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Henry Schein Reports Third-Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Updates Full-Year Guidance

The medical supply vendor misses estimates for both revenue and earnings and lowers guidance even though the quarter was over before its October cyberattack.

UnitedHealth pushed employees to follow an algorithm to cut off Medicare patients’ rehab care

The company reportedly threatened to fire employees who failed to hit targets to limit the rehab care of Medicare Advantage patients to an algorithm-predicted appropriate number of days.

The Next WebMD: An LLM as Your Front Door to Healthcare

A16Z predicts that the model of Googling symptoms and then asking a medical friend or relative could be replaced by AI chatbots that could refer people to a marketplace of services offered for sale, giving the LLM company control of revenue streams worth billions.

AristaMD and Sitka Form Single Company, Secure Series C of $16.5M for the Expansion of Specialty Care Access via Electronic and Video Consultation Services

EConsult and referral management solution provider AristaMD acquires Sitka, which offers a platform for primary care providers to request video consultations from specialists.



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