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Better Health’s $14 million in funding included investments from Healthworx, the University of Miami Health System and Mosaic General Partnership.

University of Miami Health System is one of the newest investors in Better Health, a startup that provides medical supplies and peer support for chronic disease patients being cared for at home.

This funding builds on Better Health’s previous $10 Million Series A round and brings the company’s total funding to $27.5 million. 

This investment underscores the industry’s recognition of Better Health’s pivotal role in revolutionizing healthcare delivery for chronic conditions.

Medical supplier Better Health has raised $14 million in a strategic funding round backed by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield’s venture capital arm, Healthworx.

Naama Stauber Breckler, CEO and cofounder of Better Health, discusses the company's latest strategic funding round and how it plans to use the investment.

The company says it will use the funding to bring a more comprehensive solution to payers and providers, while also expanding into new categories to better serve members with chronic conditions.

Better Health, a medical supply provider, has received $14 million in strategic funding, including investments from Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst Inc., UHealth - University of Miami Health System, and Mosaic General Partnership.  

Learn how 53% of Better Health members report a reduction in their stress levels and 47% report improvement in their overall mental health.

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Listen to Better Health’s co-founder and CEO Naama Stauber Breckler interviewed by Sara Wetzler on the Theia Health podcast. Naama is a software engineer and a product manager turned healthcare entrepreneur who has founded 3 prior companies and has now started Better Health.

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Emily Gray, MSN, CRNP, CEN, is a nurse practitioner and ostomate who directs the Peer Support program at Better Health. After realizing that ostomates have far more to learn than just pouch changes and basic troubleshooting, she became a peer coach.

With diabetes often at the center of a host of chronic and comorbid conditions, Better Health’s expansion into that market, particularly related to continuous glucose monitors, was a natural next step.

Better Health, a nationwide chronic condition support and medical supply provider, announced today that it is now in network for Medicare Advantage (MA) customers of Cigna, a global health service company. 

Better Health, a national chronic condition support and medical supply provider, is now in-network for Medicare Advantage customers of Cigna.  

Better Health, the nationwide chronic condition support and medical supply provider, announced last week that it has expanded its offerings to those living with diabetes.

For most people facing life with a chronic condition, direct support that helps them live comfortable, happy lives isn’t readily available.

Before we can consider telehealth as part of ongoing, longitudinal healthcare, there are major issues that need to be addressed.

Better Health CEO Naama Stauber Breckler and Emily Gray, MSN, CRNP, CEN talk about the services Better Health provides for Ostomy and Urology patients after surgery. 

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Social determinants like loneliness and isolation can be as lethal as smoking a pack of cigarettes per day, says Dr. Robert Mirsky, who recently joined Better Health’s board of advisors.

“During the pandemic, we’ve seen a much deeper increase of people searching for solutions at home because previously they used to get their medical supplies in a local shop, or maybe it got shut down,” Stauber Breckler says. “These vulnerable populations didn’t want to risk leaving their homes, which increased the need to easily and affordably get access from home.”

Better Health, an online provider of ostomy and urological supplies that has grown 30% month-over-month since its launch in 2020, is entering a new growth phase, says CEO Naama Stauber Breckler.

The workplace isn’t the only thing to build a permanent presence within our homes as a result of the pandemic — healthcare is also finding its place in our personal spaces.After years working in healthcare, Naama Stauber Beckler realized that the existing system was failing some individuals, especially those managing health conditions that require at-home supplies.

Naama Stauber Breckler, CEO of Better Health, recalls majority of the country and world were homebound at a time and society’s reliance on care and supplies were more through online retail and home delivery. With quicker access to these supplies, shortages were more prone to happen.

Better Health, an Israeli medtech startup working to modernize the medical supply industry, raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Caffeinated Capital and General Catalyst.

Better Health offers an end-to-end chronic condition care solution that bundles peer support, education, telehealth, and the home delivery of medical supplies. It can help users discover and purchase the right medical equipment for them to treat underlying medical chronic conditions and provide additional care, as well as a personalized management solution all from home.

Better Health aims to crack into the $60 billion durable medical equipment market with an e-commerce platform. Its tool provides patients with personalized product recommendations as well as estimates for out-of-pocket costs and handles necessary medical and insurance paperwork.

Funding will be used to build out the company’s capabilities to include specialized telehealth services covered by insurance, expand its model of bundled supplies, education and telehealth into new categories of products and chronic conditions, and expand its partnerships with health systems and payers.

Sometimes it's not about inventing a better product but getting it into the hands of the right people. Just ask Naama Stauber Breckler.Soon after the former Israeli military software engineer graduated from Stanford University with an MBA, she co-founded and led a company that developed urinary catheters for people with chronic bladder problems to use themselves. 

Startup medical supplier Better Health has officially launched with $3.5 million in seed funding and partnerships with Humana and Oscar Health.

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