More than three dozen states and Puerto Rico are part of the lawsuit, against Teva and more than a dozen generic manufacturers, alleging a scheme that saw some drug prices increase more than 1,000 percent.
The idea is to give qualified injured employees an alternative to going to an emergency room as part of an effort to contain healthcare costs.
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.
California insurance commissioner Dave Jones has launched an investigation into Aetna after its former medical director, Jay Ken Iinuma, said under oath that he never looked at patients' medical records when deciding whether to approve or deny claims.
Earlier this week, Aetna sued claims administrator Kurtzman Carson Consultants, the company that was tasked with sending settlement notices to up to 12,000 Aetna members last year. Shortly thereafter, KCC fired back with a lawsuit against Aetna. The organizations blame each other for breaching Aetna members' privacy.
Hartford, Connecticut-based Aetna has agreed to pay $17,161,200 to settle a lawsuit regarding its disclosure of as many as 12,000 members' HIV statuses.
The deal gives Aetna the ability to offer members care closer to their homes in a wider variety of settings, which could lower care delivery costs. It would also boost CVS Health's profile in care delivery.
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.
Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini said on the third quarter earnings call that data analytics will increasingly shape its business model and will be used to help make decisions across the insurance company.
After disclosing the HIV statuses of up to 12,000 customers via a mailing, Aetna has been hit with a class-action lawsuit.
GE Healthcare and Hartford HealthCare are collaborating for the long-term to work toward solutions for faster, better care.
Aetna's CEO is pulling out of ACA health insurance exchanges citing business losses, but the real reason for withdrawing appears to be because he didn't get his way.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Aetna had denied any link between the ACA exit and the antitrust lawsuit, but a letter that surfaced this week from Chairman and CEO Mark Bertolini to the Justice Department shows otherwise.
Inbox Health is also raising a seed round of up to $2.5 million, led by Connecticut Innovations and Launch Capital.
Health Enterprise Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners, which had invested in previous rounds, also took part in the fundraise.
A little less than a year after it allocated the first portion of a $4 million allocation to digital health innovation programs for underserved communities over the next three years, the Aetna Foundation added a competition to develop programs geared to underserved communities struggling to manage chronic conditions. The digital health innovation challenge is open […]
Update below A medical device startup developing a way to take the pain out of blood glucose monitoring for diabetes has taken its pitch to Indiegogo. Quick’s iQuickIt Saliva Analyzer is a smartphone glucose meter to help monitor glucose levels in real time. The idea is to improve adherence and help diabetics manage their condition […]