A ‘Game of Thrones’ analogy to potential health insurer mergers
The Wall Street Journal has likened the merger action pending among America’s largest insurers to the series ‘Game of Thrones’, said thrones occupied by Aetna, Cigna, Humana, UnitedHealthcare and...
View ArticleCare Innovations goes East–down home to Kentucky
Intel and GE’s joint venture, Care Innovations, is opening an IT and product development center in Louisville KY’s Norton Commons live/work community. According to reports, the 10-person office was...
View ArticleDOJ sues to derail Aetna-Humana, Anthem-Cigna mergers on anti-trust grounds...
Breaking News. The anticipated shoe has dropped. With all the US news concentrating on the Republican convention, the US Department of Justice, late today, without much fanfare beyond the presser,...
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Fitbit, Qualcomm Life get in step with UnitedHealthcare’s Motion
click to enlargeAnother step towards maturity in the fitness tracker and employee wellness business? Today’s news out of CES was the announcement by Qualcomm Life and UnitedHealthcare to expand the...
View ArticleDisrupting the pathways of Social Determinants of Health: the transportation...
Guest Editor Sarianne Gruber (@subtleimpact) and MovedbyMetrics examines one aspect of social determinants of health, transportation. Social factors have been called the missing links in population...
View ArticleCigna’s $69 million acquisition of Express Scripts clears US Department of...
As reported on 8 Sept, the DOJ announced on Monday that they have formally cleared the Cigna acquisition of pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts. This puts together a major payer with a PBM...
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