Patient Care News:
LifePoint Health and RCCH Healthcare Partners signed a definitive agreement to merge. LifePoint shareholders will receive $65 per share in cash once the transaction closes, resulting in a $5.6 billion purchase price....
Heavy hitters Anthem, HCA and UHS will release their Q2 earnings. Meanwhile, a House panel will delve into the MIPS program....
Hospitals have adopted a take-no-prisoners approach in the fight with Big Pharma over the 340B drug discount program. Can this strategy hold as Congress, oversight agencies, the courts and the Trump administration ratchet up scrutiny of the program...
Armed with comprehensive data, insurers are ramping up their efforts to control costs through population health management....
Physicians are beginning to question how fair the match program is and whether it meets the needs of doctors-in-training and patients....
Physician compensation rose only slightly for most medical specialties in 2017 indicating the steady growth in pay seen over the past several years may have started to slow....