Beyond his company, James Batchelor (or James Batchelor MBE, as we should now call him!) tirelessly campaigns to alleviate loneliness and isolation among older people, mentors socially focused ...

Zava has operated in Europe since 2011, preceding Hims by six years. It is a private company, corporately Health Bridge Limited, registered with Companies House in London, and the UK company was ...

After this Editor’s call for breaking up UnitedHealth Group –two more views, for your consideration (as Rod Serling used to say before we entered ‘The Twilight Zone’).

VA moving forward with the 2026 Oracle Cerner rollout of (lucky?) 13 centers. In March, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that the EHR Modernization (EHRM) for 2026 would be expanded ...

Transcarent closes Accolade buy, changes its game. Transcarent’s $621 million acquisition of Accolade was wrapped up in record time (two months from announcement). This takes the Nasdaq-listed ...

A company most have never heard of is snapping up provider networks, health plans, and management services. Astrana Health, a Southern California-based value-based care (VBC) company formerly known as ...

In news other than Walgreens and Optum/Change Healthcare–with more to come out of HIMSS in Orlando this week… The DOD/VA Cerner EHR went live on Saturday 9 March in the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal ...

VillageMD to cut six locations in the Chicago area–five standalone, one attached to a Walgreens store. The clinics will close on 19 April. The irony is that VillageMD is headquartered in Chicago. In ...

Shoe drop! The long-anticipated Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group and Optum to prevent the acquisition of home health and hospice operator Amedisys was filed yesterday (12 ...

Omada Health plans exit into the public markets. Omada, which has virtual health diabetes and hypertension management programs, reportedly filed an S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ...

Teladoc formally responds to the Blue Orca Capital research report [TTA 25 Feb]. Their letter (PDF) via its legal counsel (King & Spalding) yesterday refutes Blue Orca’s allegations in a report on ...

Anne Wojcicki still wants her 23andMe. This time, she is requesting that the auction be reopened for more bids–hers, along with a new backer. The unnamed “Fortune 500 company with a current market ...