Home Health Care News August 8, 2023
Joyce Famakinwa

Signify Health – a part of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) – recently rolled out a comprehensive in-home kidney health evaluation as part of its diagnostic and preventive services offerings.

Overall, 37 million adults in the U.S. have chronic kidney disease, and many of those cases are undiagnosed, according to data from the CDC.

“Kidney disease goes undiagnosed up to almost 40% of the time, and so our test is a very simple one that can be done in home, allowing our members to have early indication of kidney disease, and allowing them to reconnect with their specialists or even more importantly, with their PCP,” Dr. Heidi Schwarzwald, the chief medical officer of Signify Health’s Home and Community Services division, told...

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