Rite Aid Returns to Bankruptcy Protection, Seeks to Sell Most Assets May 7, 2025 By Tom Murphy Rite Aid is again seeking bankruptcy protection as the struggling drugstore chain says it will try to sell substantially all...
Helene-Caused IV Fluid Shortage to Affect Surgeries for Weeks October 30, 2024 By Tom Murphy Surgery schedules around the country may be washed out for several more weeks while a crucial IV and sterile fluids...
What’s an Employer to Do If Workers Avoid COVID Vaccine? September 3, 2021 By Tom Murphy What can employers do if workers avoid COVID-19 vaccines? They can require vaccination and fire employees who don’t comply, or...
Employers, Insurers See Virtual First-Care Medical Visits Becoming Routine May 4, 2021 By Tom Murphy Make telemedicine your first choice for most doctor visits. That’s the message some U.S. employers and insurers are sending with...
Aetna Waiving Patient Co-Pays for Coronavirus Hospital Stays March 27, 2020 By Tom Murphy One of the nation’s biggest health insurers is waiving patient payments for hospital stays tied to the coronavirus. CVS Health’s...
Airlift from Drugstore to Doorstep: Walgreens, Google’s Wing Testing Drone Deliveries September 23, 2019 By Tom Murphy Walgreens and a Google affiliate are testing drone deliveries that can put drugstore products on customer doorsteps minutes after being...
Employees Picking Up More of Health Costs September 16, 2016 By Tom Murphy A growing number of U.S. workers are covered by health insurance that sticks them with a bigger share of the...
Health Insurers Working to Improve Provider Network Directories March 24, 2016 By Tom Murphy Some health insurers are hoping to ease headaches that can flare when customers try to confirm whether a doctor is...
Once Profitable, Maine’s Community Health Option Is Now Losing Millions December 15, 2015 By Tom Murphy The lone health insurance cooperative to make money last year on the Affordable Care Act’s public insurance exchanges is now...
Big Health Insurers Still View Obamacare as Big Opportunity November 2, 2015 By Tom Murphy Slipping enrollment and struggling competitors have done little to shake the faith that the nation’s biggest health insurers have placed...