The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute, a provider of research and education on drug cost management, recently awarded eight organizations for their exceptional contributions across the pharmacy management continuum. These organizations have created highly effective programs in the areas of care management strategies, cost containment, opioid...
The House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee recently discussed hospital and health system consolidation and its effect on the general population. The vast majority of the discussion was critical of mergers among hospitals and other healthcare companies. Although the public is often told that consolidation will...
Amazon recently appointed Nader Kabbani to run its new pharmacy business. Kabbani, a 14-year veteran at Amazon, helped build the Kindle self-publishing platform and has served as the company’s vice president in the logistics business, is now “vice president of consumables, special projects,” according to a...
Virtual healthcare technology has become the standard for healthcare because it enables better and more effective care. The most notable benefit of virtual care to patients is its convenience; rather than having to travel to and from a hospital or clinic to get or give...
Wisconsin-based Propeller Health is partnering with Finnish pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company Orion Corporation to help European asthma and COPD sufferers. Starting in 2019, the companies will begin developing a custom-built Propeller sensor for Orion’s Easyhaler line of inhaled pulmonary drugs. These sensors will connect to Propeller’s...
Telehealth company American Well announced the launch of the American Well 250 Cart, the most comprehensive cart to connect providers with thousands of specialists on demand. This is also the first integrated telemedicine device brought to market by American Well after its acquisition of Avizia...
Netsmart, a provider of electronic health records (EHR), solutions, and services to behavioral health, social services, and post-acute organizations, is partnering with American Well to provide a new approach to addressing the nation’s growing opioid crisis. The partnership was revealed as part of the Interoperability...
Manhattan-based health technology company Aetion has added $27 million to its previously announced Series B round, bringing the total raised in the round to $63 million and the company’s total funding to $77 million. The company attracted strategic investment from Sanofi, UCB, McKesson Ventures, and...
Today, Aledade and health insurance and wellness company Humana announced a value-based care agreement to broaden the availability of coordinated, quality care for Humana Medicare Advantage members in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Through the Aledade-Humana agreement, physicians in those states will be able to use...
Aetion, a healthcare technology company that delivers the real-world analytics and evidence platform needed to engage in value-based care, announced that it has attracted strategic investment from global leaders in biopharma and healthcare services, including McKesson Ventures; Sanofi; UCB; and Horizon Health Services, Inc., a...