I've been talking to a bunch of small medical practices this week about how they do billing and claim processing with insurance companies. Interesting quote from one doctor: "With Obamacare and rising deductibles, the doctor's office often becomes a collection agency."

Exclusive: Telemedicine company Doctor On Demand raises $75 million to expand during the Covid-19 pandemic on.forbes.com/6012GTP7Y By Leah Rosenbaum

We're excited for Apero to be included on A16Z's New Tech Stack in Heathcare, as we help our providers stay up-to-date on billing for both digital and traditional healthcare. a16z.com/2021/01/08/new…

Grand Rounds merges with Doctor On Demand to form multibillion-dollar digital health company cnb.cx/3r0HyrL

Congrats to Owen Tripp and Hill Ferguson on merging Doctor on Demand and Grand Rounds to make a multi-billion company(!) Here’s 3 simple tweets why you should care 🧵👇

If you read our navigation Second Opinion post, you would not be surprised to see more telemedicine integrations. Accolade + Plushcare & Grand Rounds + Doctor on Demand. accolade.com/blogs/announce… Michael Yang

Congratulations to Kaia Health on the awesome new additions to the executive team! infomeddnews.com/kaia-health-ap…

Saharsh Patel, MD More thinking about it in general: I see so many great API based solutions pop up in health care (like Canvas Medical, Medallion or Apero Health). Wondering how to simplify the integrations for dev teams...

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Today we're excited to announce that Garry Tan will be YC's next president and CEO. Welcome home, Garry Tan. ycombinator.com/blog/welcome-h…

"Platforms such as Apero... help automate core steps in the billing workflow including payer enrollment, claims building, eligibility checks, payments and more." sapphireventures.com/blog/rise-of-t…

Excited to offer full-service API's and dashboards to healthcare innovators like Nabla Tech nabla.com/blog/nabla-ape…

Shoutout to Adam Besvinick, andrew arruda 🏄‍♂️, Andrew Hines, Balaji Gopalan, Betty Chang, cathy gao 🌙, Claire Pan, Jeronimo Beccar, Kelvin Chan, Thomas Vande Casteele, Marissa Moore, Montana Scher, Morgan Cheatham, MD, and Nick Shelly for contributing. 👊🏼 Vedika Jain + Selene Xu for leading.

Reach out to us if you want to streamline your claims and patient eligibility process and share best practices in billing. signatureblock.co/articles/marke…

Excited to welcome Zuck at South Park Commons, where Apero was founded in 2019 and landed its first few digital healthcare customers.