Thursday, October 7, 2021: Mental Health

Mindy Klowden, senior director at Third Horizon Strategies, has authored a blog exploring promising solutions to addressing behavioral health workforce shortages. Many people in need of mental health and/or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment do not receive care,...

Thursday, October 7, 2021: M&A

Kaufman Hall’s latest quarterly report shows that a high percentage of “mega mergers” have offset fewer hospital mergers and acquisitions so far in 2021. Thus far in 2021, 34 transactions have been announced compared to 62 during the same period in 2020. Yet, the...

Thursday, October 7, 2021: Life Sciences

The World Health Organization endorsed the first vaccine to prevent malaria, the first step toward wider distribution of the shots in lower-income countries. The vaccine, made by GlaxoSmithKline PLC, is moderately effective and the first shot developed for any...

Wednesday, October 6, 2021: Payers

Willis Towers Watson reported that health benefit costs are expected to increase by more than 5 percent in both 2021 and 2022. The firm’s survey of 378 U.S. companies employing 5.9 million workers found achieving affordable costs for the organization was a key...