Centene has nearly 2 million Obamacare customers after expanding into four new states for 2019 and expanding in six existing markets.
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Healthcare Venture Capital Funding Is Off To A Record Start In 2019
Healthcare startups raised a record $2.6 billion last month, but will these kinds of rounds continue for much longer?
The Rise Of Wind Chill Temperature Denial
The Polar Vortex brought cold air to the U.S. and a surge in wind chill factor denial.
CEOs, Patients And Innovators: Videos From Inside The 2018 Forbes Healthcare Summit
Missed the 2018 Forbes Healthcare Summit? Want to see your favorite discussions again? Here’s a video roundup of all the panels from the conference.
Private Equity Raises The Heart Rate Of The HealthTech Revolution
The volume of investment from venture capital and private equity firms into European HealthTech businesses in 2018 signals technology having reached an inflection point in dictating how we prevent illness and receive care.
What Is A Data Science Mindset — And Does Pharma R&D Really Need One?
Data scientists are optimistic about the opportunity to improve how new medicines are discovered; most traditional medical scientists (including most pharma researchers) are skeptical these new approaches will deliver benefit to patients, but convincib…
Obesity-Related Cancers On The Rise In Millennials
A new study suggests that millennials may have twice the chance of developing obesity-related cancers as the baby boomer generation did at their age.
Longevity Vision Fund: Fueling The Longevity Biotechnology Boom We’ve Been Waiting For
The longevity industry gets a boost with the launch of a $100 million venture fund, Longevity Vision Fund, focused on longevity biotechnology and artificial intelligence. The fund will invest in infrastructure projects enabling the longevity biotechnol…
6 Ideas That Physicians Need To Explain Better To Patients
I offer an evolving list of ideas that health care professionals need to better explain to their patients. Overcoming these common myths will be challenging given the growing diversity of media sources about health and wellness—but present an opportuni…
Life Insurers Can Use Social Media Posts To Determine Premiums, As Long As They Don’t Discriminate
Life insurers in New York State can now use data from social media to set your premium rates and these rules could potentially extend beyond New York’s borders.
