Amazon is expanding its health conditions program with two recently announced partnerships focusing on nutrition therapy and sleep care.
The retail giant launched its Health Benefits Connector program in January 2024, which aims to help connect customers with virtual care benefits. Teladoc, Rula Health, Talkspace, Omada Health and Hinge Health are several of the organizations involved with the program.
The most recent to join is virtual sleep clinic Dreem Health.
Eligible customers can enroll in the care provider’s sleep services, which include sleep diagnostics using Sunrise Group’s FDA-approved home sleep test. Dreem Health will be the first sleep health provider on the platform, according to the April 9 announcement.
"As a customer-centered organization, our Health Benefits Connector is designed to help customers find and use trusted health services that may already be provided by their insurer or employer,” said John Singerling, Amazon Health Services head of strategic growth and network development, in the announcement. “By connecting customers with services like Dreem Health through Health Benefits Connector, we’re helping make it easier to discover care that supports better health outcomes."
Artificial intelligence-driven nutrition therapy platform Berry Street also announced March 31 it would be joining Amazon’s program. The platform has a network of more than 1,500 registered dietitians providing nutrition therapy for weight loss, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and maternal health.
Through the collaboration, eligible customers can enroll in the company’s nutrition care, typically with no out-of-pocket costs.
Users meet with dietitians virtually and can use the app to chat, track meals using AI photo recognition and synthesize data from labs and wearables, according to the company. The platform plans to expand to enable prescribing medication and labs to patients.
“Most Americans battling obesity or other chronic conditions already pay for this life-changing care, they just don’t know it. Amazon's Health Benefits Connector solves the discovery problem, and we solve the clinical one,” said Noah Kotlove, Berry Street founder and CEO, in the announcement. “Berry Street is building something that’s long overdue: a healthcare system where world-class nutrition guidance is literally in your pocket 24/7.”