Susanna Vogel

Executives from Amazon, Walgreens, Blue Shield of California and PhRMA weighed in on how to fix the much scrutinized pharmacy benefit manager model during HLTH 2024.

Executives from Amazon, Walgreens, Blue Shield of California and PhRMA weighed in on how to fix the much-scrutinized pharmacy benefit manager model during HLTH 2024.

Payers currently have a leg up when using AI to review claims, but providers could soon catch up, experts say.

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Google, Microsoft and GE Healthcare say they’ll power the next wave of AI advancement. But executives are split on how to offer the tools to providers responsibly — and whether all clinicians are equally ready for them.

Google, Microsoft and GE Healthcare say they'll power the next wave of AI advancement. But executives are split on how to offer the tools to providers — and whether all clinicians are equally ready.

HCA affirmed its full year guidance, but executives said the ongoing impact of the storms would likely cause the operator to come in “on the lower half" of its range.

Despite beating estimates for revenue, the health system lowered the upper end of its full year revenue outlook. Analysts said the revision was due in part to the sale of some hospitals.

The lawsuit argues Prospect broke the terms of its agreement to purchase Pennsylvania system Crozer Health and seeks to stop the hospital operator from closing more facilities.

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