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Health Care Down on Flight From Risky Niches - Health Care Roundup
Health-care companies fell as traders retreated from risky niches such as biotechnology and obesity-drug makers. A study found that people who eat multiple daily servings of ultraprocessed foods like chips and doughnuts have a higher risk of heart…
A $5 million prize awaits proof that quantum computers can solve health care problems
There are two prize categories. A prize of $2 million will go to any and all teams that can run a significantly useful health care algorithm on computers with 50 or more qubits (a qubit is the basic processing unit in a quantum computer). To win…
Corporate hospitals are driving up healthcare costs for the rest of us
In New York, the UFCW Local 1500 Welfare Fund, which provides health benefits to thousands of grocery workers and their families, sued NewYork Presbyterian Hospital under federal antitrust law. The complaint alleges that the hospital system used…
Senate Democrats lay groundwork for healthcare reforms with trifecta
Healthcare costs are a top-of-mind issue for voters heading into both the 2026 midterm elections and the presidential election in 2028. Wyden, as the leading Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over private health…
How Healthcare Marketers Can Navigate Immense Data
This post was created in partnership with PulsePoint For healthcare marketers, can too much data be a bad thing? And what are the best practices for navigating privacy regulations? During an ADWEEK House Austin panel co-hosted with PulsePoint…
Maine's health care 'mess' is a focus of the crowded race to replace Janet Mills
Pharmacy deserts. Rising costs. Workforce shortages and funding gaps. Uncertainty from Washington. And a host of challenges facing health care providers across the state with the country's oldest population. Maine's health care system and the…
Molina Healthcare Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of Molina Healthcare Inc. MOH rose 3.24% to $148.63 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.36% to 6,624.70 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling…
Oz says California's not fighting health care fraud, but data shows it's part of a larger battle
For weeks, Mehmet Oz has been waging a public feud with California leaders over health care fraud, accusing the blue state of failing to adequately combat such abuse. Oz, who heads the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, alleged that…
Health care advocates say FSSA's proposed drug program change will erode Indiana's safety net
Indiana wants to discontinue Medicaid reimbursement for drugs purchased under a federal program designed to help hospitals afford to care for low-income patients. Why it matters: The move will save the state money on Medicaid's rising costs, but…
Bayada Home Health Care launches program to help tackle nursing shortage
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A hands-on training simulator lab can be found inside the Bayada Home Health Care office in Williamsport. The simulator is used to train those who are interested in becoming a home health aid. Bayada is a nonprofit home…
Oz Says California's Not Fighting Health Care Fraud, but Data Shows It's Part of a Larger Battle
This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. It can be republished for free. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For weeks, Mehmet Oz has been waging a public feud with California leaders over health care fraud, accusing the blue state of failing to…
Sunway Healthcare surges in first trading day, with hospital demand set to rise in a wealthier and older Malaysia
Sunway Healthcare shares rose 28% in their first day of trading, following the company's 2.9 billion ringgit ($732 million) IPO, the country's largest in nearly a decade. Shares of the Kuala Lumpur-based hospital operator, previously the healthcare…
Independent candidate for governor announces health care plans
'Maine is facing an affordability crisis' | Independent candidate for governor announces health care plans Rick Bennett announces four-part plan to make health care more affordable REALLY BUSY BUT IT'S BEEN GOOD' FOR MAINES TOTAL COVERAGE IM CATE…
Dollars & Sense: Retailers rethink healthcare after a string of failures
ORLANDO, Fla. – Let's start with Walmart. A few years ago, the retail giant found itself in an unusual position: retreating from a major healthcare bet. Despite its resources, clout, and name recognition, Walmart threw in the towel on a…
Anchorage Doctor Sentenced to 6.5 Years Over $12.5M Healthcare Fraud
An Anchorage doctor was sentenced yesterday to six and a half years in prison and three years of supervised release for executing a $12.5 million healthcare fraud scheme and evading over $4 million in taxes on the profits of that 15-year scheme.
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