Zimmer Biomet picks up tele-rehab provider RespondWell

Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said today that it paid an unspecified amount for tele-rehabilitation provider RespondWell, which it plans to fold into its recently launched Signature Solutions business.

RespondWell provides personalized, clinician-supervised post-surgical physical therapy programs for patients to complete at home after joint replacement surgery.

“The new value-based reimbursement environment compels hospitals and providers to assume responsibility for patient outcomes well after discharge and through the critical rehabilitation period,” Zimmer Biomet group president David Nolan said in prepared remarks. “Integrating an innovative and comprehensive tele-rehabilitation program into our Zimmer Biomet Signature Solutions offering addresses the emerging need for healthcare providers to oversee and optimize post-surgical recovery outcomes in order to maximize value across the entire episode of care.”

“Tele-rehabilitation represents the future of optimal and efficient post-surgical patient care, and we are excited to integrate our remote rehabilitation platform into the Zimmer Biomet Signature Solutions suite,” added RespondWel co-founder & CEO Ted Spooner.

“I believe RespondWell’s innovative tele-rehabilitation platform will help our clinical care team enhance the quality and outcomes of post-op patient care by providing an interactive and motivating physical therapy experience that encourages patient engagement and compliance to physical therapy in a convenient environment, the patient’s home,” Kaiser Permanente executive Dr. Ronald Navarro said.

Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet said its Signature Solutions business is a “strategically-curated” suite of technologies and services for hospitals and healthcare providers, using its Therapy@Home remote rehabilitation platform. The company said it’s launching research partnerships for the business at “selected academic research institutions” in the U.S. with plans for a broader commercial release next year.

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