BetterHelp Partners with Venus Williams, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz to Provide up to $3 Million in Free Therapy and Promote Mental Health Awareness

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BetterHelp, the world’s largest therapy platform, today announced a promotional partnership with tennis superstars Venus Williams, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz to provide up to $3 million worth of free mental health therapy to people in need. The initiative is designed to shine a light on the importance of mental health as … [Read more…]

Scallop-derived Plasmalogens Enhance Memory and Learning in Mice: the Mechanism Elucidated

FUKUOKA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Japanese Plasmalogen Society (Office: Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan; President: Yutaka Oomura) announced the research results that scallop-derived plasmalogens enhanced memory and learning with the elucidation of its underlying mechanism. Plasmalogens, a class of phospholipids, are abundant in brain, heart, skeletal muscle and immune cells. They can be extracted from various animals including scallops, … [Read more…]

The Word & Brown Companies Named in Business Insurance’s Annual Best Places to Work

Award Recognizes Outstanding Employers in the Insurance Industry ORANGE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Word & Brown Companies has been named in the annual “Best Places to Work in Insurance” program, which recognizes employers for their outstanding performance in establishing workplaces where employees can thrive, enjoy their work, and help the companies grow. Based in Orange, California, The … [Read more…]

 MSSP ACOs on the Innovaccer Health Cloud Outperform Peers in PY 2021

 Innovaccer’s MSSP ACO customers generated 12.19% more shared savings growth, earned 8.97% more of generated shared savings, and produced a 4% higher quality score than other ACOs Innovaccer’s customers overall have generated more than $1 billion in cumulative cost savings across payment models and lines of business Leading ACOs are now turning to Innovaccer to … [Read more…]

Median Technologies to Participate in the 2022 ESMO Congress, Sep 9 – 13, 2022, Paris, France, With Two Scientific Posters on iCRO and iBiopsy®

iCRO: scientific poster presentation on Sep 10, 2022: “Challenges to Assess Bone Metastases in Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) of Breast Cancer Trials Using RECIST 1.1” iBiopsy®: scientific poster presentation on Sep 11, 2022: “Artificial Intelligence Supporting Lung Cancer Screening: Computer Aided Diagnosis of Lung Lesions Driven by Morphological Feature Extraction” The team will be … [Read more…]

Modern Healthcare Ranks Perficient as the Eighth-Largest Healthcare Management Consulting Firm

ST. LOUIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Perficient, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRFT) (“Perficient”), the leading global digital consultancy transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands, today announced it has been ranked the eighth-largest healthcare management consulting firm in Modern Healthcare’s 2022 survey. The annual survey ranked healthcare management consulting firms according to 2021 revenue from total healthcare consulting fees. “As … [Read more…]

Prime Healthcare and Steer Health Announce Strategic Partnership to Improve Patient Outcomes and Access to Care

Investments in digital tools and innovative communication solutions provide an improved patient experience ONTARIO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Prime Healthcare, an award-winning national health system, and Steer Health, an innovative AI enabled growth and automation platform, announced a strategic enterprise partnership to create a next-generation consumer engagement experience for Prime’s 45 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient locations … [Read more…]

California Cancer Coalition Celebrates State Legislature’s Passage of Landmark Cancer Care Access Bill, Urges Governor Newsom to Sign

Both chambers of California legislature unanimously pass the California Cancer Care Equity Act (SB 987) SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Cancer Care Is Different (CCID) Coalition applauds the California State Legislature for passing the California Cancer Care Equity Act (SB 987), a bill that would expand access to specialized cancer care for Medi-Cal patients who receive a … [Read more…]

Pfizer Invites Public to View and Listen to a Webcast of Pfizer Discussion on Climate Action

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) invites investors and the general public to view and listen to a live webcast at 2:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, September 26, 2022, with Caroline Roan, Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Health and Social Impact, and Louise Proud, Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety, who will … [Read more…]

ILiAD Biotechnologies Announces $42.8M Financing Round to Advance BPZE1 Pertussis Vaccine

WESTON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ILiAD Biotechnologies, LLC (ILiAD), a clinical stage biotech company developing the world’s most advanced next generation pertussis vaccine, today announced the closing of a $42.8 million Class D round of financing. These funds will enable the company to conduct a Phase 2b Human Challenge study to determine if vaccination with BPZE1 prevents colonization … [Read more…]