Through the partnership, Signify Health clinicians will be able to use Cardinal's OutcomesOne platform and perform an in-home, CMS-compliant medication review to determine which members are not taking their medications as prescribed and address those needs.
From 2001 to 2017, the fatal overdose rate in Cabell County increased from 16.6 to 213.9 per 100,000. Judge finds no evidence of causation.
The company said it plans to expand into new supply chains for advanced therapeutics in addition to cell and gene therapies, as well as expanding its footprint in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
The Israeli drugmaker, plus AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson, reached the settlement with Ohio's Cuyahoga and Summit counties. Walgreens did not manage to reach an agreement.
In other news, the three largest pharmaceutical distributors in the country - AmerisourceBergen, McKesson and Cardinal Health - were reportedly in talks to settle opioid litigation for $18 billion.
Medtronic is rumored to be selling its medical supplies business to Cardinal Health in shift to become a disease management company eager to play a role in the continuum of care as opposed to a widget maker.
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.
The move could be an indication that Oscar will make investments or acquisitions to bolster its digital health product offerings, as other payers have done.
Wordgames at the JP Morgan Healthcare conference. Who said what?
Cardinal Health EVP Meghan Fitzgerald spoke with Evercore Managing Director Matthew McGaskin as part of a fireside chat at the StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco this week.
Cardinal Health purchased a 71 percent stake in naviHealth for $290 million in the first step of its acquisition, which will be integrated into its Medical business.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
In the past few years, pharmaceutical distributor Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) has acquired a major distributor and half a dozen pharmaceutical companies in China. It also acquired AssuraMed to enter the home-health supply market, and invested in startups including HealthSpot, which makes a telemedicine kiosk, and Intralign, which helps providers optimize the cost and quality of […]
Since debuting its telehealth kiosk at CES in January, three-year-old HealthSpot has raised at least $10.4 million in Series C funding and is working on building a national provider network so that it can set up its primary care kiosks in retail pharmacies. The new financing came from private investors including Cardinal Health, according to […]
Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) will manufacture and distribute a radioactive imaging agent from Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) that could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. The imaging agent, called Amyvid, is scheduled for commercial launch on June 1, according to a statement from Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal. Amyvid was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April. […]
New decision support technology from Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) is designed to help physicians follow cancer and rheumatoid arthritis “clinical pathways” — evidence-based treatment regimens. The new technology, called PathWare Solutions, would be purchased by a health insurance plan or payer, which would then make it available to physicians in its network, according to a spokeswoman […]
Consolidation in the U.S. drug distribution business continues as Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) has purchased a Chicago-area regional drug wholesaler, Dik Drug Company. The acquisition was first reported by Adam Fein at Drug Channels and confirmed to MedCity News in a statement from a Cardinal spokeswoman. Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal said it signed a definitive agreement to […]
