Thursday, July 14, 2023: M&A

The proposed merger of Colorado-based UCHealth and Parkview Health System has stalled due to “regulatory matters,” according to financial documents filed this week. Parkview said in the filing that its pending combination with UC Health would not close in...

Thursday, July 13, 2023: Payers

A new study asserts that while payers should cover telehealth, where these services are the most valuable still requires investigation. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made the rules about telehealth usage more flexible during the COVID-19...

Thursday, July 13, 2023: M&A

Urgent care center chain FastMed has signed another deal handing off many of its Southwest locations to a health system buyer. Arizona-based HonorHealth announced that it had signed a deal to buy out 26 urgent care centers it had been running jointly in the state with...

Wednesday, July 12, 2023: Providers

Hospitals told a major Senate panel that a $385 million bucket of annual emergency preparedness funding up for reauthorization should “be at least doubled” if the country’s health care system is to be ready for another public health threat. In a letter to the Senate...