Jeff Lagasse
Hospitals are being sold for about $45 million, "including working capital" deal is expected to close next year.
Affiliation and coalition have advantages like combining of operations and increased system efficiency; full integration provides the most benefit.
Another 2.9 million renewed their coverage as the deadline for January coverage looms.
Partnership will be guided in part by a 10-year strategy, and will also support Vice President Joe Biden's National Cancer Moonshot initiative.
Five of the six drugs with the highest cumulative price increases over the study period were marketed by Valeant Pharmaceuticals.
Patients experienced more than 3 million fewer of these adverse events during that period.
The new models often require practices to take on downside financial risk, which is a lot to ask of an organization with scant resources.
The high-need population is older, has lower levels of education and income and includes more women and African Americans.
While focus on care coordination and consumerism may likely continue, insiders worry that too much change could hurt them.
The company said its goal is creating the largest independent primary and preventative care company in the Southeast.