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Ascension names Conrado to be its first chief digital officer
Ascension is the latest health system to add a chief digital officer, a new but increasingly popular role in the industry. Eduardo Conrado comes to Ascension from Motorola.
Google is here. Now the rest of healthcare has to keep up
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, just hired yet another healthcare executive, Dr. Toby Cosgrove, this time for Google Cloud. With a push into healthcare, the company is putting pressure on traditional players to innovate.
WellCare Q2 profit soars as it looks to close Meridian deal
WellCare Health Plans’ net income more than doubled in the second quarter of 2018 as it grew premium revenue across its Medicaid and Medicare Advantage business lines.
Athenahealth booked business falls while revenue, net income climb
Athenshealth is coming off a tumultuous quarter, aside from its financials, in which it began consideration of a sale to Elliott Management, and its CEO, Jonathan Bush, apologized for violently assaulting his wife before resigning.
Acadia Healthcare’s new beds generate Q2 revenue growth
Acadia Healthcare met its adjusted earnings per share and revenue guidance, but is struggling with shorter patient lengths of stay.
Cuomo cuts New York insurers’ request in jab at Trump
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed New York’s top insurance regulator to reject the portion of health plans’ proposed premium increases attributed to the requirement that individuals get health coverage or pay a penalty.
Commentary: Ties between pharma, healthcare industry blamed for opioid epidemic
The author of Pain Killer lays out the case for Purdue Pharma planting seeds of the opioid epidemic by marketing aggressively, routing tens of millions of dollars to doctors and healthcare organizations and ignoring early signs…
Democratic governors vow to reject Title X funds under Trump’s rules
The governors of Washington, Hawaii, Oregon and New York say they will reject federal family planning funds if the Trump administration’s proposed changes go into effect.
Libertarian think-tank: providers would pay for Medicare for All
The Medicare for All plan backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would put the brunt of the proposal’s costs on provider pay cuts. While it would save the country at large more than $2 trillion over a decade, it would cost the federal government…
Opioid laws hit physicians, patients in unintended ways
New Michigan state laws on opioids intended to save lives have physicians complaining about unintended consequences. They say regulations have added unnecessary administrative headaches, led to a climate of fear for doctors and left patients unable…
