Optum is acquiring home health, hospice and acuity care provider Amedisys in an all-cash deal valued at an estimated $3.3 billion. The agreement calls for the acquisition of Amedisys’s outstanding common stock in an all-cash transaction for $101 per share, the company said by statement.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is releasing new details about how people can get drugs that may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease covered by Medicare. If the Food and Drug Administration grants traditional approval, then Medicare will cover the drug in what CMS deems “appropriate” settings –  that also support the collection […]

The HIMSS Continuity of Care Maturity Model (CCMM) encompasses health from prenatal to end-of-life care, explains Toni Laracuente, SVP and head of Analytics at HIMSS.

Following on the heels of Georgia, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said this week that Friday Health Plans of North Carolina has consented to being placed into receivership, due to its reported insolvency and inability to raise additional funds from outside investors. The State of Georgia made a similar move earlier this month, placing […]

Coming off strong years for healthcare services deals in 2021 and 2022, volumes have remained resilient through May despite multiple headwinds, including higher interest rates, increased antitrust regulatory review concerns, elevated valuations and general fears about the recession.

The loss of coverage for Medicaid recipients is happening faster than anyone believed it would, according to Karen Shields, chief client engagement officer at Gainwell Technologies, a large payer of Medicaid claims. “It’s faster than we thought,” said Shields, a former deputy director for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services. “The call for action […]

HIMSS23 saw the launch of the Native American Indigenous People’s Community and next year, says Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS, “we hope to have an even louder voice in international engagement.”

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu has sent a letter to U.S. News & World Report today seeking information on the company’s hospital rankings, which have come under scrutiny from medical experts for alleged imprecise methodology and bias. The letter also demands that U.S. News publicly disclose the payments it receives from the hospitals it […]

The National Infusion Center Association, the Global Colon Cancer Association and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America have filed a lawsuit in federal court over what they call

Almost exactly one year ago the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the Dobbs v Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization case that effectively overturned the Roe v Wade precedent enshrining the right to abortion access. In the year since, there were nearly 26,000 fewer abortions performed in the U.S. as compared to the pre-Dobbs average.