Fierce Health Payers September 8, 2021
The pandemic has placed an even greater strain on physicians, who already were suffering from burnout, as well as hospitals that are contending with shortages of intensivists.
Acute care telehealth company Equum Medical helps to address physician imbalances across the healthcare system with its physician-led and partnership-driven approach, according to Lauren Brueggen, partner at Nashville-based healthcare investment firm Heritage Group.
Heritage Group invested $20 million in Equum Medical to help the startup enhance its service model and reach more clinicians. Equum says it employs one of the largest panels of board-certified critical care physicians and a growing number of subspecialty physicians.
Heritage’s financial support, said Drs. Corey Scurlock and Brian Rosenfeld, is like getting a stamp of approval for Equum’s...