Carrum Health & Virta Health Partner To Deliver Seamless, Full-Spectrum Weight Management Solution For Self-Insured Employers

Carrum Health and Virta Health have partnered to offer self-insured employers a combined weight management solution. Under the partnership, employees seeking bariatric surgery who need to lower their body-mass index (BMI) to qualify can enter Virta's program for nutrition counseling and individualized planning. Similarly, Carrum members who are told bariatric surgery isn't appropriate for them will be referred to Virta as an alternative option.

Members can move between Virta's nutrition-based therapies and Carrum's surgical evaluations for bariatric care when clinically appropriate. Members who need to lose weight before other procedures, such as knee . . .