ST. LOUIS – October 27, 2026 -- Centene Corporation raised its 2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance floor by $0.40 to greater than $5.20, after third-quarter adjusted diluted EPS of $0.58 and a GAAP diluted loss of $0.14 per share. The insurer also lifted its GAAP diluted EPS guidance floor to greater than $3.46.

CEO Sarah M. London said the company's core businesses produced a "faster recovery" in its earnings trajectory than previously anticipated.

VADUZ – October 27, 2026 -- Implantica AG has begun training its first U.S. surgeon on the RefluxStop anti-reflux implant, with the first U.S. procedures already scheduled at the University of Southern California (USC) after FDA approval in August 2026.

USC professor observes live RefluxStop procedures in Mainz

Dr. John C. Lipham, Professor of Surgery at USC, observed RefluxStop procedures performed by Dr. Moustafa Elshafei at Marienhaus Klinikum Mainz, Germany, on Monday, October 26. The observation is part of the training requirements for U.S. surgeons.

Irvine – October 27, 2026 -- SBC Medical Group Holdings (Nasdaq: SBC) will present at three investor conferences between Oct. 1 and Oct. 15, 2026, two of them in person in New York. The Medical Services Organization (MSO) will hold presentations and one-on-one meetings with institutional investors.

IRVINE – October 27, 2026 -- SBC Medical Group Holdings (Nasdaq: SBC) will put its AI-driven longevity strategy in front of Asian investors this month, with CFO and COO Yuya Yoshida presenting at Cantor Fitzgerald Hong Kong's inaugural Asia Longevity Forum on October 26, followed by investor meetings on October 27 and a non-deal roadshow on October 28.

Hamburg – October 27, 2026 -- Mobil Krankenkasse has published its 2025 business report and transparency report, with the Innovation Fund project moVe-it as the central care initiative.

moVe-it targets post-stroke spasticity care through digital case management

The business report, titled "Gesundheit braucht ...", puts patient care at the center. It names three priorities: giving policyholders orientation, developing care services further and strengthening prevention.

United States – October 27, 2026 -- IntelePeer is marketing its SmartAgent Agentic AI platform to university dental schools, arguing that manual scheduling, billing follow-up and recall processes cost revenue and shape how students understand clinic operations.

Global – October 27, 2026 -- IntelePeer says healthcare AI deployments stall because of weak partnership structure rather than technology, and it ties ROI within 90 days of go-live to defined success metrics and a single high-volume starting workflow.

Lansing – October 27, 2026 -- IntelePeer and Michigan Orthopedic Center have built an agentic AI triage workflow that sorts inbound post-surgical calls into emergent, urgent or routine tiers. It replaces a queue in which 50 simultaneous calls were returned in the order received.

United States – October 27, 2026 -- A three-doctor orthopedic practice with a 12% call abandonment rate loses more than $500,000 in revenue a year, while a three-doctor dermatology practice loses roughly $175,000, according to IntelePeer's analysis of healthcare phone access.

The figures exclude the lifetime value of patients who switch providers after a failed call, the company says.

Texas – October 27, 2026 -- 42 North Dental recovered more than $7 million in patient accounts receivable in seven months using IntelePeer's AI agents, including $1.8 million from balances older than 180 days, according to the vendor's customer data. The figures come as dental support organizations (DSOs) with 20 to 200 locations face no-show rates of 30% to 40% and a front-desk hiring shortage.