Centene to shed Magellan Specialty Health for more than $600M
Centene announced plans Thursday to sell its Magellan Specialty Health for more than $600 million in cash and stock to administrator Evolent Health. The sale…
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Patients complain some obesity care startups offer pills, and not much else
[UPDATED at 5 p.m. ET] Many Americans turn to the latest big idea to lose weight — fad diets, fitness crazes, dodgy herbs and pills,…
CommonSpirit reports rough start to fiscal year with $400M loss
CommonSpirit Health is the latest nonprofit system hit with ongoing financial ramifications from inflation and labor shortages. The Chicago-based health system on Tuesday reported a net…
Advocate Aurora-Atrium deal advances after key Illinois decision
The proposed merger between Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health cleared a key hurdle Monday, getting the OK from a key state body. The combined…
Americans with disabilities lack long-term care plans
Thinking about the future makes Courtney Johnson nervous. The 25-year-old blogger and college student has autism and several chronic illnesses, and with the support of…
Summit Health CEO preps for value-based primary care expansion after Walgreens’ VillageMD acquisition
Alter said the acquisition will enable Summit Health to accelerate its transition to value-based care arrangements centered on primary care while continuing to expand its…
Why Clover Health pays patients to visit providers who use its software
Clover Health aims to boost physician adoption of its software by paying Medicare Advantage enrollees to visit providers that have agreed to adopt its Clover…
Supreme Court could set back workforce diversity efforts for decades
When voters in California passed Proposition 209 in 1996 to prohibit state institutions from considering race, sex or ethnicity in enrollment or hiring decisions, the…
Opinion: Time running short to address looming Medicare cuts for physicians
As physicians whose practices incorporate the entire spectrum, from primary care to surgery, we hear stories from our patients daily about how difficult it is to…
Californians get third chance to alter dialysis clinic rules
For the third time in three elections, California voters are being asked to require changes to the operations of dialysis clinics that provide life-saving care…