- Thursday 14th March - 2:54 pm
UnitedHealth Group (UHG) reported Thursday (March 14) that some critical services are back online at its subsidiary Change Healthcare, which has been dealing with a cyberattack on its claims and payment infrastructure.
In ...
- Wednesday 13th March - 8:23 pm
The healthcare sector is undergoing significant transformation driven by rapid technological advancements and innovative solutions.
This surge in healthcare innovation is fueled by several factors. First, the increasing prevalence of chronic ...
- Wednesday 13th March - 5:56 pm
An office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has opened an investigation into the cyberattack that is impacting the UnitedHealth Group (UHG) subsidiary, Change Healthcare.
The investigation was launched by HHS’ Office for ...
- Wednesday 13th March - 12:18 pm
Drugmaker Eli Lilly has teamed with Amazon to deliver medications to patients’ homes.
The partnership, announced Wednesday (March 13), will see Amazon Pharmacy serve as a third-party dispensing partner for LillyDirect, the company’s new healthcare platform for ...
- Tuesday 12th March - 5:40 pm
White House officials reportedly met with UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty and other health insurers to urge them to accelerate their payments to healthcare providers.
During the remote meeting, Biden administration officials and healthcare providers, ...
- Tuesday 12th March - 3:21 pm
At the intersection of technical innovation and underlying infrastructure lies the potential for ignition. But for any innovative sparks to catch fire, there needs to be a winning use case ...
- Tuesday 12th March - 2:12 pm
Investment firm Frazier Healthcare Partners has acquired RevSpring, a payments solution firm for the healthcare field.
Frazier announced the deal in a news release Tuesday (March 12), noting that it had acquired RevSpring from private equity ...
- Monday 11th March - 8:24 pm
Insurance claims have long been associated with paperwork, delays and frustrations. Whether it’s for auto accidents or healthcare needs, the process has often been cumbersome and time-consuming.
But the insurance landscape ...
- Sunday 10th March - 7:47 pm
The White House wants UnitedHealth Group to speed payments to healthcare providers following a recent cyberattack.
In an open letter published Sunday (March 10), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the ...
- Sunday 10th March - 3:34 pm
American healthcare providers may see their credit hurt following the recent cyberattack on UnitedHealth.
That’s according to ratings agency Moody’s, whose projections were cited in a Sunday (March 10) report by Seeking Alpha.
Late last ...
- Friday 8th March - 5:09 pm
Healthcare and government employment led the U.S. economy’s job gains in February.
These sectors led the pack as total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 275,000 in February, topping the average monthly gain of ...
- Thursday 7th March - 3:04 pm
Traditional healthcare systems are plagued by inefficiencies and opaque pricing structures, leaving consumers often feeling lost and frustrated.
“Navigating a friction-filled healthcare system, not to mention the complexities of insurance coverage, can often ...
- Thursday 7th March - 4:00 am
Led by names like Google, Apple and Samsung, the wearables category of the connected economy has become a study in contradictions.
New, high-profile introductions have accelerated due to recent events ...
- Wednesday 6th March - 3:31 pm
Zelis has debuted a tool designed to help consumers better navigate the healthcare landscape.
The healthcare technology provider on Wednesday (March 6) introduced SmartShopper Propel, an addition to its existing SmartShopper program and ...
- Wednesday 6th March - 3:06 pm
In response to a cybersecurity breach that has disrupted the U.S. healthcare system, the federal government has taken action to support hospitals and healthcare providers impacted by a hack at ...
- Wednesday 6th March - 10:20 am
Healthcare payments firm TrustCommerce added PayPal and Venmo to its U.S. platform.
The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 5) in a press release by PayPal, lets patients use the company and its sister firm Venmo to make payments ...
- Monday 4th March - 9:36 pm
Machinify has introduced a suite of three artificial intelligence (AI) apps designed to address the entire healthcare claims lifecycle.
Together, the apps cover everything from prior authorization through final payments, the ...
- Monday 4th March - 11:40 am
Epic River has unveiled a specialized digital lending platform designed to bridge the gap between financial institutions and healthcare services.
This solution aims to transform the way patient payments are managed, ...
- Monday 4th March - 4:02 am
Dental services represent a $155 billion market that is projected to grow to $254 billion by 2032.
Against that backdrop, it’s critical, especially in an inflationary environment, to include financing at ...
- Thursday 29th February - 2:17 pm
Healthcare’s digital transformation is increasing the emphasis on cost transparency and democratizing treatment access.
And that’s good news for GoodRx, a consumer-focused digital healthcare platform that aims to lower the cost ...
- Thursday 29th February - 11:45 am
U.S. health providers are facing financial catastrophe following a week-long cyberattack on Change Healthcare.
The ransomware attack has even left some smaller providers running short on cash, Reuters reported Thursday (Feb. 29).
Larger hospital chains ...
- Tuesday 27th February - 8:51 pm
UnitedHealth Group, owner of the biggest U.S. health insurer, is reportedly facing an antitrust investigation by the Justice Department.
This probe is focusing on UnitedHealth’s various sectors, including its UnitedHealthcare insurance unit ...
- Tuesday 27th February - 4:00 am
As eCommerce merchants look for new ways to reduce the costs and inefficiencies of returns, Perfect Corp. sees augmented reality (AR) as a key solution, mitigating consumers’ dissatisfaction with their products ...
- Monday 26th February - 7:45 pm
The ransomware gang Blackcat, also known as ALPHV, is reportedly the source of a cyberattack targeting UnitedHealth Group’s technology unit, Change Healthcare.
The cyberattack has targeted Change Healthcare’s information technology systems, leading ...
- Monday 26th February - 6:43 pm
VerifiNow has launched a patient identity verification solution for telehealth providers.
PatientVerifi is designed to meet the need for secure patient identity verification in virtual healthcare, the technology company focused on ...
- Monday 26th February - 4:46 pm
Connected healthcare platform b.well has raised $40 million in a Series C funding round led by Leavitt Equity Partners.
“The successful Series C round builds additional momentum around b.well’s mission to solve healthcare’s fragmentation ...
- Monday 26th February - 4:03 pm
Highmark Health is working with Epic and Google Cloud to support payer-provider coordination.
“Epic’s Payer Platform improves collaboration between health insurers and health providers,” the companies said in a Monday (Feb. ...
- Monday 26th February - 10:15 am
Samsung’s latest wearable device reportedly comes with health-tracking features.
The smartphone maker’s Galaxy Ring — the company’s first ring product — is set to go on display for the first time ...
- Sunday 25th February - 5:55 pm
Last week’s data breach of United Health Group’s (UHG) prescription provider comes at a critical time in the digital transformation of connected healthcare. Just as evidence shows clinicians are seeing ...
- Friday 23rd February - 11:00 am
UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare continues to work to restore systems and resume normal operations after a cyberattack.
“The disruption is expected to last at least through the day,” the company said ...
- Friday 23rd February - 4:03 am
If there is one similarity shared by healthcare and payments, it’s the opportunity for innovation.
If there is another, it’s that the world can’t operate without them.
Taken together, that’s why transformation ...
- Friday 23rd February - 4:01 am
As Walmart and Amazon compete for consumers’ health and personal care spending, Walmart is seeing growth — but maybe not enough to hold its lead as Amazon rapidly gains share ...
- Thursday 22nd February - 2:41 pm
A cyberattack on Change Healthcare has reportedly affected a number of pharmacies.
The UnitedHealthcare-owned company reported the “network interruption” Wednesday (Feb. 22), and said in a Thursday (Sept. 22) update that the problem was still ...
- Thursday 22nd February - 4:00 am
Advancements in healthcare — and especially new drug and treatment protocols — hinge on clinical trials.
Sayantan Chakraborty, global co-head of treasury services payments at J.P. Morgan Payments, and Winny Li, group treasurer ...
- Wednesday 21st February - 12:15 pm
Fabric, a health technology company, raised $60 million in a Series A round to expand its care enablement platform for healthcare providers.
The platform increases provider productivity by streamlining in-person and ...
- Wednesday 21st February - 4:00 am
Mergers are born of the principle that a combination of enterprises is greater than the sum of the respective parts.
Chuck Fagan, president and CEO of PSCU/Co-op Solutions, told Karen Webster ...
- Friday 16th February - 3:36 pm
From the advent of digital health platforms and the proliferation of wearable health devices to remote patient monitoring and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical decision-making, advancements in ...
- Friday 16th February - 2:01 pm
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming the standard-bearer for innovations that progress in leaps and bounds.
Putting an exclamation point on the technology’s value to nearly all sectors and industries, on Tuesday ...
- Thursday 15th February - 5:32 pm
Healthcare system Virtua Health is going virtual with Care.ai.
Via a partnership between the companies, Care.ai’s Virtual Care solutions will be integrated throughout the Virtua system, beginning with Our Lady of ...
- Wednesday 14th February - 10:56 pm
Amwell saw telehealth usage dip in 2023 amid a milder flu season than was seen during the previous year.
The hybrid care delivery enablement platform saw 1.6 million visits in the fourth ...
- Wednesday 14th February - 12:13 pm
Innovations within the healthcare sector can save lives, as well as time and money.
That’s because the sector is primed for the transformative applications of the latest technologies, from connected wearable ...
- Tuesday 13th February - 4:13 pm
Healthcare experience platform Weave is introducing payment plans to its payments suite, enabling customers to pay their bills in installments.
Payment Plans will allow healthcare businesses to set up and manage recurring payment ...
- Monday 12th February - 4:02 am
Artificial intelligence has found its way into consumer healthcare from several angles, including disease diagnosis, treatments for conditions like autism and pharmaceutical research.
Until now though, the technology has been a ...
- Friday 9th February - 3:28 pm
TechBio firm Owkin selected Amazon Web Services as its primary cloud provider.
The firm will use AWS’ storage options, data security measures and computing capabilities to develop generative artificial intelligence applications ...
- Friday 9th February - 4:03 am
Artificial intelligence compute products are in short supply and facing hot demand.
Generative AI, which has moved at a rapid clip from corporate research laboratories and academic nonprofits to the forefront ...