Healthcare mergers and acquisitions data shows only 12 transactions recorded during the first quarter of the year, continuing a downward trend: To date, it’s the lowest number of consolidations since Kaufman Hall first started tracking these statistics…
The U.S. government, as well as pharmaceutical companies that manufacture COVID-19 vaccines, have promoted booster shots as a way to ramp up protection when inoculation from the initial round of vaccines begins to decrease. A new study has found that p…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to delay the start date of the Radiation Oncology Model, to a date that will be determined through future rulemaking.
Eliquis and Xarelto, two blood-thinning medications that are already among Medicare’s costliest, have seen their list prices more than double since entering the market, finds a new report by Patients for Affordable Drugs.
AllianceRx Walgreens Prime, a specialty home delivery pharmacy owned by Walgreens, will be rebranding this summer as AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy, reflecting Walgreens’ full ownership of the service, which was announced in January.
AllianceRx Walgreen…
Optum and Change Healthcare are extending their merger agreement to the end of the year, ahead of their scheduled trial starting August 1.
The new merger deadline is December 31.
As part of the extension, Optum will pay a $650 million fee to Change Hea…
Blue Shield of California and Walgreens Health are expanding access to in-person and virtual care options through the launch of 12 new Walgreens Health Corner locations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County.
Intermountain Healthcare, headquartered in Salt Lake City, and Colorado-based SCL Health, have finalized their merger after getting official approval from the Colorado attorney general’s office.
The AG’s office issued an opinion allowing the merger to …
The Treasury Department is releasing a proposed rule to fix a problem in the Affordable Care Act called the “family glitch,” President Joe Biden said Tuesday, in a press briefing that included former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Har…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services yesterday released 2023 Medicare Advantage capitation rates and Parts C and D payment policies, and it has drawn reaction from insurer group AHIP, which praised the administration for promoting innovation …
