The bill aims to “provide Medicare support for an additional 1,000 graduate medical education (GME) positions over five years in hospitals that have, or are in the process of establishing, accredited residency programs in addiction medicine, addiction …
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit will buy the specialty pharmacy Diplomat for $300 million and combine it with OptumRx.
Despite high expectations around new technologies, productivity statistics have stagnated. In his latest book, Henry Chesbrough argues that open innovation is the key to overcoming these hurdles and ensure society gains from the technologies being dev…
While experts have been predicting healthcare change for over a decade, transformation has been slow to come. However, 2020 could truly be a tipping point — here’s why, and what you can expect to see in the coming year.
Not long ago, most leading Democrats were jostling for position aboard the “Medicare for All” bandwagon. In recent weeks, the political winds have shifted to public option support. Don’t be fooled. Every plan offered by Democrats would lead to a full-f…
A huge new NEJM study asked if the Apple Watch can detect atrial fibrillation. The results were surprisingly positive. This might be the start of a new trend in consumer self-monitoring for heart health.
Centene chief executive Michael Neidorff remains confident the company’s acquisition of WellCare Health Plans will be completed in the first half of 2020, particularly now that all state regulatory hurdles have been cleared.
For those looking to have an impact in digital health, and potentially reap some of the rewards of the decade old HITECH stimulus package, here is your year-end calendar of policies and guidances open for public comment.
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While chicken soup has often been considered as effective as penicillin to treat many illnesses, or at least bad colds, a new study looks at different kinds of soups (yes, soups) to battle a more serious infection—malaria.
Something is going viral on three University of Wisconsin campuses, and it isn’t a pretty picture.
