The company announced its IPO filing on Tuesday. Medline said it expects new investors to bring in a $5 billion influx of funds. A date has not been set for the stock’s listing on NASDAQ. 

Dan Brillman, the former CEO and co-founder of coordinated care support service Unite Us, has left his position for a role in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, where he will be responsible for overseeing the federal government's safety net healthcare programs.

Tennessee-based Ballad Health said it's tried for years to resolve the issues with the insurer but now has 'no choice' but to take legal action, as denied claims are leading to longer hospital stays and higher expenses.

The two companies said their model for exchanging payer and provider data will be “easily replicable” and could be adopted across the healthcare space. The initial rollout of the system will be focused on automatically identifying Medicare Advantage patients. 

Physician-founded Counsel Health said it will use the funds to hire more doctors as it expands the userbase for its AI, which allows patients to ask questions and get answers from a real doctor.

The prescription information comes from 626 pharmacies in 15 states. CVS said it could gain access to 9 million new customers. 

The division develops and manufactures knee and hip replacements, along with other surgical implants. J&J said it will separate DePuy within 18 to 24 months, at which point it will be the largest orthopedics company in the world.

According to the Wall Street Journal, insider sources said a major update to Microsoft’s AI chatbot could be released before the end of the month, designed to be more reliable at answering medical queries.