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CVS Health Eliminating 5,000 Jobs
CVS Health noted it is reducing expenses, which is in line with its plans to slow its acquisitions and wind down clinical trials.
Nonprofit Hospitals can Expect Weak Margins for the Rest of 2023 and Into 2024
In an analysis of the nonprofit hospital sector, Fitch said that nonprofit hospitals are still struggling with higher labor costs, inflation and thin operating margins
Gap Between Strong Hospitals and Struggling Systems is Growing
Healthcare leaders need to make choices about focusing on areas of growth, such as outpatient care, says Erik Swanson, senior vice president of data and analytics with Kaufman Hall.
Pathways to Concierge Medicine
While the historical pathway for a physician to move into the concierge medicine model was to work with a management company to convert their existing, independent practice, things have changed.
Digital Health Funding, Deals Reach Lowest Levels in Years
But mega-rounds ($100M+) increased in both deal number and funding amount for the first time since the end of 2021.
CMS Releases April Medicaid Unwinding Data: Disenrollments Top 3.8M
Typically, roughly 17 million people lose Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Plan coverage each year. But this year, redeterminations are a whole different beast.
Merger Failure Post-Mortem: What’s Next for Fairview and Sanford?
New state legislation that bolsters merger oversight may create additional hurdles for Fairview in its search.
Report: PE and Competition in Physician Practice Markets
Envision Healthcare, with $9.9 billion in PE investment as of 2018, ranks as the largest such deal in the last 10 years.
California Nonprofit Hospitals Turn to Bankruptcy for Leverage Against State
Distressed nonprofit hospitals in the state are using chapter 11 to gain leverage against the attorney general, whose office critics say has caused some sales to collapse.
Health Care Bankruptcies are Skyrocketing, But Not in Home-Based Care
There are a number of factors that are contributing to this trend of bankruptcy filings, including capital market constraints, care shifting out of institutional settings and the expiration of continuous Medicaid enrollment.