Stork Club, CCRM Fertility expand partnership and more digital health collaborations

Family planning platform for employees Stork Club announced it is expanding its partnership with fertility treatment and science company CCRM Fertility, a portfolio company of health management company Unified Women’s Healthcare. 

Thanks to the partnership, Stork Club patients will have access to expedited appointments at CCRM Fertility clinics in 37 locations in the U.S. and Canada, including those in Boston and Dallas-Fort Worth. 

Members can access white-glove care coordination services, care coverage through Stork Club’s employer-sponsored reproductive care benefit and make expedited appointments at any CCRM Fertility location.  

“CCRM’s network allows us to continually invest in people, facilities, equipment, and research to ensure we consistently maintain excellence in both success rates and patient satisfaction. Our ongoing commitment to investing in new proprietary technology and scientific techniques translates into superior outcomes and a family’s fastest path to a healthy baby, and a partnership with Stork Club provides our patients with greater access to high-quality family-building care to help make their parenthood dreams a reality,” Dr. Jessica Ryniec of CCRM Fertility of Boston said in a statement.

Owl, a behavioral health tech company, has partnered with Colorado Access, the Centennial State’s Medicaid plan, to integrate its measurement-based care into the health plan’s offerings to support providers. 

Through Owl’s platform, patients can report clinical symptoms to their providers before an appointment, which the partners say will help providers save time during appointments, measure the effectiveness of treatment and better prepare for treating patients. 

The organizations also tout the partnership will allow payers and providers to obtain better health outcomes data.   

“Owl is excited to join forces with Colorado Access to elevate behavioral health services across the state,” Eric Meier, CEO of Owl, said in a statement. “We applaud Colorado Access’ commitment to bringing measurement-based care to their providers. Our partnership will help the growing number of people who need behavioral health services get better, faster.”

Telehealth and hybrid care enablement platform Amwell is partnering with interoperability company Health Gorilla to offer a new lab feature in its virtual care offering, Converge. 

Health Gorilla’s lab automation system, which allows providers to place lab testing orders and review diagnostic testing results, will be integrated into Amwell’s Converge platform. 

Converge was launched in 2021 and is an open-architecture platform designed to improve healthcare stakeholder connectivity through third-party device integrations.

“Health Gorilla’s lab automation system is leveraged by leading provider organizations to automate their clinical workflows, and we’re thrilled to add Amwell as our newest collaborator,” Steve Yaskin, Health Gorilla CEO, said in a statement. “Labs are a critical variable in the patient’s care journey, and we’re proud to empower providers using the Amwell Converge platform with more access to diagnostic data.”