Propeller Health, Anthem BCBS join forces to aid Ohio COPD patients
Anthem Medicare Advantage members in Ohio with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will be able to use Propeller's mobile app and its sensors that attach to inhalers.
American Heart Association, Anthem unveil CPR training kiosks in airports
In an effort to educate travelers on the significance of cardiac arrest, the American Heart Association and Anthem Foundation are installing hands-only CPR training kiosks in three airports across the country.
Innovation Summit: Video not always best for telemedicine
Video is the standard for telemedicine, right? Not so fast, said speakers on Tuesday at the third-annual National Healthcare Innovation Summit? in Chicago,
What are cyber security experts saying about the Anthem hack?
News about the Anthem cyberattack, which breached a database containing as many as 80 million records, has left not only members of the health insurance company concerned, but the question of how this could possibly happen is present for many more. Cyber security experts in the field are speaking out about the breach: Trent Telford, CEO, […]
Health insurer Anthem suffers major cyberattack
One of the country’s largest health insurers, Anthem, has been the subject of what could be could be the largest breach of a health care company to date. The cyberattack has compromised the personal information of customers, employees and the chief executive by breaching a database containing as many as 80 million records. The FBI is […]
Affordable Care Act: Which health insurers are winners and losers?
WellPoint Inc., the parent of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri, took a huge gamble when it dove headfirst into many of the new health insurance marketplaces around the country. Aetna Inc. hedged its bets by entering a patchwork of federal-...
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.