Cleveland Clinic gets grants, license agreement, invests in digital medicine...
The Cleveland Clinic has received a $2.75 million federal grant to study the use of stem cells in treating multiple sclerosis, Crain’s Cleveland Business reported today. The four-year grant from the...
View ArticleDon’t blame immigrants for high U.S. health costs: MedCity Morning Read, Feb....
Image by celikins via Flickr Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of health care: Don’t blame immigrants for high U.S. health costs: While some lawmakers delight in blaming...
View ArticleWhen marketing trumps medicine: MedCity Morning Read, Feb. 15, 2010
Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of health care: When marketing trumps medicine: The runaway popularity of robotic prostate surgery is a case study in the triumph of...
View ArticleWhere's the competition in health insurance? MedCity Morning Read, Feb. 25, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of health care: Where’s the health insurance competition? In a country seemingly founded on the idea that competition...
View ArticleNovoLogix remakes itself to tame bizarre drug pricing system
NovoLogix Inc. is not the easiest company to understand. But it does have a colorful past and an intriguing future. Once a $400 million force in the home-health care market, the former Ancillary Care...
View ArticleJosh Makower for president
Dr. Josh Makower, founder/CEO, ExploraMed Development LLC “Are you ready to listen about the demise of our industry?” one med tech executive asked another at today’s LifeScience Alley luncheon. “Yes,...
View ArticleMorning Read: Why we must change how primary care docs get paid
Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare: Why we must change how primary care docs get paid: A study of how primary care doctors at one Philadelphia practice spend...
View ArticleMorning Read: What makes a healthcare expert?
Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare: What makes a healthcare expert? The Health Care Renewal blog isn’t happy about the media portraying leaders of healthcare...
View ArticleMorning Read: VCs look to skirt proposed tax changes
Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare: VCs look to skirt proposed tax changes: While it’s far from certain that the proposal will pass Congress, changes may be...
View ArticleMorning Read: Wellpoint bets on telehealth
Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare: Wellpoint bets on telehealth: Wellpoint plans to join UnitedHealthcare in offering online video chat services to members,...
View ArticleMorning Read: Wellpoint suffers third security glitch of last 3.5 years
Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare: Wellpoint suffers third security glitch of last 3.5 years: A security glitch at a WellPoint website may have publicly...
View ArticleUnitedHealth bets big on building national telemedicine network
In the not-too-distant-future, Dr. Jim Woodburn says, patients can reach their doctors on the phone. If that doesn’t sound too impressive, consider this: The doctor can literally see the patient,...
View ArticleShould drugstore chains own pharmacy benefits managers? MedCity (afternoon)...
WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island — When drugstore chain CVS said in 2006 that it would buy CareMark Rx — one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits managers — critics complained that the combination could...
View ArticleSelf-service health screening, monitoring aims at retail: Kiosk maker...
Company name: SoloHealth Inc. Industry: Digital health. Location: Duluth, Georgia. Solution/product: The SoloHealth Station is […]
View ArticleWellPoint reorganization will help integrate Amerigroup, expand in Medicaid...
In an effort to ensure a smooth integration of its most recent acquisition, WellPoint (NYSE:WLP) […]
View ArticleHow do private insurers set reimbursement rates? CMO sheds light on...
“Coin-toss medicine” was the preferred term that Dr. Samuel Nussbaum used on Wednesday to describe […]
View ArticleACA insurers ante up for Univision deals to reach Hispanics
Some 10 million Latinos stand to gain health insurance under the ACA, and Univision is positioning itself as a direct path to this potentially lucrative market.
View ArticleVerizon, WellPoint, CVS, Walgreens ally with former senators to push...
A cohort of big players in connected health is joining three former senators in pursuit […]
View ArticleNew pilot project wants to help employers help workers living with cancer
A pilot program backed by the US Businesses Leadership Network, Pfizer, WellPoint and others is […]
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