Walmart’s acquisition of health insurance company, Humana will take healthcare market to a different level as the entire healthcare system will converge. If things work well for these strange bedfellows, it will make Prescription Benefit Management- PBM model quite extinct.
GE Healthcare’s value-based care division sold to Veritas Capital
GE Healthcare division has three businesses; revenue cycle management, ambulatory care management and workforce management. GE Healthcare sold this division to private-equity firm Veritas Capital for $1.05 billion in cash as it aims to streamline its operations
Millennials opt for telehealth and walk-in clinics
As patient engagement takes new forms and value-based healthcare solutions are getting popular among patients, healthcare preferences of millennials show a sharp difference from Generation Xers and baby boomers. This will undoubtedly redefine healthcare industry in the future.
Average age of Patients undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery has declined
A study was presented at the annual meeting held at American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeon revealed that average age of patients undergoing hip replacement surgeries has decreased from 66 to 65 years
Surgeon General advises Americans to carry overdose antidote to combat Opioid crisis
An opioid crisis has rapidly spread across America since the 1990s. An opioid crisis is a rapid increase in the use of opioid drugs, which has claimed many lives. To combat this crisis U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams urged Americans to carry naloxone, which is an overdose antidote as it would save many lives.