Monday Morning Update 12/1/25
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Best Buy’s CFO says in the company’s Q3 earnings call that it record a $192 million asset impairment charge for exiting Best Buy Health, which it says was caused by pressure in…
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ŌURA and Cigna Healthcare Partner to Redefine Preventive Health and Chronic Disease Management
What You Should Know:
– ŌURA and Cigna Healthcare have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at integrating continuous biometric insights with expertise in preventive care and chronic disease management.
– The partnership builds upon ŌURA’s earlier…
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News 10/31/25
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CVS Health reports Q3 results: revenue up 7.8%, adjusted EPS $1.60 versus $1.09, beating analyst expectations for both.
The company took a $5.7 billion impairment charge for its Oak Street Health…
Why Value-Based Care Fails to Reward LTPAC Providers Today
Eugene Gonsiorek, PhD, VP of Clinical Regulatory Standards at PointClickCare
The chorus of voices singing the praises of value-based care is growing ever louder. But in LTPAC, it still feels like the system’s asking providers…
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Monday Morning Update 10/27/25
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Humana and Providence launch a scalable data exchange collaboration that will use HL7 FHIR standards and modern APIs to reduce administrative burden, enhance interoperability, and support value-based care.
The payer-provider collaboration’s…
Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 10/20/25
It’s open enrollment season for Medicare. Patients and their family members inundate physicians with questions about whether they should switch plans.
Most outpatient office visits are too short to have a meaningful conversation about…
Healthcare AI News 10/15/25
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Google backtracks on an internal health policy that required employees to allow a third-party AI tool from startup Nayya review their personal data when enrolling in health benefits. Nayya’s tool asks health and lifestyle…
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Medicare’s Shocking $1.9B Back Surgery Waste
The Alarming Scale of Unnecessary Spine Surgeries
A groundbreaking analysis by the Lown Institute has revealed a disturbing trend in American healthcare: hospitals performed over 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries on older adults over a three-year…
Medicare Advantage Hospitals Nationwide End Plan Contracts
Understanding the Medicare Advantage Exodus
A significant shift Hospitals is reshaping the American healthcare landscape as 29 health systems across the United States have severed ties with Medicare Advantage plans throughout 2024 and 2025. This…
Modernizing Medicare Advantage Translations: How AI Streamlines Compliance for Health Payers
Patrick Kehoe, Executive Vice President of Product Management, Messagepoint, Inc.
For healthcare payers offering Medicare Advantage and Dual Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs), the translation of member-facing materials is a costly, complex and high-stakes process. Translation…
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