Mergers & Acquisitions
The AMA supports the Department of Justice decision to block both mergers over antitrust concerns.
Anthem claims the merger would result in substantial efficiencies that outweigh anticompetitive concerns, but hostility between the insurers could hamper their integration.
Apollo is seeking more hospitals to add scale to its portfolio company, RegionalCare Hospital Partners, those familiar with the talks told Reuters.
TeamHealth now has oversight of more than 19,000 affiliated physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and Stratus Healthcare, an affiliation of 21 Georgia hospitals, have struck a new partnership to develop a clinically integrated network and strengthen access to specialty care.
XTANDI has been used to treat 64,000 men with prostate cancer to date and has generated $2.2 billion in sales.
CEO Mark Bertolini claimed savings tied to the Humana merger would have helped it remain on the exchanges.
U.S. District Court Judge John Bates said the insurer failed to provide evidence of any harm that would be done by having a later trial.
Aetna has aligned with Duke Health and WakeMed Health & Hospitals in North Carolina on an expanded accountable care collaboration that will be open to larger, self-funded employers.
CRH Healthcare, an Atlanta, Georgia-based urgent care center operator, has acquired the assets of Patients First's seven centers, CRH announced.