The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning consumers to check the labels of romaine lettuce and salad mixes they plan to serve at Thanksgiving dinner, worrying that an E. coli outbreak that has made 67 people sick across 19 states could get worse over the holiday. The CDC has identified romaine harvested in […]
Humana’s continued shift from fee-for-service medicine to value-based payments for physicians is shaving more costs for seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, the insurer says, citing an annual new internal study.
With its acquisition of Aetna clearly starting to bear fruit, CVS Health beat earnings yet again on Wednesday, as the company continues to lead the way in the shift to retail healthcare with initiatives like MinuteClinics and HealthHubs, which capitalize on Americans’ need for more convenient and affordable healthcare.
Costco is teaming up with delivery start-up Instacart to test free delivery of prescription drugs to members. The pilot program is limited to California and Washington state, according to two people familiar, and it includes delivery to a Costco member’s home or office.
Walgreens Boots Alliance is developing more than 30 “small store” pharmacies largely in urban areas that the chain says will have a health and wellness focus in the location’s front end.
Facebook has launched a new feature to help track what preventive health screenings might be recommended for you based on your age and sex. The tool, called Preventive Health, rolled out in the United States on Monday and focuses specifically on cardiovascular health, cancer screening and seasonal flu — making recommendations such as when to get […]
Most of the available health care diagnostics that use artificial intelligence (AI) function as black boxes—meaning that results do not include any explanation of why the machine thinks a patient has a certain disease or disorder. While AI technologies are extraordinarily powerful, adoption of these algorithms in health care has been slow because doctors and […]
UnitedHealth Group and its Optum medical care provider business are rolling out a combined package of medical care and health insurance as they meld health benefits with the provision of healthcare services. Optum chief executive officer Andrew Witty this week offered a snapshot into the effort UnitedHealth’s UnitedHealthcare insurance business and the Optum health services […]
If you are among the Californians who buy your own health insurance, a surprise may await you as the enrollment period for 2020 coverage opens this week. Starting Jan. 1, California will become the first state to offer subsidies to middle-income people who make too much money to qualify for the federal tax credits that […]
Walmart is adding kidney transplants to the list of specialized medical procedures it will cover for its workers under its now 22-year-old Centers of Excellence Program for organ transplantation. The world’s largest retailer in 1997 began its Centers of Excellence program as a way to get organ transplants to workers in need. In a conference […]
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