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Amazon adds new Prime benefit with One Medical virtual and in-person health care service

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Amazon’s Prime One Medical membership benefit includes 24/7 virtual care through the service’s app. For $9 a month, or $99 a year, Prime members can get access to One Medical’s on-demand virtual care or in-office care at locations across the U.S. and pay for these visits with insurance or out of pocket.

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Costco to offer healthcare services through partnership with New York startup

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(Bigstock Photo) Costco is broadening its reach into healthcare through a partnership with Sesame , a New York-based medical care marketplace startup that connects consumers directly with primary care and mental health clinicians for appointments online and in-person without insurance. The company — which increased net sales by 1.9%

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Healthcare company Accolade lays off workers and closes offices

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The company went public in 2020 with a $220 million IPO and the following year acquired virtual care startups PlushCare for $450 million and 2nd.MD million for the quarter, compared to net income of $22.5 Accolade’s healthcare partners, customer health insurance carriers and associated programs. for $460 million.

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Health tech company Accolade goes public at $1.2B valuation in Seattle’s first IPO of 2020

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Accolade CEO Raj Singh on video in New York’s Times Square for the virtual ringing of the Nasdaq opening bell. October, Accolade landed a $20 million investment from health insurance giant Humana as part of an ongoing partnership between the two companies. The company posted a net loss of $51.4 Via Nasdaq webcast).

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

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Two decades ago, as CIO and CTO at Nationwide Insurance, he inspired colleagues to implement what were then referred to as “green initiatives,” such as printing less paper and using more efficient lightbulbs. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

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In his new role, Chin will be responsible for Axon’s virtual reality and augmented reality training platforms. Prior to joining Convoy in 2018, Kreiner was CEO of Cal Net Technology Group and a managing partner at Olympic Valley Capital. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Panda previously raised a $3.3

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9 traits of great IT leaders

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Additionally, they are part of executive teams that are likewise virtual and distributed. But it’s not all about making good decisions fast, he says; it’s also about creating the right safety nets for such actions. They have faith in other people Great IT leaders also recognize greatness in others.

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