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Flu Vaccines Are a Go

Pharmacy Times

Votes are cast and recommendations made, none of which bind the CDC or the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), though it is rare for the CDC not to follow ACIP’s recommendations. 2 Recently, all 17 members of the existing ACIP committee were removed by the HHS Secretary Robert F.

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STAT+: UnitedHealth continues making stealthy deals, pushing deeper into medical care as scrutiny mounts

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UnitedHealth Group, the largest health care company in the U.S.,   The sprawling conglomerate — which owns a major health insurance company, physician practices, a pharmacy benefit manager, and numerous other firms — acquired or created more than 250 subsidiaries in 2024.

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Healthcare Business Intelligence (BI): Comprehensive Guide

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Health insurance providers Health insurance companies can use business intelligence to analyze claims, detect fraud, and even conduct risk analysis. All of this can improve the companies’ performance, making the processes of reviewing and approving claims much faster and more efficient.

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NCPA Laments SCOTUS Decision to Punt on Oklahoma PBM Reform

Pharmacy Times

PCMA unanimous Supreme Court decision in 2020, which allowed states to regulate PBMs, the big health insurance companies and their PBM lobby have been barnstorming the country putting up one legal challenge after another.

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STAT+: Health insurers’ rapid adoption of AI tools is outpacing regulators’ ability to keep watch

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Inside the nation’s largest health insurance companies, artificial intelligence is taking off like a rocket. Elevance, which covers about 110 million people, has rolled out a generative AI model to 50,000 employees.

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STAT+: The Covid-19 test maker that pivoted to being a health insurance company

STAT

But that business is now firmly in the past, and the company has switched to an even more regulated industry: health insurance. Curative rose to prominence during the throes of the pandemic, as people and governments across the country used its Covid-19 tests. Last year, Curative had a cloud hanging over its head.

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How health insurers are using AI today

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Y ou’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences.  How insurers use AI Executives of the nation’s largest health insurance companies regularly highlight their use of AI tools in earnings calls and meetings with investors.