Please listen to the article 4 minutes This audio is automatically generated. Please let us know if you have any feedback. Diving briefs: UnitedHealth is being sued by a group of shareholders who allegedly obfuscated how the killing of Brian Thompson, CEO of Healthcare Juggernaut's insurance division, affected the business by hiding its corporate strategy to deny health care. As a result, shareholders suffered from the outcome, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Manhattan Federal Court, seeking the status of the class action. The lawsuit seeks damages from UnitedHealth shareholders who purchased the shares between December 2024 and April…
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Increased involvement in virtual and remote care, as well as health equity and well-being, has enabled many consumers to seek more customized products and solutions. Despite poses major challenges for healthcare, the Covid-19 pandemic has also revealed a major opportunity. Deloitte practitioners can continue to innovate with you and work with customers, working with you to create comprehensive and competitive solutions, balancing patient demand, market potential and policy compliance. This collaboration is redefineing the health ecosystem. Convergence of healthcare players across life sciences, technology, consumers, insurance and more requires interoperable data and open platforms, which ultimately optimize efficiency, reduce overall…
Since 1998, Scott Law's vision for Zotec Partners, his founder and CEO, is simple: “turning medical encounters into cash.” In a often confused healthcare technology environment, this simplicity is exhilarating, even when missions become more complicated due to increased consumer engagement at the expense of insurers. For veterans of medical claims like the law, this poses both challenges and opportunities. “Consumers do what consumers do, they complain, want discounts, they want to be active members of healthcare. As a man in charge of money, it can present a headache, but the law also says that the most exciting part of…
At a key milestone, the VA Augusta Healthcare System has achieved a gold seal of recognition from the Joint Committee, highlighting its exceptional commitment to patient care. This respected recognition was awarded following an intensive site survey to verify the system's compliance with the highest standards of healthcare.”Being accredited by the Joint Committee is a deep review of the pursuit of exceptional excellence,” said Oscar G. Rodriguez, executive director of the VA Augusta Healthcare System. Rodriguez's pride in achieving was evident as he spoke of the dedication and hard work that the entire team demonstrated. “Every day, our team answers…
LAFAYETTE, La., May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Viemed Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company” or “Viemed”) (NASDAQ:VMD), a national leader in respiratory care and technology-enabled home medical equipment services, announced today that it has reported its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and updated guidance for the full year ending December 31, 2025. Operational highlights (all dollar amounts are USD): Net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 were $59.1 million, representing an increase of $8.5 million, or 17%, over net revenues reported for the comparable quarter ended March 31, 2024. Net income attributable to Viemed…
No nurse who declines to aid in assisted dying procedures will be at risk of “any detriment” to their careers under a new amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, the MP behind the draft legislation has claimed. Kim Leadbeater, MP for Spen Valley, announced earlier this week that she would be proposing to extend the “opt-out” provisions in her bill for healthcare workers who work in settings where assisted dying may take place. “Nobody will be at risk of any detriment to their careers if, for any reason at all, they chose not to take part”…
AI-enabled clinical data abstraction company CARTA Healthcare won $18.25 million in Series B1 Finance, led by UPMC Enterprises. New Investors MemorialCare Innovation Fund, Tampa General Hospital Ventures and Rex Health Ventures (UNC Health's Investment Fund) participated in the round alongside existing investors Memorial Hermann Health System, Paramark Venture, Storm Venture, Mass General Brigham Venture, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund and Flyst Cressy Ventures. What it does CARTA Healthcare provides an AI-powered data abstraction platform for structured and unstructured data with analytics, in order for clinical teams to generate insights to find patients in clinical trials, improve efficiency, and automate registry data…
As the country prepares for the 80-year milestone of Victory in Europe Day, Bidfood, one of the UK’s leading wholesalers, has revealed how care homes can include all of their residents in the celebrations by hosting a VE Day party at Anchor’s Moore Place Care Home. Taking inspiration from the ingenuity and perseverance of wartime rationing and economic constraints, Bidfood’s Healthcare Culinary Development Chefs brought a series of recipes to life from their guide, ‘Swinging it back to the 40s’. Approximately half a million people live in care homes in the UK[1], each living with specialised dietary requirements and health…
When Dr. Alexander Salerno and his staff greet patients at his practice locations in northern New Jersey and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, they continue the legacy of three generations of caring community care families. In fact, his roots in Nirvana Healthcare Management Services (NHMS) return to both his parents' Newark-based medical practices in the 1950s. “I grew up accompanying them on patient rounds and house calls, which instilled me with incredible respect for a patient-centered approach to providing healthcare that would serve the low-income people in the community we lived in,” he recalls. “Like my parents, I strongly believe that…
The conviction of a former nurse for the murders of four older patients is being put before the Court of Appeal due to the emergence of new expert evidence. Colin Campbell, formerly known as Colin Norris, has begun his appeal case almost two decades after he was found guilty of murdering four women and attempting to murder a fifth by injecting them with insulin. All five women were older inpatients on orthopaedic wards in Leeds where Campbell worked as a nurse. Each died after developing severe, unexplained hypoglycaemia. A five-month trial, which concluded in 2008, saw Campbell convicted of murdering…