Strategic Planning

Execs walking through hospital corridor.

Nov 12 | Susan Morse

Astrana Health to acquire Prospect providers, health plan

The strategic $745M transaction opens new opportunities for Astrana in Orange County, California, where it has limited operations,…

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Nov 12 | Jeff Lagasse

Cencora expanding services with $4.6B Retina acquisition

The deal is expected to add to Cencora's capabilities in Specialty and expand its MSO business.

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Doctors using high-tech medical equipment

Nov 06 | Jeff Lagasse

$47.5 million grant allows Rutgers to turn lab discoveries into practical healthcare

Rutgers will use the grant to create interventions ranging from diagnostics to medical procedures and…

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Nov 06 | Jeff Lagasse

Aetna underperforms, plans recovery as CVS Health logs $95.4B in revenue

CEO David Joyner put much of the onus on the poor performance on elevated utilization coming out of the pandemic.

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Nov 05 | Jeff Lagasse

AHA criticizes 2.9% increase in CMS' OPPS final rule

The AHA says the final rule only worsens the problem of "sustained and substantial underpayment" of hospitals.

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Oct 30 | Jeff Lagasse

Hospital margins climb to 5.1% in September

However, health systems didn't fare as well, seeing operating margins drop for a third consecutive month in September.

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Oct 30 | Jeff Lagasse

Humana increases revenue to $29.4 billion in Q3

The revenue is a year-over-year increase from Q3 2023, during which the insurer's revenue capped at about $25.4 billion.

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From left, John Beaman, CFO for Adventist Health, and Robert Broermann, CFO of Sentara

Oct 29 | Susan Morse

Two CFOs see promise of AI, but have yet to build a dedicated budget

Core concern of labor and supply inflation are growing at a faster rate than payment and workforce issues haven't…

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Bottom-up view of a cluster of skyscrapers

Oct 29 | Jeff Lagasse

Elevance planning CareBridge acquisition estimated at $2.7 billion

Elevance Health CEO Gail Boudreaux said it will serve as the foundation for subsidiary Carelon's home health business.

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Oct 29 | Jeff Lagasse

Employers using various strategies to contain healthcare costs

Tiered networks, value-based formularies and direct contracting with providers were correlated with lower costs.

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