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Cigna Invests In GNS Healthcare Precision Medicine Venture
Cigna joined biotech giants Amgen and Celgene in backing GNS Healthcare, a technology firm applying machine learning to healthcare through precision medicine.
Physicians See More Pay Tied To Patient Satisfaction And Outcomes
The shift away from fee-for-service reimbursement that has historically paid doctors based on the volume of care they deliver is a trend escalating as health insurance companies and the federal government shift to value-based models like bundled paymen…
Biden’s Healthcare Idea For Undocumented Immigrants Already Exists
Emergency care and treatment at hospitals as well as federally-subsidized community health centers is already available and provided to undocumented immigrants.
Cancer’s $94 Billion Annual Hit To The U.S. Economy
U.S. economy lost $94.4 billion in earnings from those 16 to 84 years of age who died from cancer in 2015, research in JAMA Oncology shows.
Centene Invests Larger Stake In European Healthcare
Centene, which purchased Ribera Salud stake from Banco Sabadell for an undisclosed amount, said the deal increases its investment from 50%.
Centene Invests Larger Stake In European Healthcare
Centene, which purchased Ribera Salud stake from Banco Sabadell for an undisclosed amount, said the deal increases its investment from 50%.
UnitedHealth Group Invests In Job Of The Future: ‘Data Scientists’
The $8.25 million investment by the nation’s largest health insurer will be made over five years to the Atlanta University Center Consortium, which includes Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College.
Walgreens Isn’t Done Closing Drugstores In U.S. Or Abroad
Walgreens U. K. plan disclosed last week to shutter 200 Boots stores and consolidate them with other locations comes after a decision earlier this year to shutter more Rite Aid drugstores than originally anticipated in the U. S. Walgreens initially pur…
Kamala Harris Hits Home For 30 Million With High Deductibles
More than 29 million people were enrolled in a high deductible health plan offered through their employer in 2017, according to the University of Minnesota’s State Health Access Data Assistance Center analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-In…
UnitedHealth Group Shuffling C-Suite Executives
The move will mean new leadership at both UnitedHealthcare and Optum, UnitedHealth’s fast-growing healthcare services because Nelson will be replaced by Dirk McMahon, the current president and chief operating officer at Optum.
