The Trump administration’s proposed tariffs on imported goods from Canada and Mexico may currently be on pause, but uncertainty over their potential reinstatement is having a ripple effect across the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. An additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports went into effect on Tuesday. Hospitals and drugmakers are urging the president to exempt […]
Kroger Health, the healthcare division of The Kroger Co., has announced a new agreement with Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager for Cigna’s Evernorth.
Emirates Health Services is on a mission to improve outpatient appointment management, and is doing so in part by developing advanced artificial intelligence algorithms to provide real-time footstep analysis called the “Footstep Insights Solution.”
The global conference, being held from March 3-6 in Las Vegas, will showcase digital health transformation, an AI pavilion, an Emerge Innovation Experience to unite innovators and investors, new member benefits and more, he says.
Teladoc Health has signed a definitive agreement to acquire preventive care company Catapult Health for $65 million, and will leverage the latter’s at-home diagnostic testing capabilities and clinical support model, Teladoc said.
Molina Healthcare has announced the closing of its acquisition of ConnectiCare Holding Company as of February 1. Molina, headquartered in Long Beach, California, announced the acquisition in July and said it expected to close during the first half of 2025. In July the purchase price was reported as $350 million, representing 25% of expected 2024 […]
There’s a digital divide occurring in healthcare. This divide can refer to a gap between patient groups that have access to digital health technologies and those that don’t. It can also refer to the growing gap between healthcare organizations that are digitally mature or digitally nascent, and it’s on this last point that Renee Broadbent […]
The vast majority of rural healthcare organizations have expressed optimism about their financial viability. In a new Wipfli poll, 72% of respondents said they were “cautiously optimistic” and 24% saying they were “completely optimistic.”
HIMSS25 session will explore what both small and large MedTech developers need to bring their devices to market, say Gunnar Trommer of BCG X and Erik Adams of BCG.
Centene logged $283 million in profit during Q4 2024, marking a sizable increase from the insurer’s Q4 2023 profits of $45 million. Revenue also increased slightly year-over-year (YOY), from $39.5 billion to $40.8 billion. For the year, Centene pulled in $3.3 billion in profit – up from $2.7 billion in 2023 – and $163.1 billion […]