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The National Institutes of Health and Fitbit are encouraging users of the activity technology to supply data to find linkages between health and personal activity data

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York is sharing claims data via HEALTHeLINK, the region’s health information exchange, to help providers improve care.

Aetna has signed on to the Synaptic Health Alliance, a group started by Humana and four other insurers earlier this year and which is also adding hospitals.

The Trump administration plans to allow states to direct billions of dollars of Obamacare subsidies to health plans that don’t meet the law’s requirements.

Health insurer Cigna is launching a mobile app to connect members to its Healthy Pregnancies and Healthy Babies prenatal program.

Roy Beveridge, MD, chief medical officer at Humana, contends that the insurer has made great strides in leveraging data to get ahead in value-based care.

Insurers in the line of business are innovating in many areas including quoting, servicing, claims, and the overall customer experience.

Healthcare insurance giant plans to an integrated EHR for its 50 million fully benefited members leveraging Rally, its health and wellness platform.

Telemedicine is an effective option for patients who have trouble getting to the doctor’s office, but complex state laws make it difficult to provide service to everyone.

The wearables company has created the platform for health insurers, employers and healthcare delivery systems.

Independence Blue Cross is alerting nearly 17,000 members after an employee put protected health information on to a public-facing website.

The program provides ongoing digital support to prevent the onset of the chronic condition.

Investment focus areas will include analytics, digital health, as well as care delivery and management.

The consumerization of healthcare establishes an environment where shopping for insurance should be similar to an online retail experience.

Health insurers are joining the ranks of providers and vendors adopting HL7’s emerging Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard for sharing information.

Jack Stoddard, a longtime healthcare executive, has been named as COO of the healthcare initiative.

Studio H in Boston will be staffed by as many as 250 employees to develop new products and services.

The goal is to avoid traditional time-consuming tasks of communicating via fax, mail, email, courier and web portals, while reducing costs and speeding processes.

Progress toward a value-based care reimbursement system is slow, with clinicians hampered by a lack of information technology that could help them, according to a new survey of healthcare executives.

The move could reignite speculation that the two companies will forge a closer partnership.