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Elevance PBM CarelonRx to buy Kroger specialty pharmacy business
Grocer The Kroger Co. has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its specialty pharmacy business to CarelonRx, a subsidiary of Elevance Health, the companies said this week.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Medicare households spend more on healthcare, report finds
Those in Medicare households spend more on healthcare than those in other households – about twice as much, in fact, according to a new KFF analysis.
HHS seeks input from payers on Change cyberattack response
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm convened a meeting of payers on Monday to discuss actions they could take to mitigate the harm caused by the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
Drug expenses, cost sharing spike Massachusetts health spending
Total Health Care Expenditures (THCE) in Massachusetts totaled $71.7 billion in 2022, and from 2021 to 2022, THCE per capita increased 5.8% to $10,264 per resident – far above the national rate of 4.1%, according to a new report from the Center for Hea…
Lower reimbursement linked to sagging margins, healthcare CFOs say
Eighty four percent of health systems cite lower reimbursement from payers as a top cause of low operating margins, according to a report published by the Healthcare Financial Management Association and Eliciting Insights, a healthcare strategy and mar…
Children’s Hospital Colorado creates analytics resource center
ORLANDO – If there’s a lesson to be learned regarding healthcare analytics, it’s that it pays to have a good handle on the data.
That was the mandate at Children’s Hospital Colorado, which serves children from a seven-state region. This means that shep…
Mayo Clinic eying digital transformation to plan for future
ORLANDO – The physical assets of many hospitals and healthcare facilities in the U.S. are degrading and need investment, but when replacing an old building, it’s not enough to simply rebuild it brick-by-brick. Digital technology in healthcare is develo…
South Dakota facility bringing cultural compassion to addiction treatment
ORLANDO – In a world of high addiction rates, mental healthcare crises and increasing suicide rates, one healthcare organization in South Dakota is trying something a little different.
Telehealth equity key to addressing digital gaps
ORLANDO – Telehealth technology has advanced rapidly over the past few years, and while it’s both popular and promising, it has also shined a light on the contrast between patient populations with and without adequate access and digital health literacy…
AI enabling behavioral health innovation
ORLANDO – Artificial intelligence bridges a lot of gaps in healthcare, and one Middle Eastern hospital is testing the limits of the technology, aiming to improve behavioral healthcare while also being an economic engine of growth.
