IBM has reached a deal to sell the healthcare data and analytics assets from its Watson Health business to investment firm Francisco Partners, the companies announced Friday. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal, but previous reports said IBM was seeking a price in the $1 billion range, Axois reported, citing people familiar ...

The new year brings with it changes for employers, employees, and group health insurance. Here’s information you may want to share with your clients. 2022 Health Insurance Changes 1: Increased FSA Contribution Limits The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) previously published the increased limits for contributions to Health Flexible Spending Accounts (Health FSAs) in 2022. The ...

Nevada has ordered more than half a million at-home COVID-19 tests to help address the demand for testing amid a surge of coronavirus cases, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Thursday.

Dr. Cassius Lockett, director of disease surveillance and control with the Southern Nevada Health District, said today that some measures, like the daily number of new COVID-19 cases and test positivity rates, have started to “marginally decline” over the last couple of days.

House Democrats are ramping up pressure on the Biden administration to lower Medicare Part B premiums after the price for controversial drug Aduhelm was slashed in half.

A quarter of Medicare Advantage plans now offer chronically ill beneficiaries healthy food, transportation and other special supplemental benefits in 2022, representing a nearly 40% year-over-year increase in carrier uptake of these unconventional services, a new study found. The report, released by consultancy ATI Advisory on Wednesday, found that 1,292 Medicare Advantage plans offered special ...