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Study: Nearly $1 trillion wasted in U.S. healthcare annually

October 10, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

About 25% of U.S. healthcare spending — between $760 billion and $935 billion annually — is wasted, according to a new report published today. Researchers from Humana (NYSE:HUM) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine searched medical literature from January 2012 to May 2019, looking for waste and savings opportunities in six domains of […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Healthcare Reform Tagged With: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Humana, Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA), University of Pittsburgh

Humana sues Abbott’s St. Jude Medical over CRM batteries

July 29, 2019 By Brad Perriello

Humana (NYSE:HUM) leveled a lawsuit against Abbott (NYSE:ABT) subsidiary St. Jude Medical seeking to recoup payments it made for cardiac rhythm management devices that were later recalled due to a battery issue. In October 2016 St. Jude publicly revealed the risk that the lithium-based batteries used in its implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy […]

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Featured, Legal News, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Abbott, Cardiac Rhythm Management, Humana, stjudemedical

NeoTract’s UroLift system gains expanded insurance coverage

February 15, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) subsidiary NeoTract said that two more health insurers have agreed to offer coverage for the company’s UroLift system or patients with an enlarged prostate. The Wayne, Penn.-based subsidiary of Teleflex said that major U.S. insurer Humana and the Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans (MPI), administered by Anthem Blue Cross, have added UroLift to its […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Implants, News Well, Urology Tagged With: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, NeoTract, Teleflex

Fitbit unveils array of new apps from health partners

May 7, 2018 By Sarah Faulkner

Fitbit (NYSE:FIT) revealed today a suite of new apps and clock faces designed to help people manage their health, including a glucose monitoring app from Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) that is slated to launch in the second half of 2018. The Las Vegas-based company also announced programming from Diplomat Pharmacy, Humana (NYSE:HUM), One Drop and Walgreens. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug […]

Filed Under: Patient Monitoring, Software / IT, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Dexcom, Fitbit, Humana, One Drop

Humana says U.S. government proposal would cut funding by up to 1.75 pct

February 23, 2015 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

Humana says U.S. government proposal would cut funding by up to 1.75 pct

(Reuters) – Humana Inc said on Monday that the U.S. government’s proposed payments to insurers that sell Medicare Advantage health plans would mean a 1.25 percent to 1.75 percent cut for the managed care company in 2016.

That is a steeper drop than the 0.95 percent figure the government proposed for the industry on Friday, but was still within expectations, analysts said, and Humana shares rose nearly 5 percent.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Humana

Stryker suit alleges that DePuy helped sales reps defect from company | Medtech legal news for the week of June 9, 2014

June 9, 2014 By MassDevice

Stryker accuses DePuy of raiding California sales team

June 3, 2014 by Brad Perriello

Stryker: DePuy raided ortho sales team

Filed Under: Legal News, News Well Tagged With: ArthroCare Corp., depuysynthes, Humana, Johnson and Johnson, Legal Roundup, Spinal Kinetics, Stryker, U.S. Justice Dept. (DOJ)

Humana levels racketeering lawsuit against Medtronic over Infuse bone graft

June 2, 2014 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Humana levels racketeering lawsuit against Medtronic over Infuse bone graft

UPDATED June 2, 2014, with comment from Medtronic.

Filed Under: Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Clinical Trials, Humana, Resorbable bone materials

Uroplasty lands expanded reimbursement for overactive bladder treatment system

December 5, 2013 By Chris Walker Leave a Comment

Uroplasty updates reimbursement coverage

Uroplasty (NSDQ:UPI) said it expects over 140 million people to receive percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation to treat overactive bladder using its Urgent PC device, thanks in part to coverage expansion from major insurers.

Filed Under: News Well, Urology Tagged With: HCSC, Humana, Minnesota, Uroplasty Inc.

Uroplasty jumps on reimbursement win from Humana

October 29, 2013 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Uroplasty scores reimbursement win from Humana

Uroplasty (NSDQ:UPI) said health insurance giant Humana (NYSE:HUM) will initiate reimbursement for its Urgent PC device for treating overactive bladder.

The news sent UPI shares up 8.2% to $3.30 apiece as of about 9:50 a.m. today.

Filed Under: News Well, Urology Tagged With: Humana, Uroplasty Inc.

Abiomed lands reimbursement expansion for Impella heart pump

March 11, 2013 By Sony Salzman Leave a Comment

Abiomed

Abiomed (NSDQ:ABMD) won expanded reimbursement for its flagship Impella heart pump from 4 private and Medicare Advantage insurers, including 1 of the largest names in the industry.

Humana, UnitedHealthcare Medicare Risk, Independence Blue Cross and Capital Blue Cross. The expanded coverage at the private or Medicare Advantage plans includes new Impella policies.

Filed Under: News Well, Structural Heart Tagged With: Abiomed, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, UnitedHealth Group

Gingrich: GOP’s Medicare plan is “right-wing social engineering”

May 16, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Newt Gingrich

Conservative icon Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the U.S. House who’s mounting a run at the White House, lambasted a Republican plan to overhaul Medicare over the weekend, calling it "right-wing social engineering.”

Gingrich also voiced his support for the controversial lynch-pin of President Barack Obama’s landmark health care reform law, the so-called individual mandate, which is the object of a slew of constitutional challenges in courts around the country.

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform, Legal News, Medicare, News Well Tagged With: Aetna, Cigna, Coventry Health Care Inc., Humana, UnitedHealth Group, WellPoint

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