Technology
Teladoc CFO scandal hurts share price | The Motley Fool
Teladoc's share price fell first after the company's CFO, Mark Hirschhorn, sold a block of shares amidst allegations of "questionable sales practices" and then again when the Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation reported on Teladoc's response to an alleged affair between Hirschhorn and a Teladoc employee—a report that Teladoc says "contains several factual inaccuracies."
'Hey, Alexa! How's my blood pressure?' | CNBC
Amazon and Omron Healthcare, maker of blood pressure monitors, have teamed up on an Alexa skill for connecting to a blood pressure monitor.
VA partners with 3 companies to boost telehealth services | Health Data Management
Philips will provide telemedicine technology and Walmart will provide telehealth stations for the VA's connected care program.
Pear's digital therapeutic reSET-O FDA cleared to treat opioid use disorder | Mobihealthnews
The FDA has approved a digital therapeutic tool for treating opioid use disorder. The tool, reSET-O, is the first digital tool for treating the disorder to be approved.
Payers
U.S. investigators point to China in Marriott hack affecting 500 million guests | The Washington Post
Chinese hackers targeted not only the Marriott hotel chain but also health insurers, including Anthem.
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Michael Cohen, Trump's ex-lawyer who implicated him in hush-money scandal, faces sentencing | The New York Times
Michael Cohen will be sentenced Wednesday morning, which could implicate the president in a plan to pay off women who said they had affairs with him.
