Providers can now request Uber rides for patients: 6 notes
(By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review) Uber Health and ambulance services provider Ambulnz teamed up to enable healthcare providers
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BCBS plans launch food delivery service in Chicago, Dallas
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Health Care Service Corp. and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute launched a food delivery
Read MoreUnitedHealth updates opioid policy
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealthcare, the health insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, changed its policy for opioids used to
Read MoreDrug prices in TV commercials coming soon
Johnson & Johnson announced they will start giving the list price of its prescription drugs in television ads. The company’s
Read MoreLyft expands partnership with Medicare plans
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Ride-sharing company Lyft will expand its nonemergency medical transportation services for Medicare Advantage members. Four
Read MoreNew voices at patients’ bedsides: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Apple
(By Casey Ross for STAT) At first it was a novelty: Hospitals began using voice assistants to allow patients to
Read MorePremier has pledged to attack hospital drug shortages
Premier, healthcare management company, has created a new subsidiary to focus exclusively on drugs that are perpetually in shortage. ProvideGX
Read MoreAstraZeneca strikes pay-for-performance deal with UPMC Health Plan
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) AstraZeneca has agreed to a pay-for-performance deal with UPMC Health Plan, according to STAT.
Read MoreNearly half of adults don’t know what ‘Medicare for All’ is, NORC survey finds
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Almost half — 46 percent — of adults aren’t familiar with “Medicare for
Read MoreCommunity Hospitals Link Arms With Prestigious Facilities To Raise Their Profiles
(By Sandra G. Boodman for Kaiser Health News) After seven years of a vigorous fight, Jim Hart worried he was
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