The Healthy Muse

1) HCA’s success over 50 years banks on sticking with the basics 

2) ACA premiums expected to drop for the first time 

3) The Anniversary Blues 

4) New global era: A middle-class majority 

5) Amedisys Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Compassionate Care Hospice 

6) The “War” with China Is Spreading 

7) Healthcare companies soak up $23 billion in venture capital funding 

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The mid-level takeover edition

This week in healthcare: UnitedHealthcare earnings, Carbon Connects with Froedert Health, NPs get full practice authority in New York, Bright Health is exiting 6 markets after a dismal 2021, public health emergency gets extended, and DaVita gets acquitted.

Why Inflation Destroys Provider Margins

If they aren’t already, providers are about to get killed by inflation. How do those dynamics affect healthcare provider organizations? How do healthcare services businesses stave off intense expense margin pressures while also increasing top-line revenue?

The Unstoppable Optum Edition

This week in healthcare: Breaking down the Intermountain merger with SCL Health, Optum continues its buying spree in purchasing Kelsey-Seybold, Hims & Hers partnership with Carbon Health, a 7 hospital health system merger in West Virginia, Aveanna’s bad Q4, CMS payment updates, Memorial Hermann’s urgent care JV with GoHealth, and lots of fundraising announcements.

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