Collective Medical acquired for ~$650m, over $730 million in funding announced this week across 14 deals, HBR article suggests expanding ICHRA, a Mercer survey on employer priorities, & more
UHGs investor day was a tour de force, Olive continues its tear with funding & an acquisition, Everlywell & Virta also raise big rounds, & more
Obligatory weekly SPAC news, some regulatory changes (Stark laws loosened & a boost for hospital at home models), a good read on senior care models implementing telehealth & more!
Another week another SPAC (Butterfly Network this time), Amazon steps into pharmacy, lots of funding rounds, some interesting interviews & more
SPACs - Cano Health is acquired & a scathing report on Multiplan, Oak Street is excited about Direct Contracting, AmWell might buy Omada, & more!
CMS posts Direct Contracting Entities, a quiet week of healthcare news, & a lot of job postings
Intermountain & Sanford merge, interesting tidbits from Q3 earnings calls, lots of funding rounds, Verma rips CMMI, & more
Lots of interesting fundraising rounds; some good deep dives on price transparency, Surescripts, and Clover's tech; job postings over on Slack; & more!
Q3 earnings season begins; 98point6 raises $118 million; a good podcast on VillageMD & more
Clover goes public via SPAC, Walmart entering brokerage business in a big way, Humana's state of value based care initiatives, lots of funding rounds & more!
Walmart enters Medicare Advantage insurance market; Molina acquires another Medicaid plan; UHG acquires DivvyDose; PE-backed hospitals behaving badly; & more!
Some pretty incredible deep dives this week including CHQPR detailing rural hospital finances and a look into Sutter's antitrust case; Bright Health raises $500m; & more!
