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FDA to more aggressively tackle disruptive drug shortages
The Food and Drug Administration is forming a task force to find ways to improve the supply of crucial drugs. It’s a new approach for the drug regulator, which has no control over companies.
Foxconn, Advocate Aurora launch data-driven health venture
Foxconn and the newly formed Advocate Aurora Health announced Thursday they will partner to use technology to gather Foxconn employees’ data to lower their healthcare costs and improve their health. If it works, they plan to expand the venture.
CMS proposes $190 million raise for dialysis centers
The CMS is proposing a $190 million raise for dialysis centers. It is also looking to tweak how it buys durable medical equipment so it can better access the products.
HHS proposes new ambulatory surgery center safety database
As the number of ambulatory surgery centers continues to grow around the nation, HHS wants to create a new patient safety database to track quality of care at the facilities.
Humana, private equity firms close on Curo, Kindred
Humana and private equity firms TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe have closed on their acquisitions of Curo Health Services and Kindred Healthcare.
Michigan-based Spectrum, Lakeland Health consider merger
Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health, one of Michigan’s largest nonprofit health systems, and Lakeland Health, a three-hospital system based in St. Joseph, have signed a letter of intent and expect to merge by Oct. 1, officials said Wednesday.
Dialysis centers are the health industry’s growth story
While new hospital construction has slowed, there has been a surge in the development of dialysis centers. Dialysis has become a major growth field as diabetes and other kidney diseases have exploded.
High prices test private equity’s ability to close healthcare deals
Private equity’s interest in healthcare has exploded in recent years. But a new report shows firms are increasingly challenged by companies’ high prices.
House HHS appropriations panel tackles family separation policy with funding bill
The House HHS appropriations committee passed amendments to its $177 billion health funding bill to soften and chip away at the Trump administration’s rescinded family separation policy and the continued fallout.
Bright Health to expand its Obamacare footprint in 9 new markets
Bright Health joins Oscar Health in expanding into new markets, signaling the startup’s bullish view of the increasingly expensive Obamacare exchanges.
