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Change Healthcare cyberattackUnitedHealth stands up provider financial assistance after Change cyberattack
Providers said the assistance isn’t enough to overcome the financial strain caused by the systems outage at Change Healthcare, which has lasted for about two weeks.
By Emily Olsen • March 4, 2024 -
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CVS, Walgreens to begin selling mifepristone
Walgreens will start dispensing the abortion pills this week in five states, while CVS pharmacies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island will have mifepristone in the weeks ahead, according to the companies.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • March 4, 2024 -
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TrendlineProvider burnout
Hospitals are still struggling with provider burnout, after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated underlying staffing issues and prompted workers to quit their jobs.
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Change Healthcare cyberattackChange Healthcare cyberattack having ‘far-reaching’ effects on providers
Providers said the outage at the UnitedHealth-owned technology company has affected billing, eligibility checks, prior authorization requests and prescription fulfillment.
By Emily Olsen , Susanna Vogel • March 1, 2024 -
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Walgreens’ VillageMD to exit Illinois
The primary care chain plans to shutter its remaining clinics in the state by April 19 as Walgreens continues to cut costs.
By Emily Olsen • March 1, 2024 -
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UnitedHealth under antitrust investigation by DOJ: reports
Regulators are reportedly looking into the massive healthcare conglomerate’s potential anticompetitive effects, including the relationship between its health insurer UnitedHealthcare and physician network Optum.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Feb. 28, 2024 -
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Women in healthcare report higher levels of burnout than male colleagues, study finds
A lack of autonomy and gender inequity at work are correlated with women’s burnout, according to the new research.
By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 22, 2024 -
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Walgreens to close VillageMD clinics in Florida
The closures fully exit VillageMD from one of its largest markets, and one that’s often a key target for value-based primary care chains.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Feb. 22, 2024 -
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Tracking Steward's declineWhat’s going on at Steward Health Care?
The physician-led healthcare network formed to save hospitals from financial distress. Now, hospitals in its own portfolio need bailing out after years of alleged mismanagement.
By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 15, 2024 -
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Data broker used phone location info to track Planned Parenthood visits, senator says
Sen. Ron Wyden urged federal regulators to crack down on a data broker that allegedly used location data to track visits to clinics and target users with anti-abortion ads.
By Emily Olsen • Feb. 14, 2024 -
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Healthcare PE deals third-highest on record in 2023: Pitchbook
Interest rate cuts could boost deal counts later this year, but some investors are more cautious following increased antitrust scrutiny.
By Emily Olsen • Feb. 12, 2024 -
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Primary care providers Marathon Health and Everside Health merge
The Denver- and Indianapolis-based systems will fully integrate by the end of the year and serve approximately 2.5 million patients at 680 care sites.
By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 9, 2024 -
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Amazon closing One Medical corporate offices
The e-commerce giant is reducing the primary care operator’s corporate footprint days after confirming plans to lay off One Medical employees.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Feb. 9, 2024 -
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Pharma CEOs, pressed by Senate panel, refuse to commit to price cuts
Forced into testifying by Senate HELP chair Bernie Sanders, the heads of Bristol Myers Squibb, J&J and Merck largely avoided major missteps.
By Jonathan Gardner • Feb. 8, 2024 -
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Walgreens replaces healthcare unit lead in latest executive shakeup
Mary Langowski, who previously worked on CVS' healthcare services strategy, will replace John Driscoll as president of Walgreens’ U.S. Healthcare segment.
By Emily Olsen • Feb. 8, 2024 -
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Healthcare job growth reached three-decade high in 2023
The sector added 650,000 jobs over the year — its most prolific year of growth in decades.
By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 5, 2024 -
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Cano Health to be delisted from NYSE after filing for bankruptcy
The primary care chain said it wouldn’t appeal the New York Stock Exchange’s decision to remove it from trading.
By Emily Olsen • Updated Feb. 6, 2024 -
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Humana plots CenterWell expansion in 2024
The payer is leveraging CenterWell’s growing network of primary care centers for seniors to boost margins in its hard-pressed Medicare Advantage business.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 31, 2024 -
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Healthcare CFOs explore M&A, automation and service line cuts in 2024
Companies grappling with liquidity concerns are looking to trim costs and streamline operations, according to a new survey.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 31, 2024 -
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Medicare ACO participation grows in 2024: CMS
However, growth in Medicare's flagship shared savings model has plateaued over the past five years, according to government data.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 30, 2024 -
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Appeals court rejects doctors’ challenge to No Surprises Act
A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Appeals Court has dismissed claims from a New York medical group that the law amounts to an unconstitutional seizure of their property.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 25, 2024 -
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Tracking Steward's declineLawmakers press Steward Health Care over reports of ‘grave financial distress’
Lawmakers demanded the operator detail how it will "ensure the communities Steward’s hospitals serve are not abandoned" amid financial troubles.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 24, 2024 -
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HCA subsidiary acquires two Texas surgery centers
Surgery Ventures’ purchases follow other HCA acquisitions in the state, which is one of the hospital operator’s largest markets.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 23, 2024 -
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HSHS to close Wisconsin hospitals, health centers due to financial challenges
Hospital Sisters Health System is shuttering operations in Western Wisconsin as nonprofits struggle to rebound from pandemic-related challenges.
By Sydney Halleman • Jan. 23, 2024 -
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Nurse sues UPMC over alleged labor abuses
The lawsuit seeks to represent thousands of other UPMC employees who may have been affected by the nonprofit’s alleged wage suppression and other anticompetitive practices.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 23, 2024 -
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Intermountain’s Saltzer Health will close if it can’t find a buyer by spring
The Idaho-based health group has until March 29 to find a buyer for its 11 locations, otherwise the facilities will shutter.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 22, 2024
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