For employers to offer effective, accessible and affordable value-based care for their employees, they must address these four components. The post How Employers Can Leverage Value-Based Care to Drive Retention and Improved Health Outcomes for Employees appeared first on MedCity News.
UnitedHealth Group announced that Andrew Witty will step down as CEO due to “personal reasons.” He is being replaced by Stephen J. Hemsley, who served as the company’s CEO from 2006 to 2017. The post How Social Media Is Reacting to UnitedHealth Group’s CEO Exit and Stock Meltdown appeared first on MedCity News.
By MIKE MAGEE On March 9, 1967, the Star Trek classic episode, “The Devil in the Dark” first aired. The Enterprise had received an urgent distress call from miners on the planet Janus VI. They are literally melting after, Horta, a wounded inhabitant has targeted them with liquifying acid rays. A sympathetic Spock hears the…
[Sponsored] We have the opportunity to design systems that give people greater capacity for the work where human presence matters most: listening, understanding, reassuring, deciding, and caring. The post Automation Didn’t Dehumanize Care. Bad Systems Did. appeared first on MedCity News.
Tamir Gottfried, the Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer at TytoCare came on THCB to show us how their remote device works to deliver the last few inches of telehealth. Most telehealth is just a video call but with Tyto’s device, the patient can asynchronously (and/or synchronously) take their vital signs including videos and pictures of…
Cleo will now be providing family caregiving support to Sonder Health Plans’ Medicare Advantage members. This includes connecting them with medical and social support. The post Sonder Health Plans Taps Cleo for Care Coordination & Family Caregiving Support appeared first on MedCity News.
The Trump administration is directing the Department of Health and Human Services to identify about 26 “critical medicines.” The federal government will stockpile active pharmaceutical ingredients for these products, which the administration contends will insulate the U.S. from foreign supplies while also encouraging more domestic API production. The post Trump’s Push for U.S. Drug Manufacturing…
[Sponsored] In this webinar on November 19th, executives will share the need for accountability and proof in benefits design. Sign up today! The post Webinar on ROI Reality Check: Separating Hype from Health Impact appeared first on MedCity News.
BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. — Near the back corner of the local library’s parking lot, largely out of view from the main road, the South Carolina Department of Public Health opened a pop-up clinic in early November, offering free measles vaccines to adults and children. Spartanburg County, in South Carolina’s Upstate region, has been fighting a…
Carlyle and SK Capital Partners are buying beleaguered gene therapy biotech Bluebird Bio for about $29 million. Meanwhile, Pfizer continued the culling of its gene therapies with the discontinuation of Beqvez for hemophilia B. The post Cash-Strapped Gene Therapy Firm Bluebird Bio Agrees to Acquisition by Private Equity appeared first on MedCity News.