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HLTH 2020: Teladoc And Livongo Say Clients, Doctors Excited About Merger, Cross-Selling Deal With Florida Blue

 
• By Marion Webb

The CEOs of Teladoc and Livongo said the merged digital health giant will create one-stop shopping for health care.

Remote medicine concept. Telemedicine.

Teladoc Health, Inc., which created the largest digital health company with the $18.5bn acquisition of Livongo Health, Inc., announced it signed its first-cross selling deal with Guidewell, the parent company of health insurer Florida Blue. The company plans to become the first global consumer-centric virtual care company to provide one-stop personalized health care for people with a wide range of health issues. Also see "Rise Of Digital Health: Teladoc Acquires Livongo In $18.5Bn Deal, Creating Virtual Care Giant" - Medtech Insight, 5 August, 2020.

Telehealth giant Teladoc’s CEO Jason Gorevic and Livongo’s founder and CEO, Glen Tullman, gave an update on 12 October, the start of the HLTH virtual conference, on the status and...

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