Health and wellness

For healthcare payers, the answer depends on more than just saving money—optimizing health should be the basis for adoption.

The company's Fitbit Inspire and Inspire HR are geared toward helping insurers and employers provide health services.

Telehealth acquisition, expansion into electronic medical records and hospital supply chain disruption are contributing factors, one industry insider says.

CVS Health has a new health program perk for its customers, thanks to a collaboration between its recently acquired insurer and Apple.

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 insurer plans to offer its Fitbit/wearables-powered health program to more than a million employees of Canadian companies that use its group benefits,

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.

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.

CVS Health and Aetna received conditional approval to proceed with their proposed $68 billion merger, one of the largest in a series of recent deals in the U.S.

Hackers accessed information systems at Toyota Industries North America, compromising personal and protected health information.

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.

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 insurer’s Blue365 program aims to motivate its 60 million members with the fitness tracker/smartwatch.