The University of Louisville (Ky.) will rename Jewish Hospital and KentuckyOne Health's other Louisville assets after their sale to U of Louisville, according to the Courier Journal.

High-cost claims and specialty pharmacy costs are the top health trends large employers are prioritizing for the next five years, according to an annual health benefits survey from human resources consultant Mercer.

Mastercard launched new products aimed at helping healthcare providers and insurers with billing processes and data protection, the company said Oct. 27.

Amazon has acquired a medical technology startup to help power Amazon Care, a primary care program launched in September at the company's Seattle headquarters.

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee changed its name to Children's Wisconsin Oct. 21.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System halted a plan to expand its rape crisis services after the hospital's CEO Kevin Spiegel left the organization in September.

Amazon can grow its revenue by $72 billion by targeting three areas in its expansion into healthcare, Loop Capital Markets analyst Anthony Chukumba told CNBC: 

Amazon is aiming to control healthcare spending by paying to send employees to California to receive cancer care, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Quicken Loans opened a concierge health and well-being center for employees Oct. 15 through a partnership with Premise Health, a direct healthcare provider based in Brentwood, Tenn.

On. Oct. 4, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare launched Tenet Health Central Coast, a single name and brand for two acute care hospitals and its affiliated healthcare entities.

Only 16 percent of acute care providers report sharing all patient data with other care facilities, meaning key elements critical to care coordination are often missing from interfacility exchanges, according to a recent study by PointClickCare.

Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua unveiled its new brand, including a new brand strategy and logo Oct. 7.

Healthcare is a technologically sophisticated industry where robots are used to conduct surgery and telecommunications allow physicians to treat patients remotely from hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away. However, it's also an industry in which many organizations still rely on fax machines for certain communications. 

Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care System, the largest health system in the state, has adopted a new name: ChristianaCare.

Health systems across the U.S. are looking for ways to improve the overall health of the communities they serve while cutting costs. One emerging trend to reconcile these seemingly competing goals is investing in primary care and express care sites.

Walmart is testing new healthcare benefits and expanding a few existing programs for its employees in 2020 in an effort to cut its healthcare costs.

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health unveiled a new solution for employers to help their employees better understand healthcare costs.

Oceanside, N.Y.-based South Nassau Communities Hospital has been renamed Mount Sinai South Nassau, effective immediately, more than nine months after finalizing its partnership with the New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System.

Walmart's Sam's Club is teaming up with healthcare companies to offer members bundles of healthcare services ranging from $50 to $240 per year.

As Walmart pushes deeper into healthcare, the retail giant is rolling out education benefit programs to help its employees prepare for new jobs.