Sentences with phrase «care companies by»

Both Price and Gottlieb were questioned on their intimate involvement with biopharmaceutical and health care companies by lawmakers; Price specifically was the subject of sharp ethics questions about his financial investments in medical firms that would also benefit from legislation he was pushing while serving in the House of Representatives.

Not exact matches

He headed up Bausch & Lomb until the eye care specialist was snatched up by the (now - infamous) Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx); sat at the top perch of Forest Laboratories before becoming CEO of that company's acquirer, Actavis, in 2014; and, finally, took over as the top dog at Allergan after Actavis bought it and adopted the Botox - maker's name.

And, if approved by the companies» boards and federal regulators, the corporate marriage has the potential transform the way the health industry does business and how millions of Americans receive their medical care.

Nonetheless, expect to see less place for every day items at CVS stores eventually and more room for the higher value health care services, a move telegraphed by the company in 2014, when it changed its name from CVS Caremark to CVS Health.

If you already have obtained private health insurance, you will no longer have lifetime limits on what insurance companies pay for your care, and annual limits will be tightly regulated, according to statements by House Speaker Pelosi.

Once a modest - size Medicaid provider, the managed - care company has expanded quickly — vaulting from No. 453 to 66 on the Fortune 500 in five years» time — and it has done so, in part, by entering markets that rivals have fled (Medicare Advantage, prison health care, the precarious Obama - care exchanges).

People want to be taken care of and remembered by the companies they do business with.

A former health care investment analyst with a degree in biology from Yale University and current CEO of the company, Wojcicki is fascinated by the mysteries of the genome and what it can reveal about the human body.

For almost two decades he'd worked in the lawn - care industry, first for a company bought out by TruGreen, and later with his own business, Lawn Dawg, which grew to seven branches that maintained 25,000 lawns throughout his home base of New Hampshire.

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

But of the three, I can't help but conclude that step one is the most essential (and, I'm guessing, the one given short shrift by many companies): Start by thinking deeply about the end user of your product, understanding what she or he wants and needs and cares about.

More than half of health - care organizations surveyed by the company say the number of mobile device data breaches had increased over the past 12 months.

The presentation aims to provide the audience a real - life example of not only how 3D printing innovation in healthcare improves patient care, but also the many challenges faced by both the patients and companies to access and implement these innovations.

The pace of change driven by startups seems to be accelerating as companies devoted to essential needs — from reducing procurement costs and improving operational efficiency, to delivering more efficient primary care or dialysis care — try to do something about the sorry state of health care.

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This broadcasting company launched Texas Cares, which will assist employees and customers impacted by the hurricane.

Their son, Eric W. Huffman, says he'd been groomed to succeed Conrad by working in every division of the company, Vege - Kurl, which specializes in making white - label cosmetics and other personal care products.

Why it's hot: More and more women are taking their reproductive health care into their own hands by using apps to track fertility and shop from companies that sell organic feminine products.

A definite key to successful retention is the idea that all of the employees need to feel cared about and listened to by the company's senior management and especially by the CEO.

Another strategy companies are using to avoid both the provision of employee health care coverage and the penalty for failing to provide it is by keeping their workforce below the level that triggers the employer mandate.

As it is, 1,000 full - time employees in the United States and Canada surveyed by Virgin Pulse in 2015 rated work - life balance as the number one way companies can show employees they care; 40 percent said they wished their employers cared more about this balance.

Medicare spending is roughly 20 percent (or roughly $ 650 billion) of total health - care spending, yet Medicare Advantage (offered by private companies) is only 32 percent penetrated by managed care companies, according to the CMS.

But servant leadership in business is also based on care, because the best way to advance an organization's mission is by looking after the most important element of the company: its employees.

Former employees contend Willms was burned by the software lawsuits and took care to comply with the law, which is why he retained several lawyers to review the company's materials.

In a survey of more than 800 full - time U.S. employees conducted by Globoforce in November of last year, 47 percent of respondents said they didn't think their company leaders cared about or were actively trying to create a «human» workplace.

According to the Oxford research, companies that ply in fine arts, originality, negotiation, persuasion, social perceptiveness and assisting or caring for others are in the least danger of being overtaken by Schwarzenegger - like T - 800 cybernetic organisms.

The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

With a $ 90 million cut in Obamacare outreach funding by the Trump administration, insurance companies have been stepping up to inform Americans about the ongoing open enrollment period for plans sold under the Affordable Care Act.

The worst performer in Buffett's portfolio was DaVita (dva), the health care dialysis company that treats patients with diabetes and whose stock has been punished by uncertainty over the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamaccare dialysis company that treats patients with diabetes and whose stock has been punished by uncertainty over the Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamacCare Act, better known as Obamacare.

Valeant Chief Executive Joseph Papa is working to narrow the company's focus to its dermatology, gastrointestinal and eye care businesses by pruning other assets to repay its debt of nearly $ 30 billion.

Retirees are being transferred to new health care plans, with no increase in premiums for this year, at least; a document sent to retirees by the company says the pensioners will bear the cost of any increases in premiums going forward, and that the company has the right to change the plan at any time.

PharMerica, a U.S. pharmacy manager for long - term care facilities, said it agreed to be acquired by a newly formed company controlled by buyout firm KKR for $ 1.4 billion.

Some health care providers and patients who spoke with the Journal were also asked by the company to sign papers saying their statements had been mischaracterized — before the Journal even published its story.

The company's earnings guidance for FY18 does not include any potential impact from the previously announced pending sale of KMG America Corporation (KMG), whose subsidiary, Kanawha Insurance Company (KIC), includes Humana's closed block of non ‐ strategic long ‐ term care insurance policies, to Continental General Insurance Company (CGIC), a Texas ‐ based insurance company wholly ‐ owned by HC2 Holdings, Inc., a diversified holding company (NYSE:company's earnings guidance for FY18 does not include any potential impact from the previously announced pending sale of KMG America Corporation (KMG), whose subsidiary, Kanawha Insurance Company (KIC), includes Humana's closed block of non ‐ strategic long ‐ term care insurance policies, to Continental General Insurance Company (CGIC), a Texas ‐ based insurance company wholly ‐ owned by HC2 Holdings, Inc., a diversified holding company (NYSE:Company (KIC), includes Humana's closed block of non ‐ strategic long ‐ term care insurance policies, to Continental General Insurance Company (CGIC), a Texas ‐ based insurance company wholly ‐ owned by HC2 Holdings, Inc., a diversified holding company (NYSE:Company (CGIC), a Texas ‐ based insurance company wholly ‐ owned by HC2 Holdings, Inc., a diversified holding company (NYSE:company wholly ‐ owned by HC2 Holdings, Inc., a diversified holding company (NYSE:company (NYSE: HCHC).

Glickman: A common pivot we see is around health care: Students want to do something for patients, and as they develop their idea, they realize that it's the insurance companies that pay for this service, so they need to pivot one part of the business by thinking about the needs of who's paying.

The number one industry set be transformed by A.I. appears to be healthcare, with $ 400 million invested by health care companies in the technology as of last year, a figure that's projected to grow to $ 3 billion or more by 2020, according to data from the Beacon Center for the Study of Evolution in Action.

Her medical records show that in response to reviews by her insurance company and the attorney general's office, her doctors said the care was appropriate.

Combine this with the inefficiencies of a disjoint health - care delivery system (itself dominated by huge companies), and small businesses are kept at a perpetual disadvantage in keeping their workforce healthy and productive.

With health care costs on the rise, companies are finding savings by creating their own medical clinics for employees.

In a survey of more than 800 full - time, U.S. employees conducted by Globoforce in November 2015, 47 percent said they don't think their company leaders care about and actively try to create a human workplace.

The ruling gave some much needed clarity to stockholders concerning the fate of companies that benefit from the higher number of insured brought about by the Affordable Care Act.

Jonathan Jackson, founder of Dimagi Dimagi is a technology company that helps organizations deliver health care to urban and rural communities around the world by designing health - information systems and mobile technologies.

The New York City company provides health insurance plans through state health care exchanges, as well as medical consultations by phone.

«As a company that is driven by its community, we needed visibility into why customers contacted us and the ability to collect that information in an organized, cohesive way,» says Audrey Griffith, customer - care manager at Modcloth.

But The Goodwell Company is brushing up against some hefty competition, including major oral care brands such as Oral - B, owned by Procter & Gamble.

In 2004, the friends started a natural skin care line because they didn't like the products or the prices being offered by large companies.

I've been looking pretty hard, and I haven't found another woman who's done exactly what she has: raised outside money by herself, and then founded a tech or health care company that went on to be valued at multiple billions.

And for some millennials, an ethical company not only takes care of its surrounding community and the planet but also employees by providing adequate financial compensation and benefits.

Under new rules just introduced by the Obama administration, companies contracting with the federal government are now obliged to allow both full and part - time workers to accrue paid leave which they can use for anything from preventative doctor's visits, to staying in bed and sipping chicken soup, to caring for an ill family member.

The sentiment was echoed by a H - E-B customer service representative, who praised the company for its competitive pay, great benefits, a management that «really cares about you,» as well as «friendly co-workers or partners» and a «positive environment.»