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Oracle Health unveils new EHR to be released in 2025
Oct 29, 2024 · Oracle acquired health IT company Cerner in a $28 billion deal in June 2022 to push deeper into the healthcare market and help boost its cloud business. The company rebranded the Cerner business ...
Microsoft rolls out new tools to build healthcare AI agents
Oct 16, 2024 · Microsoft is also launching new capabilities in public preview within healthcare data solutions in Microsoft Fabric. These new tools can tackle conversational data integration, ingest and ...
Here's what the CEOs of major payers earned last year
The CEOs of the six major national insurers earned a combined $122,970,614 in total compensation in 2023, according to annual proxy filings.
Calendar of healthcare conferences in 2024
May 1, 2024 · March. March 8-12: SXSW Health and MedTech Track 2024 – entire SXSW March 8-16 (Austin, Texas) March 11-15: 2024 HIMSS Global Health Conference (Orlando) March 11-12: Fierce BD&L Summit for Life ...
Amedisys says UnitedHealth deal to close in next six months
Jul 1, 2024 · Amedisys, a large home health provider, plans to divest a number of care centers to an affiliate of VitalCaring Group in advance of its planned merger with UnitedHealth Group later this year.
Healthcare layoff tracker—UPMC to lay off 100 more employees
Nov 27, 2024 · Updated, Nov. 22, 5 p.m. ET. Pontiac General Hospital to lay off most of its staff. Pontiac General Hospital is laying off 186 employees, including 79 mental health technicians and 19 registered ...
AMA study: The 4 largest PBMs control 70% of the market
Sep 9, 2024 · The four largest pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S. control 70% of the national market, and most regional PBM markets are highly concentrated, according to new data from the American Medical ...
Rippl announces $23M series A to expand virtual dementia care
Oct 2, 2024 · Rippl, a virtual dementia care company, secured $23 million in series A funding to expand its services to patients in more states. The startup says its care model aims to keep people with dementia ...
CVS is expanding its MinuteClinics into primary care. Here's why
Oct 30, 2024 · In a bid to ease access challenges, CVS Health will offer in-network primary care to Aetna members in certain markets through its MinuteClinics. | In a bid to ease access challenges, CVS Health ...