Another person called Kyle told BuzzFeed he was concerned about how his work performance would be affected without Adderall.

☆ Here’s our September rapid-fire update on all 33 stocks in Cramer’s Charitable Trust portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Here's a rapid-fire update on every stock in the CNBC Investing Club portfolio. Halliburton (HAL) — The only energy stock in the portfolio that we haven't trimmed in recent weeks. (See here for a full list of the stocks Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

☆ Social Determinants of Health: Technology, examples and healthcare trends in 2021
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( Insider Intelligence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Healthcare payers and providers are broadening the scope of health-influencing factors they address to include social determinants of health (SDOH). The following is a preview of one Digital Health report, the Social Determinants of Health Report. Hospitals and insurers use digital health to tackle nonclinical health factors. What are social determinants of health (SDOH)? Social determinants of health (SDOH) are non-medical, economic and environmental conditions that both directly and indirectly impact one's health, like access to transportation and nutritious food.

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