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The hospital sector's financial performance in November showed signs of continued stabilization and growth, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest monthly report. Hospitals should "take advantage of the relative stability and re-embrace strategic growth if they hope to see continued success in 2024," stated Erik Swanson, one of the report's authors.

Though GSK divested much of its oncology assets to Novartis in 2015, the company has built it back through a internal R&D and business development deals. GSK Senior Vice President, Global Head of Oncology, R&D Hesham Abdullah explained the company’s evolving cancer strategy in an interview during the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

XRHealth's $6 million in funding was led by Asabys Partners and included participation from NOVA Prime Fund. The company will use the funding to support its recent merger with Amelia Virtual Care.

Each track will spotlight a different specialty area including: oncology, cardiology, women's health and preventing burnout/supporting operational efficiency.

Through a new partnership, payers and providers will be able to leverage Socially Determined’s social risk data to identify which patients have barriers to accessing healthcare and what those barriers are. Uber Health will then be able to offer its services to support those patients’ specific needs, whether it’s non-emergency medical transportation, same-day prescription delivery or grocery and over-the-counter item delivery.

Medical device giant Boston Scientific added to its string of recent acquisitions by announcing its plan to buy Axonics, a maker of neurostimulation devices that treat urinary and bowel dysfunction, for $3.7 billion. Experts agree that this deal will make a profitable impact on Boston Scientific’s urology business.

Amazon launched a new initiative to help connect people to digital health benefits that they may not know are available to them. Omada Health is its first partner. CEO Sean Duffy said his company stood out from the many other virtual diabetes care companies out there because about 20 million Americans — many of whom shop on Amazon — are eligible for Omada's programs.

The word has gained greater urgency in recent years as the consumer trend in healthcare has forced payers, providers and all other kinds of healthcare stakeholders to swear by it.

The healthcare industry stands to benefit greatly from stronger payer and provider partnerships. As the industry works to tear down the barriers that currently exist to bringing these stakeholders together, there are mutually beneficial opportunities that should be considered now.

The real-time, automated nature of green lighting offers precise control without the setbacks or manual efforts inherent to conventional gold carding programs. This innovative new approach also ensures adherence to state-level and other gold carding regulations