UpHealth Inc..
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UpHealth, Inc. operates as a digital health company. It offers a range of services including telehealth, behavioral health, integrated care management, and pharmacy solutions. The company focuses on providing technology-enabled healthcare services to individuals, health plans, and healthcare provide...Show More
Better Health for All
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UpHealth's core business, encompassing telehealth, behavioral health, integrated care, and pharmacy solutions, is devoted to improving access, communication, efficiency, and patient outcomes. Its Behavioral Health Services expanded telehealth, increasing virtual patient encounters and reducing appointment no-shows by approximately 75%.
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The company also expanded remote video interpretation telemedicine to underserved communities, reaching 260,000 annual encounters across 1900 healthcare locations and providing language access in over 250 languages.
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No evidence suggests that UpHealth generates revenue from products or activities with negative health outcomes. During the COVID-19 pandemic, UpHealth's Behavioral Health Services rapidly adopted telehealth, pivoting from in-person to over 85% virtual visits within a month.
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The company is not a pharmaceutical company, nor does it produce or sell food or nutritional products, or conduct clinical trials or health research.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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UpHealth Inc. operates as a digital health company, providing telehealth, behavioral health, and integrated care management services. There is no evidence that UpHealth Inc. offers lending, insurance, or other financial products or services to consumers. The company's activities, as evidenced by the articles, focus on healthcare delivery and technology. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial services, such as pricing fairness, exploitative fees, lending compliance, and wealth-building outcomes, are not applicable to the company's reported operations.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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The company's subsidiary, UP Health - Portage, reported an overall employee turnover rate of 15% this year, which is lower than the industry standard of 30%.
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Its Registered Nurse turnover rate was 8%, compared to an industry standard of 28%.
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For another subsidiary, UP Health System - Marquette, the average employee salary in 2023 was nearly $99,000, and it received a 'C' pay equity rating from the Lown Institute Hospital Index, reflecting the difference in compensation between hospital executives and healthcare workers without advanced degrees.
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This subsidiary also stated that most of its workforce is union-represented and conducts employee engagement surveys.
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Executive compensation details for UpHealth Inc.'s CEO and CFO are available, including base salaries, bonuses, and benefits.
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However, specific company-wide data on living wage coverage, CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, collective bargaining share, safety incident rates, pay equity ratios for women/minorities, formal worker engagement scores, labor violation incidents, insecure contract share, or health insurance coverage for the general workforce is not provided.
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No specific, concrete evidence for UpHealth Inc. (UPH.US) related to any of the Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing KPIs was found in the provided articles. The articles either pertain to different companies (UnitedHealth Group
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, Union Pacific
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), are general industry reports
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, or explicitly state that no relevant data for these metrics is present for UpHealth Inc.
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Honest & Fair Business
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The company has established procedures for the receipt, retention, and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters, including confidential, anonymous submissions by employees or contractors.
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The company states it must comply with anti-corruption laws and regulations globally, including the FCPA and U.K. Bribery Act, and has a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
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Kind to Animals
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No specific, concrete data points related to animal welfare, animal testing, ethical sourcing, or conservation initiatives for UpHealth Inc. were found in the provided articles. The articles primarily cover general information about cruelty-free certifications, PETA's lists, company press releases, and board of directors' information, none of which contain measurable evidence for the defined KPIs.
No War, No Weapons
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No information regarding UpHealth Inc.'s involvement in arms manufacturing, military contracts, conflict facilitation, or related peace initiatives was found in the provided articles. The articles primarily consist of financial filings
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, governance documents
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, investor relations pages
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, and a report on a community health program
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, all of which explicitly state they do not contain data relevant to the 'No War, No Weapons' value or its associated KPIs
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Planet-Friendly Business
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No specific sustainability data is publicly available for UpHealth, Inc. across any of the relevant environmental metrics, including scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, renewable energy use, water consumption, waste diversion, or climate targets.
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The company does not disclose information on environmental compliance, certifications, or participation in sustainability initiatives.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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The provided articles do not contain specific, quantifiable data points for any of the KPIs related to 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'. Information regarding formal partnerships, community reinvestment, cultural appropriation incidents, impact assessment protocols, local employment, grievance mechanisms, FPIC participation, community governance, cultural preservation investment, local procurement, indigenous suppliers, cultural site protection, social license, charitable giving, community fund allocation, language inclusivity assessment scores, cultural incident response, or cultural training completion for UpHealth Inc. is not available in the provided evidence.
Safe & Smart Tech
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UpHealth Inc. faces challenges in regulatory compliance, with documented implementation gaps. The company's subsidiary, MedQuest Pharmacy, experienced a cyberattack in October 2021, affecting approximately 40,000 individuals.
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The disclosure of this breach was delayed beyond the 60-day HIPAA requirement, constituting a compliance failure.
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A lawsuit also alleges violations of Maryland’s Consumer Protection Act related to this incident.
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While the company states it enforces a health information privacy and security compliance plan, these events indicate significant gaps. Regarding unauthorized data use, the MedQuest Pharmacy cyberattack represents an incident of unauthorized access to sensitive personal and health information by external parties. This single incident occurred over four years ago, indicating rare occurrences of such unauthorized access.
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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No specific, concrete data points related to waste diversion, product recyclability, packaging sustainability, recycled content, single-use plastic reduction, take-back programs, circular design, waste reduction initiatives, hazardous waste management, product durability, repairability, waste audit frequency, zero waste certification, waste disposal violations, material efficiency, packaging to product ratio, waste reduction targets, supplier waste requirements, or customer waste education were found in the provided articles for UpHealth Inc.