Mergers & Acquisitions
The deal will enable Centene to build out its Medicare and Medicaid offerings, company officials said.
Matthew Holt and Indu Subaiya, cofounders of the Health 2.0 Conference, take a look at notable digital health funding developments and offer a prediction of what will come next.
Former CMMI Director Patrick Conway to be CEO of both, in a non-merger to align investments and eliminate redundant costs.
The facilities have been rebranded with the MUSC name, growing the system by 827 beds in the milestone deal.
Just 35 percent of hospitals acquired from 2012 to 2014 switched to the acquiring systems' EHR vendor following consolidation.
Todd Crosslin, VP of healthcare strategy at Snowflake Computing, explains how his business can help providers transition to the cloud.
The new health system is now the second largest in Massachusetts, employing 35,000 and overseeing 1.3 million patients.
Clinical quality itself doesn't seem to suffer much, but patient perceptions can take a hit from market consolidation.
Aetna's individual Part D plan business, which was sold to WellCare, was the only area of concern for a lessening of competition, the DOJ said.
There is a need for a healthcare renaissance, and so HIMSS19 will drive and facilitate the reformation of healthcare, says Hal Wolf, President and CEO of HIMSS.