Mergers & Acquisitions

RWJBarnabas has begun a number of partnerships in recent months, including with Saint Peter’s Healthcare System and Trinitas Regional Medical Center.   

Anthem is acquiring InnovaCare’s Puerto Rico-based subsidiaries, as well as a Medicaid plan.

This week's top stories include a House bill that would expand virtual care access, DarioHealth acquiring Upright Technologies, and the AHA asking CMS to withdraw and replace the most favored nation model interim final rule.

Advancing portfolios to remain competitive will be the catalyst for M&A rather than efforts to offset customer pricing pressure.

Analysts predict that the uptick will continue and that this year could be record-setting for physician practice deals.

The data will be used in a study to assess how physician practice mergers and hospital acquisitions of physician practices affect the marketplace.  

Forty-four percent of healthcare CFOs say the pandemic will drive an increase in partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem.   

This week's top stories include Optum and Change uniting; Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase's Haven joint venture calling it quits; and patient engagement tools playing a key role in streamlining the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

The sale will let Walgreens focus on its retail pharmacy and healthcare businesses, which in recent months have included a foray into primary care.  

Patient care at the local level will remain intact, but will benefit from expanded services connecting people to more specialized care.