In the last week of April, pediatric COVID-19 cases were up 61% from the period two weeks prior, according to data published by the American Academy of Physicians. Though coronavirus cases among children were still down from a peak of about 1.15 million during the height of the Omicron surge, the last week in April […]
The chief information security officer emphasizes that health systems need to build their defenses amid cyber risk from the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
BOSTON – At ATA2022, BlueJeans announced the next stage in its telehealth services offerings through a more personalized experience for providers and patients. Providers can now embed the telehealth function on their website rather than through an application, according to Krish Ramakrishnan, VP BlueJeans Strategy, Verizon Business.
Due in large part to investment losses, Kaiser Permanente posted a net loss of $961 million during the first quarter of this year, a stark contrast to the net income of $2 billion that was posted in 2021, according to financial data the organization released. In the category of other income and expense, the quarterly […]
In two separate transactions, insurer Centene is divesting two of its pharmacy businesses, Magellan Rx and PANTHERx Rare. The company has signed two definitive agreement, and will sell the former to Prime Therapeutics and the latter to a consortium of the Vistria Group for a combined total of about $2.8 billion.
HIMSS Director of Privacy and Security says that providers need to take a proactive cybersecurity approach to protect themselves, as well as their patients.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has limited the use of the Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine due to rare blood clotting instances of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after receiving the vaccine.
Cigna has rolled out a new service geared toward improving health outcomes for patients with complex cancers. Powered by Evernorth, the company’s health services business, the service connects patients and their community oncologists with cancer subspecialty experts at National Cancer Institute-designated centers. The idea is that patients benefit from this connection by tapping into diagnostic […]
Drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson has filed a lawsuit against drug benefit company SaveOnSP for allegedly taking advantage of a J&J program that covers out-of-pocket costs for patients who use some of the more expensive prescription drugs.
Medicaid managed care services are mainly concentrated across a small handful of providers, a trend that’s happening at a time when the managed care space is becoming more lucrative for health insurance providers, according to findings in a Health Affairs study published this week.