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Virta Health Cuts GLP-1 Use for Weight Loss Over 50% While Driving Significant and Sustained Outcomes, Delivering Major Cost Savings for Payers
Virta Health, a leader in diabetes reversal and sustainable weight loss with a nutrition-first approach, announced early and compelling results from its Sustainable Weight Loss GLP-1 prescribing capabilities, launched earlier this year. The outcomes highlight a revolutionary shift in obesity and weight loss care, offering organizations a responsible way to cover GLP-1s for weight loss, while reducing reliance and curbing total costs for the medications.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · April 4, 2025
Virta Health Announces Record and Accelerating Growth at a Scale of More Than $100M in Annualized Revenue, Driven by Sustainable Weight Loss and GLP-1 Solutions
Virta Health, the leader in diabetes reversal and sustainable weight loss with a nutrition-first approach, announced record and accelerating growth of more than 60% year-over-year, at a scale of more than $100 million in annualized revenue. Driven by demand for its Sustainable Weight Loss (SWL) solution—now expanded to include ‘Responsible Prescribing’ capabilities—and continued growth of its diabetes reversal offering, Virta works with more than 550 organizations and covers over 12 million U.S. lives.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · January 10, 2025
Virta Health Announces First-of-its-Kind Peer-Reviewed Study Proving Its Approach Is an Effective Off-Ramp From GLP-1s for Sustained Weight Loss
Virta Health has released first-of-its-kind, peer-reviewed data demonstrating the company’s approach to personalized nutrition therapy results in sustained weight loss after the discontinuation of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s), including Ozempic. Published today in Diabetes Therapy, the data demonstrates Virta is a powerful and sustainable off-ramp from GLP-1s.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · February 29, 2024
Virta Expands its Provider-led Weight Loss Program to Adults with BMI >25 As Demand Surges for Cost Effective Alternatives to GLP-1 Drugs
Virta Health, the leader in drug-free clinical weight loss and type 2 diabetes reversal, today announced significant traction against the company’s expansion into weight loss solutions. In late 2020, Virta expanded its offerings beyond type 2 diabetes to additional clinical indications, including people living with prediabetes and obesity. Virta announced it recently started treating overweight individuals with a BMI of 25 and above, further demonstrating the reach, effectiveness, and cost reduction potential of a non-pharmaceutical approach to clinical weight loss.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · January 4, 2024
New Data Shows Virta Health Closes Gaps in Diabetes Care for Underserved Populations
Virta Health, the leader in type 2 diabetes reversal, released real-world data at the American Diabetes Association’s 83rd Scientific Sessions demonstrating how its approach is narrowing gaps in care. The research highlights Virta’s impact on health equity, showing significant health improvement and medication reduction for members living across the most and least disadvantaged neighborhoods in the U.S.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · June 26, 2023
U-Haul, Quartz Health Solutions, and 70+ Other Major Payers Partner with Virta Health to Fight Back Against Obesity Epidemic
Type 2 diabetes reversal leader Virta Health reported substantial growth of its obesity solution over the last three years. Today, the company partners with more than 70 employers and insurers—such as U-Haul and Quartz—that offer Virta’s provider-led weight loss solution in addition to diabetes reversal.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · May 18, 2023
Diabetes Reversal Leader Virta Health Deepens Executive Bench Amid Triple-Digit Year-Over-Year Growth
Virta Health, the leader in type 2 diabetes reversal, is expanding its C-suite as the company scales to meet heightened demand for its chronic disease reversal solutions.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · December 13, 2022
U-Haul Team Members Enrolled with Virta Health Eliminate Over One-Third of Diabetes Medications in Just 90 Days
Type 2 diabetes reversal leader Virta Health and U-Haul International, Inc. announced 90-day outcomes from their partnership, including blood sugar reduction, weight loss, and medication deprescription for participating U-Haul Team Members.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · September 8, 2022
Diabetes Reversal Leader Virta Health Showcases Transformative, Long-Lasting Cardiometabolic Health Improvements for Veteran Patients
Today, Virta Health, the type 2 diabetes reversal leader, announced two-year patient outcomes from its multi-year partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The results, presented at the American Diabetes Association 82nd Scientific Sessions, highlight broad metabolic health improvements for Veteran patients, including long-term blood sugar reduction, clinically-significant weight loss, and medication deprescription.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · June 6, 2022
Virta Health Highlights Lasting, Transformative Health Improvements In 5-Year Diabetes Reversal Study
Virta Health, the leader in type 2 diabetes reversal, revealed preliminary five-year results from its landmark clinical trial at the American Diabetes Association 82nd Scientific Sessions. Presenting four unique abstracts, Virta highlighted myriad, lasting health improvements for people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, including blood sugar control, clinically-significant weight loss, reduced inflammation, and improvements in other markers of cardiometabolic health.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · June 6, 2022
Type 2 Diabetes Reversal Leader Virta Health Appoints Shane Henderson as Chief Technology Officer
Today, diabetes reversal leader Virta Health announced the addition of Shane Henderson as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). With over three decades of experience at companies like Signify Health and Match.com, Shane joins to scale Virta’s technology through continued triple-digit growth and surging demand for its innovative approach to treating metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and obesity.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · May 10, 2022
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By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · April 4, 2022
Diabetes Reversal Leader Virta Health Earns Validation Institute’s Highest Ranking for Delivering Industry-Leading Prescription Drug Savings
Virta Health, the leader in type 2 diabetes reversal, earned the Validation Institute’s most prominent, Level 1 savings validation for delivering unmatched medication cost reductions. Per the analysis, Virta’s validated prescription drug savings amounted to nearly $6k per patient over a two-year period.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · April 4, 2022
Patients Receiving Virta’s Diabetes Reversal Treatment See Sustained Reduction in Depressive Symptoms, New Research Shows
Virta Health, the leader in type 2 diabetes reversal, announced promising results on the impact of its diabetes reversal treatment on depressive symptoms. The research, published in The Journal of Behavioral Medicine, highlights rapid and sustained improvement in depressive symptoms during treatment, with nearly one-third fewer patients meeting the clinical cutoff for depression at two years.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · February 2, 2022
Virta Health Reveals Triple-Digit Growth With Health Plans Amid Industry Shift Towards Diabetes Reversal
Today Virta Health, the leader in type 2 diabetes reversal, announced it now works with more than 20 national and regional health plans, marking 133% year-over-year growth with large insurer customers. Of these partners, nearly half—including Humana and Providence Health Plan—now offer Virta’s diabetes reversal treatment to their self-funded employer groups, representing thousands of companies and over 5M covered lives.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · December 14, 2021
Diabetes Reversal Leader Virta Health Appoints New Executives to Leadership Team and Board of Directors
Virta Health, the type 2 diabetes reversal leader, announced a series of senior leadership appointments aimed at expanding the reach of its virtual metabolic clinic and taking diabetes reversal mainstream.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · September 29, 2021
Virta Health’s Diabetes Reversal Treatment Drives Savings of More Than $10k Per Patient Over Two Years, New Analysis Shows
Virta Health, the leader in type 2 diabetes reversal, saves payers $425 per patient per month (PPPM)—more than $10k over two years—according to a new internal analysis. The study, which is based on a methodology validated by independent actuarial firm Milliman, Inc., affirms Virta’s financial impact on employers, health plans, and patients struggling with the out-of-control costs of diabetes care.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · September 15, 2021
What’s the Next Big Breakthrough in Healthcare? Virta Convenes 20+ Industry Leaders to Explore Bold Solutions to Our Most Daunting Challenges
Virta Health’s two-day Moonshots for Health conference—launching Wednesday, September 8—brings together dozens of industry leaders to discuss big ideas for reversing America’s chronic disease epidemic and improving healthcare across the globe.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · September 1, 2021
Diabetes Reversal Leader Virta Health Demonstrates Promising Results on Mitigating COVID-19 Severity for People with Type 2 Diabetes
Virta Health, the leader in type 2 diabetes reversal, today announced promising results on the ability of its treatment to mitigate COVID-19 severity. Presenting abstract data at the American Diabetes Association 2021 Scientific Sessions, the company highlighted low rates of hospitalization, ventilation, and mortality for Virta patients living with type 2 diabetes who also contracted COVID-19.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · June 28, 2021
Diabetes Reversal Leader Virta Health Appoints Public Policy Veteran Cybele Bjorklund to Lead Government Efforts
Virta Health, the type 2 diabetes reversal leader, today announced several additions to its executive team, including the appointment of Cybele Bjorklund as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Policy and Government Affairs. Accompanying Bjorklund’s hire are the promotions of Divya Bhat to Chief Product Officer and Amit Shah to Chief Clinical Operations Officer.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · June 9, 2021
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation’s Partnership with Virta Health Shows Unprecedented Progress In Reversing the Community’s Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic
Today, Virta Health, the type 2 diabetes reversal leader, announced one-year patient outcomes from its multi-year partnership with Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, with promising results in A1c reduction, weight loss, and insulin de-prescription. Notably, at one year of the Virta Treatment, Pequot patients reduced their insulin prescriptions by 78%. These outcomes also drove significant cost savings—at two years, the tribe’s spend on diabetes-specific medications decreased by 72%.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · May 11, 2021
Diabetes Reversal Leader Virta Health Raises $133M Series E to Take Type 2 Diabetes Reversal Mainstream
Virta Health, the leader in type 2 diabetes reversal, today announced $133 million of equity financing led by Tiger Global. The latest funding round will accelerate Virta's efforts to drive widespread adoption of its telehealth-powered diabetes reversal treatment. Virta helps people reverse their chronic disease while removing the need for costly medications, including insulin.
By Virta Health · Via Business Wire · April 19, 2021