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Amazon’s Haven Healthcare Venture To ‘End Operations’ Next Month
The Haven healthcare venture created by Amazon, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co just three years ago is shutting down.
In Mental Health Play, Centene To Buy Magellan Health For $2.2 Billion
Centene said it will buy Magellan Health for $95 per share in cash for a total enterprise value of $2.2 billion in a move to integrate the medical health benefits it already sells with behavioral health offerings.
Massachusetts Latest To Lift Hurdle To Nurse Practitioners As Covid-19 Rages
Massachusetts is the latest state giving direct access to nurse practitioners as momentum builds behind legislation to eliminate hurdles for patients who need primary care during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Medicare At 60 Is On The Line Tuesday In Georgia Senate Races
Democrats likely need to win both U.S. Senate races in Georgia on Tuesday for President-elect Joe Biden’s proposal to expand Medicare to Americans as young as 60 to become a reality.
Medicare For All May Die In 2021
A closely divided Congress and a moderate Democrat in Joe Biden in the White House doesn’t bode well for a government-run single payer version of Medicare for All to emerge in 2021 despite the end of Donald Trump and Republicans opposed to expanding he…
Cigna Completes $6.3B Sale Of Non-Medical Insurance Unit To New York Life
Cigna completed the sale its group life and disability insurance unit to New York Life Insurance for $6.3 billion in a move to focus on its healthcare businesses.
Wisconsin Hospital Employee Fired After 500 Moderna Vaccine Doses Discarded
A Wisconsin hospital employee was fired after intentionally discarding “more than 500 doses” of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine from a pharmacy refrigerator, the parent health system of the facility confirmed Wednesday night.
Centene Adds Speciality Pharmacy To Health Plan Portfolio
Centene has completed the acquisition of PANTHERx, a specialty pharmacy company the health insurer will use to bolster its prescription benefit operation.
Lyft Preps Rides For 60 Million Low Income Americans To Covid-19 Vaccinations
Lyft has partnered with health insurance giant Anthem, JP Morgan Chase and the United Way to get Americans to and from Covid-19 vaccination sites.
Obamacare Provider Oscar Health Preps For IPO With SEC Filing
Health insurer Oscar Health is preparing an initial public offering of its common stock in 2021, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
