CVS Health has launched a new clinical trials services business that will help drug companies and contract research organizations recruit clinical trial volunteers. The new business unit builds on work the pharmacy giant did last year, identifying and recruiting people for studies testing Covid-19 vaccines and medicines.
Amid a heated battle over an ownership change, Prospect Medical Holdings has threatened to close two of its hospitals in Rhode Island in response to conditions the state's attorney general proposed. The hospital chain's private equity owner is looking to sell its majority stake but requires state approval to move forward.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
The nonbinding panel recommendation to reject the drug goes against what FDA scientists presented but they throw up another obstacle for the drug, which is trying to succeed on a front where others have failed.
Judge Richard Leon was probing the merger that the government had approved and there was a chance that he would block the deal, even though CVS formally completed the acquisition of Aetna in November 2018.
A survey of doctors published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found that among the 91 percent of EHR user respondents, 70 percent reported feeling health IT-related stress.
Private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners announced it has acquired both businesses and plans to merge them under Virgin Pulse's brand as part of a deal that's expected to close by the end of the month.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Six years after the Providence, Rhode Island-based business got its start with a focus on the plush, robotic Jerry the Bear to help children newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Sproutel has moved into the pediatric cancer space in a collaboration with Aflac.
The rollout of the Rx Savings Finder is starting with CVS Caremark PBM members but will become more broadly available throughout 2018.
Despite a Justice Department request for more information about its deal with Aetna, CEO Larry Merlo Merlo said on the call he still expects the acquisition to be completed in the second half of the year.
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.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
CVS Health has been pushing into digital health in a big way.
The new InLight EHR, based on technology licensed from Massachusetts General Hospital, can trace its roots back to informatics pioneers Dr. Octo Barnett and Dr. Larry Weed.
Even as telemedicine rivals American Well and Teladoc battle it out in court over intellectual property, CVS Health is bringing those two together with competitor Doctor On Demand to test how retail pharmacies, convenience clinics and direct-to-consumer telehealth companies can widen patient access to physicians.
CVS Health, already the nation's No. 2 pharmacy chain and largest operator of walk-in clinics, is getting larger after agreeing to buy Target Corp.'s pharmacies and clinics for $1.9 billion.
What's the difference between a "good" state for telemedicine and a "bad" one? We delve into the American Telemedicine Association's recent report by looking at New Mexico, at the top of the list, and Connecticut and Rhode Island, which got failing grades.