Mergers and Acquisitions

Cigna Plans to Sell Medicare Business, WH Aims to Lower Sickle Cell Therapy Costs

February 7, 2024 - Cigna will sell its Medicare plans for billions of dollars, according to an announcement from HCSC. The independent licensee of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association revealed that it had plans to purchase Cigna's Medicare businesses--including but not limited to its Medicare Advantage and Part D plans--for $3.3 billion. The deal still has to jump...

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Cigna-Humana Merger Called Off, Providers See Surge in Audits

by Editorial Staff

Major payers Cigna and Humana have dissolved their merger plans, according to the Wall Street Journal. Rumors emerged that the two payers were in talks about a merger in late November 2023, but...

AHA and FTC Tussle Over Antitrust, Senators Reintroduce Virtual Care Act

by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, an AHA friend-of-the-court brief derided the Federal Trade Commission as biased. Meanwhile, a large group of United States senators is working to push the CONNECT...

FDA Issues Medical Device Cybersecurity Warning, FTC Blocks Hospital Merger

by Hayden Schmidt

FDA and FBI officials are sharing their cybersecurity knowledge as the pace of healthcare cyberattacks picks up. From the FDA, an urgent message issued a warning to organizations that may be...

Court Ruling Brings an End to Proposed New Jersey Hospital Merger

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The tides appear to be changing with regard to healthcare mergers and acquisitions in both federal courts and the court of public opinion.  Interoperability Holding Back Healthcare Digital...

Not So Fast: Deadline Extended for Change-Optum Merger

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

With a legal battle looming with the Department of Justice and major provider associations shouting foul, Change Healthcare and UnitedHealth Group have extended the merger deadline to year's...

Epic Partnership Looks to Streamline Payer Health Data Exchange

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Mergers, acquisitions, collaborations, and partnerships are commonplace to kick on the new year. Health Systems Merge to Create 3rd Largest System in Illinois NorthShore University HealthSystem and...

AdventHealth, Ascension Pull the Plug on AMITA Health

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Bucking the merger and acquisition trend of healthcare, AdventHealth and Ascension are calling it quits on their seven-year-old merger. AdventHealth, Ascension to Separate Seven Years...

Healthcare Consolidation Impacting Market Competition, Consumer Choice

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions make sense from a business perspective, but they are causing industry stakeholders and federal officials to ask questions about market competition and consumer...

Patients in NC File Antitrust Suit Against HCA Healthcare

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

A heatwave has set in in the Northeast, and many of us are hot and bothered. North Carolina Residents File Antitrust Suit Against HCA Healthcare A group of North Carolina residents has filed a...

AHA Urges DoJ to Scrutinize UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare Deal

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Reading the news, it is becoming increasingly difficult to shake feelings of déjà-vu... AHA Challenges UnitedHealth’s Acquisition of Change Healthcare In a letter to the...

Executive Order Includes Focus on Hospital Mergers; FDA Requests Investigation into Approval of Biogen’s Aduhelm

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Happy Tuesday! Folks on either coast of the United States are facing either record high temperatures or levels of rainfall. As is the case most times, meteorologists are the only ones satisfied. FDA...

US Pauses Distribution of Eli Lilly COVID-19 Antibody; Ground Ambulance Rides Lead to Surprise Billing

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

United States officials have paused the distribution of Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody therapy after it proves ineffective against variants. New research shows the ground ambulance rides are...

HHS Warns Against COVID-19 Vaccination Costs to Patients; Recapping FDA’s Controversial Approval of Biogen’s Adulhem

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

It’s been a busy week in healthcare, beginning with FDA’s approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, which continues to draw the ire of industry experts across the...

CMS Chooses Press Ganey for Primary Care Patient Surveys; Sentara, Cone End Merger Plans

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Happy Friday after a long short week of work. Many of us in the Northeast will be scrambling to the coast to get some sun following a bleak and dreary Memorial Day Weekend. Press Ganey Gets OK from...

Preparing Healthcare CFOs for Business During a Biden Presidency

by Jacqueline LaPointe

For many voters, the 2020 presidential election was less about red and blue and more about white, as in the white coat. Healthcare was a dominant issue in the race between the incumbent President Donald J. Trump and Democratic runner Vice...

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