Health insurance

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

Other Alphabet units including life-sciences arm Verily had previously invested in the digital health insurer,

Like all other insurers, health payers can reap the rewards of digital transformation and emerging technologies.

Companies reviving the model say that new technology and better customer service will help avoid the mistakes of the past.

The Trump administration is preparing a regulation that would allow the resumption of billions of dollars in payments to health insurers in Obamacare.

Action by CMS could drive up premiums, force companies to stop offering coverage to needy consumers.

The still-unnamed business will initially seek to develop ways to improve care for the more than 1 million individuals who get health insurance from the three firms.

Selection of Atul Gawande, MD, to lead the new healthcare firm will advance innovation and change, says AHIP’s Matt Eyles.

Atul Gawande, MD, who has written extensively about the U.S. failure to grapple with healthcare spending, will lead the new initiative.

Payers frequently tell providers that they don’t support certain HIPAA transactions, contends Robert Tennant.