Wednesday, October 12, 2022: M&A

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 45 percent stake in CareCentrix. WBA initially announced a $330 million investment in CareCentrix in October of 2021. At the time of the deal, WBA gained a 55...

Wednesday, October 12, 2022: Mental Health

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said that pediatricians should routinely screen children as young as 8 for anxiety and kids 12 and older for depression, even if they don’t have symptoms. According to the 2018-2019 National Survey of Children’s...

Wednesday, October 12, 2022: Payers

Employers are embracing digital tools and adding advanced primary care vendors to their benefit packages to streamline the process of connecting patients with providers and cushion the financial blow to their workers. Knowing that the cost of deferred care could...

Wednesday, October 12, 2022: Payers

Bright Health announced that it is discontinuing all of its plans on the ACA’s exchanges and cutting its Medicare Advantage (MA) offerings to two states for the 2023 plan year. The company said it plans to focus on its multipayer care model in markets where that is...

Tuesday, October 11, 2022: Life Sciences

Walmart announced it is launching its Walmart Healthcare Research Institute in an effort to improve clinical trial diversity. The retailer will leverage its reach to help drug researchers connect to older adults, rural residents, women, and minority populations....