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Health Care Flat Amid Mixed Earnings - Health Care Roundup
Health-care companies were more or less flat amid mixed earnings. Drug wholesaler Cardinal Health had a mixed fiscal fourth quarter with a drop in sales for medical products, which includes hardware and technology, offsetting higher pharmaceutical…
Skillfully Adding AI To The HHS Pledge On Advancing Best Practices For National Mental Health Care
HHS released a pledge on the future of mental health care, which I've opted to add AI as an integral element. In today's column, I examine the recently announced national pledge by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on advancing…
Why Edge AI Is Becoming Healthcare's Next Infrastructure Layer
Renu Navale is vice president of edge AI at Intel. A patient monitoring system, an ultrasound unit, an endoscopy device: each is a complex piece of technology, and each is also an edge device by definition, since it collects data at the point of…
Healthcare has enough front doors-it needs fewer dead ends
Healthcare has spent the last decade building front doors. There are digital front doors for health systems, telehealth platforms for urgent needs, benefit portals for covered services, online price transparency tools, pharmacy apps, manufacturer…
Trump administration bans Medicaid for gender identity healthcare
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- On Tuesday, the Trump administration finalized rule changes that ban the use of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program funds for gender identity healthcare for children. The new rule, the administration's latest move to…
Olba Healthcare Holdings FY Net Y1.11B Vs Net Y1.43B
Olba Healthcare Holdings Inc. (2689.TO) Japan Year Ended June 30 GROUP 2026 2025 Revenue Y126.60 bln Y122.70 bln Operating Profit Y1.68 bln Y1.98 bln Pretax Profit Y1.66 bln Y1.96 bln Net Profit Y1.11 bln Y1.43 bln Per share Earnings Y187.67…
Framework for advance review of major healthcare changes
43ccaf2f-f794-4dff-bffb-983447ca638b Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health (File photograph by Blaire Simmons) A planned framework would allow the Government to review how changes to Bermuda's healthcare may impact patients, access to care, costs or…
Editorial: Finding a way out of Oregon's unhealthy healthcare loop
Published 10:00 am Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Healthcare in Oregon is caught in an unhealthy loop. The Oregon Health Plan, Medicaid, and Medicare don't pay the full cost of the care they provide. That shifts costs to the private insurance market.
For refugees to the US, discrimination can make healthcare harder to get
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Newly arrived refugees resettling in the United States face ending one long journey and embarking on another as…
Better Healthcare ETF: State Street's Pharmaceuticals-Focused XPH vs. Invesco's S&P 500-Targeted RSPH
The State Street SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF (XPH -0.01%) and the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RSPH -0.11%) offer distinct approaches to the healthcare sector, differing in industry focus, weighting methodology, and recent total…
Inside a $7 billion Silicon Valley startup's mad dash to automate the business of health care
Commure, a $7 billion technology company that uses AI to automate administrative tasks in health care, offers thousands of dollars of compensation to customers and other parties willing to refer its products to new business prospects, internal…
Editorial: As healthcare subsidies disappear, La. hospitals, families suffer
We can't say we're surprised at the latest numbers showing healthcare coverage for Louisiana families cratering after Affordable Care Act subsidies were not renewed by Congress late last year. During the budget fight, we warned that our state…
Treasure Coast Hospice Launches New Website to Make Hospice Referrals Easier for Families and Healthcare Providers
'One of our greatest responsibilities is making sure patients and families can access the care and support they need without unnecessary obstacles,' said Treasure Coast Hospice CEO Jackie Kendrick, CHPCA. 'This new website is another way we are…
For refugees to the US, discrimination can make healthcare harder to get
Newly arrived refugees resettling in the United States face ending one long journey and embarking on another as they begin their new life here. But even after years of displacement, people who came to the U.S. as refugees still face significant…
Fidelity Says Retirement Health Care Costs $172,500 Per Person. Medicare Won't Pay It. These 3 ETFs Will
Fidelity's latest retirement study puts a hard number on something most planners often underestimate: $172,500 per person for health care in retirement, starting at age 65. Medicare covers a lot, but not everything. The standard Part B premium runs…
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