by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 23, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
UnitedHealth has closed its $5.4 billion acquisition of home health business LHC Group, continuing a trend of payers elbowing into direct care delivery. LHC Group will be folded into UnitedHealth’s Optum subsidiary. The combination will allow Optum and LHC to...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 23, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
A group of 20 Democratic members announced they are forming a coalition to protect and expand abortion access in their states as bans continue to be enacted following the fall of Roe v. Wade. Led by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Reproductive Freedom Alliance...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 22, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The dropoff in cancer screenings during the pandemic didn’t result in significantly more breast, cervical, and colon cancer cases, or how advanced those cases were, according to a review of nearly 375,000 diagnoses in electronic health records. The findings from...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 22, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Medicare Advantage growth slowed for the 2023 plan year, according to a report published by the Chartis Group. Enrollment increased 5.5 percent for this year, down from a record 9 percent the prior year. The study indicates that the trend is driven by California and a...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 22, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
Amazon has closed its $3.9 billion deal to acquire primary care company One Medical. The announcement comes after the Federal Trade Commission declined to block the deal between the two companies after a five-month review that began in September. One Medical...
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