Anthem, the health benefits company, announced Monday (Aug. 20) that it inked a deal with Walmart to advance the companies’ joint goals of reducing healthcare costs and providing consumers with more access to over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. In a press release, the companies announced that an Anthem-Walmart...
No matter the industry, nearly all U.S. employers are in the healthcare business, a reality reflected on balance sheets, and one that can keep even the most stoic CFO sleepless at 3:00 a.m. And more of those companies are opting for self-funded health insurance programs....
The Chicago-based population health services firm higi – which focuses on consumer-centric, data-driven engagement solutions for providers, payers, retailers and self-insured employers – has announced its latest big funding round. As of today (July 10), the firm has captured $21.3 million in Series C funding, raised...
It can be justifiably easy to focus on Amazon when it comes to disruptions in healthcare. But ignoring the role of a Chinese company called WeDoctor would border on the unwise. In large part, that’s because, according to a report this week in Bloomberg, WeDoctor...
Pets do more than welcome us home, keep us company and, on occasion, try to snack on squirrels. They may become reliable revenue for insurance providers. Make no mistake: Dogs, cats and other domesticated animals already serve as a healthy source of sales for retailers....
A prescription delivery program and a deal involving medical payments data show how the healthcare industry is quickly changing as technology develops, and as Amazon prepares its own major moves. First, the news that’s most directly related to payments: Verscend Technologies has agreed to buy...
In 2005, Senator Elizabeth Warren – then a professor – published an academic paper along with David Himmelstein, Deborah Thorne and Steffie Woolhandler, in the journal Health Affairs that made a very bold claim: Over 40 percent of all U.S. bankruptcies came as the result of medical...
One of the latest changes to federal rules regarding non-medical home care services could provide more business opportunity to firms that serve that market and handle such backend tasks as billing and payroll. In April, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said...
Best Buy is testing out a new service aimed at helping to keep senior citizens healthier. “We already assort a variety of health-related products and technology products designed for seniors, like specially designed phones and medical alert systems,” CEO Hubert Joly said on an earnings...
