Panel Orders UnitedHealthcare to pay $10.8M for Allegedly Underpaying Physicians
The lawsuit is one of nine cases throughout the country that TeamHealth has brought against United for alleged underpayments. The other eight cases are still ongoing.
‘Paradoxical’ placebo response spells Phase 3 failure for Relmada depression drug
A Relmada Therapeutics drug candidate for major depressive disorder failed a Phase 3 clinical trial, but the biotech isn’t giving up on its pill yet. It’s pinning its hopes on additional studies testing the therapy as an additional treatment alongside other depression drugs.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
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.
‘Smart pill’ startup etectRx strikes partnership with Pear Therapeutics
EtectRx, which makes wireless sensors embedded in medications, struck a partner with Pear Therapeutics. The companies hope to build products together combining medication adherence data with digital therapeutics.
States threaten to crackdown on providers amid Covid-19 vaccine distribution
In an effort to ensure the efficient and orderly distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, governors from New York, California and Florida are warning that they will take action against providers who are conducting vaccinations too slowly or healthcare workers who undercut priority guidelines.
How a clinical command center helped Tampa General Hospital save $40M
The Florida-based hospital worked with GE Healthcare to open a command center last year to manage clinical care operations. According to the hospital, the center has helped it save $40 million and manage patient flow and bed capacity amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Is Walmart on pace with its former health’s chief’s vision?
Walmart Health disclosed that it plans to open nine more clinics this year, including two in Chicago and seven in Georgia. For next year, it has seven planned clinics in Jacksonville and is looking to Orlando and Tampa as well.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Walmart Health picks Florida for next planned expansion
After opening four health centers in Georgia and Arkansas, Walmart confirmed that it will expand to Florida next year.
ObvioHealth to collect data for virtual Covid-19 registry study after app gets clearance
The company launched the study to collect data on Covid-19 symptoms and immune responses earlier this month. The goal is to recruit 10,000 participants and then follow them for six months. Participants developing symptoms will be eligible for serological testing.
Another company took an old drug and jacked up the price. Now, biotech CEOs are throwing shade
Led by Codiak BioSciences CEO Douglas Williams, the CEOs criticized Belcher Pharmaceuticals, which won approval for a drug used in certain heart procedures through the FDA's 505(b)(2) pathway.
Cigna taps MDLive for behavioral telehealth services
The insurance giant will expand its existing partnership with telehealth provider MDLive.
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New ‘smart pill’ maker gains FDA approval
EtectRx is one of a few companies helping track medication adherence. But some patients find the tech hard to swallow.
Loxo drug shows activity in leukemia, lymphoma patients resistant to marketed therapies at ASH
Data showed LOXO-305 was broadly effective in patients resistant to BTK inhibitors regardless of whether they harbored a putative mechanism of resistance to the widely used blood cancer drugs.
You know VR, AR, but what is spatial computing?
Magic Leap aims to apply spatial computing in healthcare to improve surgical planning, medical education and patient consultation but ultimately wants to help healthcare organizations achieve the Triple Aim.
You may think you’ve seen this telemedicine kiosk movie before but…
After HealthSpot, which had relationships with Cleveland Clinic and Rite Aid but shut down in 2015, here is another startup hoping to make it in the telemedicine kiosk world.
Trump suggests, without evidence, that drugmakers are behind impeachment inquiry
Trump made the baseless remarks while speaking at an event in Florida to sign an executive order related to Medicare. His administration laid out plans to lower drug costs in a 2018 "blueprint."