Leading tech-enabled healthcare services
organization will provide evidence-based, cost-effective, and
accessible medical obesity treatment through Tendo Care Connect and
MDsave marketplaces.
PHILADELPHIA, July 16,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Tendo announced that
FlyteHealth, a tech-enabled healthcare services organization, has
partnered with Tendo to provide medical obesity treatment programs
through Tendo's Care Connect and MDsave marketplaces.
FlyteHealth's advanced virtual clinic offers compassionate and
innovative medical obesity treatment. Its expert team consists of
medical doctors, nurse practitioners, dietitians, and care
coordinators committed to helping patients manage their weight and
associated health complications through convenient virtual office
visits and a user-friendly patient app.
"We are thrilled to work with Tendo to offer patients and
self-funded employers easy access to a cost-efficient, clinically
validated medical obesity solution with affordable, transparent,
and upfront pricing," states Sloan
Saunders, FlyteHealth CEO. "Through Tendo's Care Connect and
MDsave marketplaces, we can now expand our reach and bring
effective and accessible weight management solutions to improve the
health of even more patients."
FlyteHealth will now be available to patients using Tendo's
consumer-facing marketplace, MDsave, as well as employers and care
navigators using Tendo's private marketplace, Care Connect. The
Tendo platform provides a one-stop shop for patients and navigators
looking for simple, high-quality, and cost-effective healthcare
options. The addition of FlyteHealth's unique weight management
solutions will ensure patients and navigators find the specific
care they need when they need it.
"Overweight and obesity are linked to numerous weight-related
complications, posing a significant health risk for many
Americans," said Charlie Byrge, SVP
Revenue at Tendo. "Employers now have a growing need for robust
protocols to support the appropriate use of GLP-1 medications with
proper clinical guidance. We are thrilled to add FlyteHealth as a
dedicated virtual provider to our shoppable marketplaces, offering
a cost-efficient option for GLP-1s, surgery clearance protocols,
and a holistic, clinically validated approach to addressing this
paramount challenge for patients."
About Tendo
Tendo, a software company recognized as one of Forbes America's Best Startup Employers for
2024, is reimagining what is possible in healthcare.
Founded by siblings Dan Goldsmith
and Jennifer Goldsmith, the company
works with leading health systems and the employer benefits
ecosystem to deliver exceptional healthcare experiences, better
clinical outcomes, and greater efficiency for patients, clinicians,
and caregivers. Tendo's solutions bring continuity to healthcare's
complex and disconnected landscape along with insights to improve
quality, health, and financial outcomes. With the recent
acquisition of MDsave, Tendo is now able to offer patients and
employers a comprehensive platform to easily search, schedule, pay
for, and manage healthcare services with transparent pricing. Learn
more at www.tendo.com.
About FlyteHealth
FlyteHealth delivers a comprehensive suite of clinical care,
technology, and support. FlyteHealth reduces the complexity and
cost of obesity and its comorbid conditions for employers and
payers, and partners with healthcare professionals to offer care
navigation services and subject matter expertise. Based on the
founders' decades of research and clinical care, its proven
approach combines the latest in personalized medication therapy and
behavior coaching to not only help people lose weight long-term,
but also significantly improve related conditions such as diabetes,
high blood pressure, and heart disease. Built from the largest data
set of obesity and chronic disease research, the Flyte Intelligence
obesity treatment platform empowers clinicians to deliver the
highest standard of patient care, consistently. For more
information, please visit www.flytehealth.com
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