Humana will enlist Quartet Health to help Medicare Advantage patients in Greater New Orleans grappling with anxiety and depression as comorbidities with chronic health conditions as part of Humana's Bold Goal initiative.
Aetna is on the hook for a $1 billion breakup fee. Humana subsequently announced that it would exit all individual commercial markets at the beginning of 2018.
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.
Humana is betting that getting employers involved will produce better results than some payers have had with purely consumer-facing health and wellness apps.
Humana's population health initiative aims to slow the progression of chronic diseases by focusing on prevention and addresses food insecurity, transportation resources, and health literacy through community partnerships.
Louisville startup Breath Diagnostics has developed technology to pick up cancer-related compounds that are exhaled in one's breath.
The Medicaid Center of Excellence will offer strategic, clinical, technology and administrative support to other Medicaid benefits administrators as they seek to improve care coordination and communication with beneficiaries.
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.
Edumedics will use the money to hire new sales staff and nurse practitioners as it seeks to grown beyond Kentucky and Maine,
MedCity News' Chris Seper will be the emcee of a startup pitch competition.
One of the most interesting companies in XLerateHealth's latest class is Inscope Medical Solutions. Led by CEO Maggie Galloway, it wants to improve the speed and safety for deploying laryngoscopes.
As the editor of MedCity News, I have given away a lot of business cards over the last 3 years. I have met entrepreneurs all over the country, learned about financing options from investors and talked with doctors about new ways of working with patients. I’ve listened to dozens of pitches and moderated panels about […]
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Louisville startup MB Device is developing tool to monitor a pregnant woman’s cervix to determine if she’s going into labor. It’s meant for those at high risk for preterm labor – an important indicator for doctors who want to head off birth until the baby’s full term. The device was developed by ob/gyn Divya Cantor, who […]
Apellis Pharmaceuticals just raised $33M to fund exploring its immunotherapy platform in three disparate indications – disease of the bone marrow, the lungs and the eye. The round, which is a private placement of its Series C preferred stock, was led by Morningside Ventures, AJU IB Investment Co. and Epidarex Ventures. The indications are: -Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, […]
Kentucky healthcare accelerator XLerateHealth’s second class of eight startups has a stronger life sciences flavor this year with clinical applications of software. It seems to be a growing trend among accelerators in the healthcare space not only as diagnostic tools become more integrated with smartphones but also as early-stage health IT companies take a greater […]
The 3D printer has rapidly become something of a medtech superhero. In its latest feat, the technology helped surgeons at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Ky., save a child born with congenital heart defects. 3D printing technology saved the day when pediatric surgeons needed a customized trachea splint when an infant’s trachea collapsed. It’s improved […]
In Louisville, Ky., the horses run fast, bourbon’s sipped slow, and the scientists, well, they dream big. Stuart Williams, the executive and scientific director at the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, aims to be able to 3-D print a human, “bioficial,” functional heart in 10 years. It will be grown from the patient’s “own fat stem cells,” […]