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While Congress weighs the sustainable growth rate repeal, insiders have taken to Twitter to voice support for the overdue change.
Actavis said the newly combined company, which will take on the Allergan name, is expected to net $23 billion in sales in 2015.
Henry Schein, one of the largest distributors of medical, dental and veterinary supplies, had more than $10.3 billion in revenue in 2014 and $466 million in profit.
Shares of Farmingdale, New York-based Enzo Biochem fell as low as 17 percent on Tuesday after a federal appeals court threw out a patent infringement ruling it won against Applera.
The seasonally adjusted annual rate of healthcare spending was $3.16 trillion last month compared to a rate of $3.15 trillion in December 2014.
Allergen said it will use the money to fund its upcoming clinical trial of a treatment that uses peanut protein to treat people with peanut allergies.
With the addition of SSM, the network will now include 45 hospitals, 555 clinics and about 5,700 other participating healthcare providers.
Advocates for the change post messages directed at elected officials calling for the Oct. 1 roll-out day to stay.
In total, the Census said healthcare spending was $2.23 trillion in 2014, the first full year that the Affordable Care Act health exchanges were open.
Whether it's the change from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursements, or the looming switchover to ICD-10 coding, revenue cycle managers have a lot to deal with.