Category: Healthcare Finance News

BlueJeans unveils embedded telehealth function at ATA2022

BOSTON – At ATA2022, BlueJeans announced the next stage in its telehealth services offerings through a more personalized experience for providers and patients. 
Providers can now embed the telehealth function on their website rather than through an app…

Centene divesting two pharmacy businesses for combined $2.8 billion

In two separate transactions, insurer Centene is divesting two of its pharmacy businesses, Magellan Rx and PANTHERx Rare. The company has signed two definitive agreement, and will sell the former to Prime Therapeutics and the latter to a consortium of …

Cigna launches provider consult service for cancer patients

Cigna has rolled out a new service geared toward improving health outcomes for patients with complex cancers. Powered by Evernorth, the company’s health services business, the service connects patients and their community oncologists with cancer subspe…

FDA limits use of the J&J Janssen COVID-19 vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has limited the use of the  Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine due to rare blood clotting instances of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after receiving the vaccine.

AMA says it is ‘deeply concerned’ by Roe v. Wade draft opinion

Three days after a leaked Roe v. Wade draft opinion was made public, the American Medical Association has released a statement expressing its concern over what a final ruling would mean for government interference in the patient-physician relationship.

Care in Medicaid managed care networks is highly concentrated among small number of physicians

Medicaid managed care services are mainly concentrated across a small handful of providers, a trend that’s happening at a time when the managed care space is becoming more lucrative for health insurance providers, according to findings in a Health Affa…

Johnson & Johnson sues benefits company for allegedly overusing drug cost assistance program

Drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson has filed a lawsuit against drug benefit company SaveOnSP for allegedly taking advantage of a J&J program that covers out-of-pocket costs for patients who use some of the more expensive prescription drugs.

CVS Health records $2.3 billion in profit in the first quarter

CVS Health beat industry expectations by bringing in $2.3 billion in profit in the first quarter of this year, a slight increase over the $2.2 billion profit posted during the same time last year, according to an earnings report filed this week.

Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 antiviral fails to prevent infection, data shows

Paxlovid, an oral COVID-19 antiviral produced by pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer, proved ineffective at preventing coronavirus infection among people living in the same house as an infected person, according to new data published by the company.

ATA2022: The virtual reality of healthcare in the metaverse

BOSTON – The metaverse, the virtual but very real convergence of technology trends, is going to change our lives as once the Internet did, according to Cathy Hackl, chief Metaverse Officer, Futures Intelligence Group.
The metaverse is the successor sta…