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Walgreens CEO: We’re Opening A New VillageMD Clinic ‘Every Three Days’
Walgreens Boots Alliance is opening a new VillageMD clinic attached to a drugstore every three days.
Walgreens Profits Hit $883M On Strong Covid Testing And Vaccine Demand
Walgreens Boots Alliance reported more than $880 million in quarterly profits as customers continued to get vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19.
In Home Health Play, UnitedHealth’s Optum To Buy LHC Group For $5.4 Billion
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum health services business will pay $5.4 billion for LHC Group, a national provider of home healthcare services.
Centene Promotes Tech And Healthcare Strategist Sarah London To CEO Job
Centene has promoted Sarah London to the job as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding the retiring Michael Neidorff, the health insurer announced Tuesday afternoon.
Highmark Blue Cross Reaps $440 Million Profit As Insurer Expands Into New Regions
Highmark Health, parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in four states, reported $440 million profits for 2021.
UnitedHealth Group Vows To Fight DOJ Challenge Of Optum’s Change Healthcare Deal
UnitedHealth Group outlined benefits of its Optum unit’s proposed $13 billion acquisition of the software and data analytics firm Change Healthcare in response to the Justice Department’s challenge of the deal.
Telehealth Accounts For One In Three Mental Health Visits Two Years Into Pandemic
Telehealth accounts for more than one-third of outpatient mental health or substance abuse services two years after COVID-19 began to surge across the U.S., a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Epic Research shows.
Health Insurer Anthem To Rebrand Company As ‘Elevance Health’
The large health insurer Anthem intends to become Elevance Health, Inc. in a major rebranding designed to focus the company on “whole health” of customers and patients.
Rite Aid Shakes Up Management, Eliminates COO To Cut Costs
Rite Aid eliminated its chief operating officer position and consolidated pharmacy leadership roles in its latest cost-cutting move.
Alignment Healthcare Posts Loss Despite Medicare Advantage Growth
Alignment Healthcare, a provider of Medicare Advantage, reported a $47 million loss in its most recent quarter even as health plan membership took off.
