This CEO is working to make a critical test for women’s health more accessible: ‘Even if the visit’s free,’ there are other barriers, she says
By Renée Onque
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The Teal Wand is now available in California, New York and Florida. Teal Health is in network with Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and United Healthcare.
“We’re able to take [care of] the telehealth portion, and then a woman pays $99. But we are working with insurers to get the full thing covered,” Egan says.
“Even with a $99 charge, we’re seeing over 50% of women who are getting screened with Teal have been behind on their screening, and 20% of them had never been screened before, and were well within screening age.”
The driving factor for founding Teal Health for Egan and her team was to spread awareness of the importance of cervical cancer screening, and to offer a new option for testing, Egan notes.
“Cervical cancer is entirely preventable if you get screened,” she says. “There are new ways to do it. One is in the office and one is at home, but they’re highly accurate, and you should be doing it.”
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