Anne Wojcicki still wants her 23andMe. This time, she is requesting that the auction be reopened for more bids–hers, along with a new backer. The unnamed “Fortune 500 company with a current market ...

Takeaways: other insurers are challenged but UHG, for 40 years the best managed of the lot, is stumbling and falling into a hole; it hasn’t moved beyond ‘squeezing the rock’ of MLR and reducing care ...

Get back to being the insurer of choice for individuals and groups. Contract for the services you need, not own them and try to manage them too. UHG would not be the first insurer who has faced ...

Your Editor recommends grabbing lunch or a cuppa for these lengthy reads/views: Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts. This is mostly about the billions spent in ‘last ...

One of our Perspectives contributors, Yosi Health, is seeking a Demand Generation Manager for their B2B buyer customers. This role combines lead generation with marketing analysis, coordination with ...

More on this in Strata-gee 15 May. More good news– Editor Ted Green is recuperating and back at his desk, if only part-time. He has been invaluable for his inside looks at Masimo’s endless drama over ...

Most of 23andMe bought for a lot more than one could have thought–and why? Yesterday, the board of 23andMe confirmed that they have a court-approved definitive agreement for the sale of their core ...

One after another surprise this week. UnitedHealth Group changed out CEOs suddenly. The new one is a surprising ‘blast from the profitable past’ but that didn’t stop Mr. Market from taking the stock ...

Another brain-computer interface (BCI) makes a major advance. Synchron, a BCI company based in Brooklyn, NYC, announced that it will be the first BCI company to achieve native integration with Apple’s ...

The technologies may differ, but the functions remain the same. Haemanthus, a biologic testing startup founded by hotel heir Billy Evans—widely recognized as Elizabeth Holmes’ partner and father of ...

Omada Health’s IPO filing kicked off the week’s news. The chronic condition care management company is the second with a major IPO this year, stirring a dormant healthcare market. There aren’t a lot ...

This was drastic. This morning (13 May), UnitedHealth Group announced that CEO Andrew Witty is stepping down immediately “for personal reasons” which are not specified. Replacing him is former ...