Payers are pursuing new directions in taking care of members, putting a premium on how they use analytics to identify risks that can be mitigated.

Jordan Bazinsky of Cotiviti says the need to inherently trust information is essential to gain trustworthy insights.

Cigna Ventures is leading a $23 million investment in GNS Healthcare, a specialized artificial intelligence company.

The improvements insurers are seeking in terms of data-driven decision making can’t be denied.

Trupo is now providing accident, dental, specified disease and cancer insurance to gig workers.

The health insurer and the Atlanta University Center Consortium—the oldest and largest consortium of historically black colleges and universities—are partnering to help students become data analytics experts.

Blue Shield of California and Solera Health have teamed up to offer a new free digital therapeutics program to members.

Job postings for AI workers increased by nearly 30 percent in the past 12 months, making these professionals among the most sought after.

NCCI research points to automation, robotics, and continued advances in safety as contributing factors to a decrease in claims frequency. However, severity is up -- and wearables could help.

Software developers continue to be the most sought-after IT workers, as the unemployment rate for technology occupations in the United States fell to a 20-year low of 1.3 percent in May.

Humana is collaborating with electronic health records vendor Epic as both entities seek to bring together patients, providers and insurers to advance value-based care.

Company executives discussed deployment of Kinetic wearable device at Dig | In.

Blue Shield of California and Landmark, an in-home senior care company, are using data analytics to drive care for the health plan’s most vulnerable population.

The Deloitte Foundation Cyber Threat Competition is helping to introduce more college-age students to career opportunities and skills demands in the cybersecurity field.

Health plans now gather and report data for quality reporting, claims reporting and to conduct risk adjustment analysis, but typically these various data collections occur separately, are sometimes duplicative and are uncoordinated, say Deloitte experts. But that will soon all change.

IBM has awarded Blue Cross of Idaho the 2019 IBM Watson Health Advantage Award for its use of data analytics to improve outcomes and lower costs in episodes of care.

Health insurer Gateway Health has teamed with mobile app vendor WEconnect Health Management to give Pennsylvania plan members ongoing help with recovery from substance abuse.

Telemedicine is on the rise, nearly tripling in use over the past two years, according to Rochester, N.Y.-based Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.

Policyholders generally are dissatisfied with the apps that their insurers are providing, according to a new study by J.D. Power.

Software and application developers continue to be the most in-demand tech talent sought by employers, as the nation saw unemployment numbers drop to its lowest point in half a century last month.