Sentences with phrase «u.s. health companies»

In addition, major U.S. health companies such as GE Healthcare and Johnson & Johnson are now saying they view resource - poor regions in Africa and South Asia as expansion opportunities.

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This moment has been a long time coming for the company, which is now the first and only one in the U.S. that can provide such health reports to consumers without a prescription.

This news comes less than a month after Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and J.P. Morgan announced they were teaming up to form a health care company for their U.S. - based employees.

The combination of CVS Health, the seventh - biggest company in the U.S. by revenue, with Aetna (No. 43 on the Fortune 500) would, if it were to go through, create a corporate behemoth with $ 240 billion in annual revenue across a wide swath of the healthcare continuum, from retail pharmacy and benefit management to insurance.

Hobby Lobby and Conestoga are companies that want to be allowed to opt out, on religious grounds, of the U.S. Affordable Care Act's requirement that employer health plans pay for contraception.

Liu and his partners, like most Canadian companies operating in the health - care space, see their home country as a big opportunity, but they also have eyes on the broader U.S. market, where the pressure for hospitals to smarten up is even greater.

Cigna (ci) agreed to buy Express Scripts Holding for $ 54 billion in cash and stock, another move toward consolidation between U.S. health insurers and the companies that oversee patients» drug benefits.

U.S. federal health regulators have proposed banning Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes from the blood - testing business for at least two years after determining that the company failed to fix deficiencies at its California laboratory, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

But Trump's picks to head the U.S. health department and its top regulator on Tuesday, along with his recent softening on some aspects of the existing law, is a sign to some sector insiders that instead of chaos, an orderly transition of up to three years to replace it with a plan that healthcare companies actually want could be in store.

Hershey (HSY) cut its full - year revenue forecast again earlier this summer, and also announced a round of layoffs, as sales continue to shrink in the increasingly health - conscious U.S. and the company's efforts to boost sales in China have faltered amid that country's sluggish economic growth.

Cogito, which has 75 employees, counts among its clients three of the five largest U.S. health insurance firms, two of the five largest disability insurers, and some of the biggest credit card companies.

The expectation U.S. pharmacy chain CVS Health Corp would issue over $ 40 billion in new supply this week to fund its acquisition of health insurance company Aetna also boosted yields on MHealth Corp would issue over $ 40 billion in new supply this week to fund its acquisition of health insurance company Aetna also boosted yields on Mhealth insurance company Aetna also boosted yields on Monday.

To that end, health technology company Orcas is aiming to improve the well - being of U.S. workplaces with a mobile app and online behavior monitoring program called MoodHacker.

«The U.S. healthcare industry has been and continues to be the most inefficient industry on the planet,» says Dean Stephens, CEO of health - tech company Healthline, a health - information site with millions of monthly visitors.

Another bright spot could be the slowing in the decline of U.S. generic drug prices, according to report from Credit Suisse, citing data from health information company IQVIA.

Years of pressure from laborer organizers, along with changes from companies like Ford Motor, reformed working conditions in the U.S. and protected workers from schedules that endangered their health and safety.

In the U.S., where the cost of medical insurance is a major expense for employers, large companies are also seeing the bottom - line benefits of investment in employees» health and well - being.

A 2014 study from S&P concluded that the ACA's legacy may ultimately be «recognized as the starting point of the reconstruction of the U.S. health care benefit industry and a catalyst for how companies provide health care insurance for their employees.»

Sanofi CEO Olivier Brandicourt said that his company would rely on the U.S. national health expenditures (NHE) growth projection to cap price increases other than for a «sound reason» (in which case the firm would disclose the reasoning behind the bigger hike).

Under Armour, founded by Kevin Plank in 1996, recently overtook Adidas to become the second largest sportswear company in the U.S. Plank told Inc. last year that he wanted to revolutionize the sports apparel industry by creating clothing with health monitoring apps built right in.

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

Anthem, the second largest health insurance company in the U.S., announced a massive data breach on Feb. 5.

A U.S. health regulator has barred blood - testing company Theranos Inc.'s founder and CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, from operating a lab for at least two years, the latest blow for a company that is under scrutiny for the accuracy and quality of its tests.

The company just recently hired Dr. Jim Galloway, a former U.S. assistant surgeon general, to lead clinical research on minority, refugee, and Native American health disparities.

«An increase of one [happiness] point on the survey equates to a savings of $ 2,552 in medical costs per year per employee,» concluded the study, conducted by U.S. health insurance company Humana and the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.

What's more, another 24 percent of companies answering the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's quarterly small - business outlook survey said they will reduce staff to under 50 employees to avoid paying penalties for failing to offer health insurance.

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and J.P. Morgan Chase are forming a not - for - profit health care venture to lower health care costs for their U.S. employees, the companies announced Tuesday morning, sparking a slide in the shares of a host of health care - related companies.

The initial focus of the independent company will be on technology that will provide their U.S. employees and their families with simplified and high - quality health care at accessible costs, the companies said.

Though based in Toronto, this health - care company operates exclusively in the U.S..

The company said the U.S. health regulator granted an orphan drug status for its treatment of a malignant brain cancer.

California law requires that «employees shall be protected against the hazard of walking through glass by barriers or by conspicuous durable markings,» but the company has not been subject to citations, according to U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration data.

Overall, Headspace has reportedly seen over 11 million downloads [Update: a company spokesperson reached out to say the company has logged 15.8 million downloads to date]-- and it has hovered between the 9th or 10th position in U.S. Health & Fitness app download ranks since last November, according to AppAnnie.

As it evolves from insurance giant into a health company after its merger with CVS Health Corp., Aetna Inc. has joined with U.S. News & World Report to create a ranking of the healthiest communities in the cohealth company after its merger with CVS Health Corp., Aetna Inc. has joined with U.S. News & World Report to create a ranking of the healthiest communities in the coHealth Corp., Aetna Inc. has joined with U.S. News & World Report to create a ranking of the healthiest communities in the country.

The company's shares failed to get a boost in the U.S. as some investors stayed focused on the health of the Chinese economy and the strength of the country's consumers, who remain Alibaba's lifeblood.

(Reuters)- U.S. federal health regulators have proposed banning Theranos Inc founder Elizabeth Holmes from the blood - testing business for at least two years after determining that the company failed to fix deficiencies at its California laboratory, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

In fact, the top prescription pill taken in the U.S. from April 2013 to March 2014 was a synthetic thyroid hormone called levothyroxine, which is used to treat hypothyroidism, according to a recent report from IMS Health, a leading health care information, services and technology coHealth, a leading health care information, services and technology cohealth care information, services and technology company.

In 2011, the 20 largest U.S. - based companies by revenue were Walmart, ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Fannie Mae, General Electric, Berkshire Hathaway, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Hewlett - Packard, AT&T, Cargill, McKesson Corporation, Bank of America, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Apple Inc., Verizon, JPMorgan Chase, and Cardinal Health.

Losses for health care companies and banks left U.S. stocks lower Thursday, although a late push for technology and industrial companies helped the market avoid a steeper decline.

Advisory Board Company: Health care spending is the largest driver of U.S. government debt levels.

To gain exposure to health care or biotech companies, investors may want to take a look at the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB) or the iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF (IYH).

New business premium in the company's U.S. life and health segment fell 13.3 percent to about $ 2.8 billion, Allianz reported.

The U.S. Institute for Supply Managers (ISM) manufacturing index is an economic indicator derived from monthly surveys of private sector companies, and is intended to show the economic health of the U.S. manufacturing sector.

Within equities, we favor U.S. regional banks, selected health care stocks and companies able to expand their dividend payouts over time.

U.S. stocks edged lower Monday, as falling shares of health - care companies and industrial stocks nearly dashed major indexes» first month of gains since January.

Munger agreed and added that U.S. manufacturers have a «huge competitive disadvantage caused by the health system» over say European counterparts since U.S. businesses have to pay for health care costs while European companies don't.

«It's fair to say that across the board, the Chinese tech companies have all embraced being involved in and being active in the health care space, unlike the U.S., where some of them have and some have not,» said Laura Nelson Carney, an Asia - Pacific health care analyst at Bernstein Research.

Perot Systems, an IT services company founded by the billionaire and onetime U.S. presidential candidate Ross Perot, handles a lot of technology needs for government agencies and health care providers, including helping to process medical claims.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

In a Bullock County base just off U.S. Highway 82, the company's 22 employees produce 10,000 pounds of organic sprouted flour daily, making the firm one of the top U.S. manufacturers of a product that health - food enthusiasts say is more nutritious than refined flour.

Customers include companies and organizations such as Trinity Senior Living Communities, Presence Life in Chicago, the Atlanta area's Northeast Georgia Health System and the U.S. Department of Labor.