Optum, a diversified health services company, and LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG), a national patient-focused provider of high-quality in-home health care services, have agreed to combine to further strengthen their shared ability to advance value-based care, especially in the comfort of a patient’s own home. The agreement calls for the acquisition of LHC Group’s outstanding common stock for $170 per share. The combination of LHC Group with Optum Health, which works with over 1

Abu Dhabi-based VPS Healthcare, a leading UAE healthcare group, is preparing to expand boldly into new global markets, introducing the same personalised care and expertise to patients that has elevated healthcare in the UAE, the company announced ahead of the World Government Summit taking place at Dubai Exhibition Centre at Dubai Expo between March 28-30. Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil, Chairman and Managing Director, VPS Healthcare, said: “We are extremely proud of our contributions

Aventyn, an intelligent digital therapeutics company, has partnered with 8chili, Inc., a San Francisco-based deep tech company that is building the underlying infrastructure for metaverse content creation and distribution. Heart failure patients are frequently hospitalized and have a high mortality rate and account for over one million hospital admissions yearly in the U.S. It is associated with a two-year mortality rate of up to 40% to 50%.[1] To improve health outcomes, and engage

Qbtech and The AHSN Network received the Health Service Journal award for Best Mental Health Partnership for QbTest, an objective assessment used in ADHD diagnosis. The award comes after The AHSN Network’s ongoing support of the digital innovation that has prompted nearly 57,000 people between the ages of 6 and 18 to receive objective ADHD testing from the National Health Service in the UK. QbTest, which speeds up the time to diagnosis, has improved patient experience and save

Endoluxe is proud to introduce the med-tech industry’s first high-definition, wireless endoscopic camera with TowerTech™. TowerTech™ provides the complete functionality of legacy endoscopy video platforms all built into the camera head. Typical legacy endoscopic platforms require a bulky, wheeled base tower, camera head, camera processor, light source, bulky light cable, recorder, monitor, and a hazard-prone cable from the camera to the monitor. With Endoluxe Tower

Nomi Health, the direct healthcare company rewiring how care is paid for and delivered, today announced it will continue to welcome and serve uninsured Americans with no out-of-pocket cost COVID-19 testing at its locations nationwide, despite the ending of federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Uninsured Program funding. The federal government abruptly ended support for the program on March 22, 2022, with no contingency for the 30 million vulnerable uninsured Americans, d

The UNITE Global Parliamentarians Network to End Infectious Diseases and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) signed a memorandum of understanding this week that their joint work describes for 2022. With the progress of the international pandemic treaty still stalling among several countries, it is more important than ever that governments and civil society organizations pursuing change engage in combating communicable diseases and preparing to prevent and respond to new pandemics.

Blue Note Therapeutics today announced that new data from a health economic study of anxiety and depression in Medicare patients living with cancer will be shared at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 2022 Annual Conference. The data will be shared during the virtual poster session March 31 to April 2. The study looked at the incremental healthcare costs of anxiety and depression in cancer versus cancer alone among Medicare beneficiaries. With over 230,000 patients, th

Lazurite today announced that its ArthroFree™ System is now the first and only wireless camera system for minimally invasive surgery to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) market clearance. The ArthroFree™ System incorporates the company’s proprietary low-heat, high-intensity Meridiem™ light technology along with advanced camera, battery, and wireless transmission technologies. It is designed to deliver improved operating room productivity, patien

Stereotaxis , the global leader in innovative robotic technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, announces that Poland’s National Institute of Cardiology, the leading clinical center of cardiology and cardiac surgery in Warsaw, has established the first robotic electrophysiology program in the country with Stereotaxis’ Genesis Robotic Magnetic Navigation (RMN) system. The National Institute of Cardiology is the only hospital in Poland offering advanced robotic tec