Kaiser Permanente, Renown Health unveil insurance, outpatient JV
Integrated nonprofit health systems Kaiser Permanente and Renown Health have announced a joint venture giving the former an entry into...
Omada touts strong results of GLP-1 companion program
Despite the hype about weight loss drugs known as GLP-1s, serious questions have remained about their efficacy when patients wean...
CVS hit with lawsuit over dropping Zepbound from formulary
A new class action lawsuit alleges that CVS Caremark unlawfully changed their coverage for popular GLP-1 drug Zepbound. Earlier this...
Elevance stock dips with plans to exit standalone Part D, some Medicare Advantage markets
Elevance Health’s shares took a dip on Thursday as the company reaffirmed its outlook for 2025 and revealed plans to...
UPMC flips operations from $313M loss to $349M gain in H1 2025
The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (UPMC) continues to flip last year’s losses, reporting this week a $348.6 million operating...
Medicare ACOs saved $2.4B in 2024, setting a new program record
Accountable care organizations saved Medicare $2.4 billion last year, according to new federal data. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Google unveils AI health coach for Fitbit—Health Tech Roundup
Fitbit app gets AI upgrade with personal health coach As fitness trackers get artificial intelligence updates, Google developed an AI-powered...
Unite Us CEO Dan Brillman top contender for Medicaid director
Speculation has been swirling about who might take the top Medicaid job in the Trump administration. Among the top contenders:...
Immigration raids push patients into telehealth
Jacob Sweidan has seen his patients through the federal immigration raids of the 1990s, a sitting governor’s call to abolish...
Oscar Health builds AI ‘superagent,’ experiments with GPT-5
Oscar Health has created an artificial intelligence “superagent” by leveraging the impact of large language models (LLMs), the company announced...
