{"id":10125,"date":"2018-04-12T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T14:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10125"},"modified":"2018-04-12T10:48:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T14:48:30","slug":"unitedhealths-optum-throws-support-behind-at-home-lab-test-startup-in-12m-funding-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10125","title":{"rendered":"UnitedHealth&#8217;s Optum throws support behind at-home lab test startup in $12M funding round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Morgan Haefner for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review)<\/p>\n<p>Optum Ventures, an independent venture capitalist fund of UnitedHealth Group&#8217;s Optum,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/letsgetchecked-raises-12m-to-bring-personal-health-tests-into-the-homes-of-millions-300620496.html\">led<\/a>\u00a0a $12 million funding round for LetsGetChecked, an at-home lab test startup. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/payer-issues\/unitedhealth-s-optum-throws-support-behind-at-home-lab-test-startup-in-12m-funding-round.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Microscope.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7807\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Microscope-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Microscope-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Microscope.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Morgan Haefner for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Optum Ventures, an independent venture capitalist fund of UnitedHealth Group&#8217;s Optum,\u00a0led\u00a0a $12 million<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,20,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-health-care-redesign","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10126,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10125\/revisions\/10126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}