UniteHealth Group’s Optum business is paying more than $13 billion for software and data analytics firm Change Healthcare in a move to bolster the company’s efforts to improve health outcomes and population health.
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Drug Prices Increase And Biopharma Bashing Returns
David Mitchell of Patients for Affordable Drugs is in the forefront: “Pandemic be damned, drug corporations started 2021 just like every other year – raising prices by as much as they think the…
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.
Healthcare Report Card: Companies That Failed To Meet Expectations In 2020
From Big Tech to Big Pharma, America’s corporate superpowers did very well in 2020. Meaning, they prospered. But not many made a significant difference in American health or healthcare.
American Physicians Lack Diversity— Here’s One Way To Change That
Reducing the prohibitive costs associated with applying to medical school – not just the cost of tuition itself – is necessary in addressing the lack of diversity in the medical profession.
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.
44 Kaiser Emergency Room Staff Infected In Covid-19 Coronavirus Outbreak
Did an air-powered Holiday costume spread more than cheer in the Emergency Department at the Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center?
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.
Mar-A-Lago NYE Party Missing Trump, Masks, Social Distancing Despite Covid-19
Yikes, yikes, baby. Was the party that featured Vanilla Ice a super event, as in a superspreader event?
