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Mayo Clinic And Tech Firm Launch ‘Hospital Care At Home’ Venture
The Mayo Clinic and the technology company Medically Home are partnering to launch a new healthcare delivery model that will deliver “advanced care” typically available inside a hospital into patient homes.
Kaiser Permanente Adds Clout To Nonprofit Generic Drug Maker
Kaiser Permanente, the large health insurer and operator of hospitals, is joining the nonprofit drug company Civica Rx in a key role in the third year of the effort to create lower cost prescriptions that include medicines to treat the coronavirus stra…
How The Supreme Court’s DACA Decision Lessens The Doctor Shortage And Boosts Patient Care
A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to protect some 700,000 immigrants known as Dreamers helps future doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers to stay in the country.
Humana: ‘Unhealthy Days’ For Medicare Population Fall As Social Determinants Screened
A project by Humana to improve the health of seniors in private Medicare Advantage plans through better management of patient populations continues to show improvement, the health insurer said in a report out Thursday.
Walmart Opening More Healthcare Services ‘Super Centers’
Walmart is opening more “Walmart Health” centers that feature an array of primary medical services, dental care, and behavioral health services as part of a new model being replicated beyond Georgia into other markets.
Big Midwest Health Systems Advocate Aurora And Beaumont Explore Merger
Two of the largest hospital operators in the Midwest — Advocate Aurora Health and Beaumont Health — are “exploring a potential partnership,” the companies disclosed.
Big Blue Cross Plan And Epic In Deal To Improve Doctor-Insurer Information Exchange
Health Care Service Corp., which operates Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in five states, and electronic health record vendor Epic have signed an agreement that will “create a secure, interconnected and efficient health system and information exchange…
Highmark Blue Cross In Deal With New York’s HealthNow Plan
Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan Highmark said it will expand into western and northeastern New York via an “affiliation agreement” with HealthNow New York Inc. in a major consolidation of health insurance plans in the northeastern U.S.
In Latest Healthcare Deal, Walmart Buys CareZone’s Digital Prescription Technology
Walmart has purchased CareZone’s prescription management technology and related patents as retail pharmacies take more steps into the digital age.
Oklahoma’s Coronavirus Cases Spike As Voters Weigh Medicaid Expansion And Trump Plans Rally
Oklahoma voters are weighing whether to expand Medicaid health coverage via ballot initiative just as cases of the Coronavirus strain Covid-19 rise and President Trump schedules an arean-sized political rally in Tulsa.
