Wednesday, March 30, 2022: Life Sciences

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a second COVID-19 booster shot for adults over the age of 50 as soon as four months after their initial booster dose. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave its permissive recommendation to the move,...

Wednesday, March 30, 2022: M&A

UnitedHealth Group announced it plans to purchase in-home health care provider LHC Group for an estimated $5.4 billion. When the deal closes, UnitedHealth will fold LHC into its Optum subsidiary as part of its Optum Health arm, which is one of the country’s...

Tuesday, March 29, 2022: Providers

Kaufman Hall’s latest National Hospital Flash Report revealed that the nation’s hospitals experienced a second consecutive month of negative operating margins in February. The firm noted that most volume metrics were down month over month in February, except for...

Tuesday, March 29, 2022: Providers

Ten national hospital and health system organizations sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra urging him to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) beyond its April 16 expiration date. The organizations – including America’s Essential Hospitals,...